check out these quotes from an article today:
-Asked the difference between today's Pistons and the Pistons of 2004 and 2005, especially on defense, Detroit's Ben Wallace said, "Night and day . . . night and day." He pointed out that his team has dropped defensively from No. 1 to "the middle of the pack." And several players indicated here before practice Sunday that Saunders, who was rightfully praised during the regular season for improving the team's defense, hasn't worked the team much at all on defense, that he barely has talked about it in recent days.
-But Prince did say: "I was pretty disappointed we didn't give Lindsey Hunter any action in the second half. Obviously, he's our best suit for Dwyane , as far as putting pressure on him. I know Dwyane can shoot over him, but at least he has the quickness to be where he's at all the time. We didn't give him the opportunity the second half."
-Hmmm. Last I checked, only one person makes the call on whom to play: the head coach. Flip.
Prince wasn't done, either. "We went to our counter options" too early, he said.
-Wallace said of the team defense, "There are breakdowns all over the place."
Rasheed Wallace said of not having his number called a lot early: "I don't know. That's a question I think y'all should ask Flip more than me because I guess it's more a coaching call."
- As much as Billups appreciates Brown, he said of Saunders, "He's not harping on anything as much as our previous coach."
-As Billups said: "Of course, Larry had been there a lot more times than Flip has; had a lot more experience in these situations. Larry was just relentless, no matter what. We could be up 3-1, down 3-1. Larry was really not going to change. He's going to be the same, which is what you love and respect him so much for. I think that Flip, right now, is trying to figure it out. He's looking at as much tape as he can to see what it is and make those small adjustments. He's only been to the finals one time before, in Minnesota. So this is somewhat new to him as well."
Not so good in the D. This could be bad or good for tonights game.
-Asked the difference between today's Pistons and the Pistons of 2004 and 2005, especially on defense, Detroit's Ben Wallace said, "Night and day . . . night and day." He pointed out that his team has dropped defensively from No. 1 to "the middle of the pack." And several players indicated here before practice Sunday that Saunders, who was rightfully praised during the regular season for improving the team's defense, hasn't worked the team much at all on defense, that he barely has talked about it in recent days.
-But Prince did say: "I was pretty disappointed we didn't give Lindsey Hunter any action in the second half. Obviously, he's our best suit for Dwyane , as far as putting pressure on him. I know Dwyane can shoot over him, but at least he has the quickness to be where he's at all the time. We didn't give him the opportunity the second half."
-Hmmm. Last I checked, only one person makes the call on whom to play: the head coach. Flip.
Prince wasn't done, either. "We went to our counter options" too early, he said.
-Wallace said of the team defense, "There are breakdowns all over the place."
Rasheed Wallace said of not having his number called a lot early: "I don't know. That's a question I think y'all should ask Flip more than me because I guess it's more a coaching call."
- As much as Billups appreciates Brown, he said of Saunders, "He's not harping on anything as much as our previous coach."
-As Billups said: "Of course, Larry had been there a lot more times than Flip has; had a lot more experience in these situations. Larry was just relentless, no matter what. We could be up 3-1, down 3-1. Larry was really not going to change. He's going to be the same, which is what you love and respect him so much for. I think that Flip, right now, is trying to figure it out. He's looking at as much tape as he can to see what it is and make those small adjustments. He's only been to the finals one time before, in Minnesota. So this is somewhat new to him as well."
Not so good in the D. This could be bad or good for tonights game.
