http://www.pistonsnews.com Detroit Pistons NBA Blog with Pistons news, commentary and general opinion on the Detroit Pistons Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:39:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last game: Jan 20, Detroit Pistons 92 - Boston Celtics 86 Next game: vs. Indiana Pacers, Jan 22 8:00pm ET http://www.pistonsnews.com/Detroit-Pistons/quick-look/ The Pistons lack size, but have a back court that can shoot them in and out of games. The Pistons should start exploring trade options for Rip if they haven't already, the 3 small guard combo of Stuckey, Bynum and Gordon is playing as good as any backcourt in the NBA. ... http://www.pistonsnews.com/Detroit-Pistons/bynum-in-dunk-competition/ The Pistons certainly made a splash in free agency adding Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva. Look for the pistons to use alot of three-guard offense which should improve their transition game. Rodney Stuckey has alot to prove this season, his decision making and shooting need improvement. With the departure of ... http://www.pistonsnews.com/Detroit-Pistons/pistons-season-preview/ And the season begins! This could be a trap game on the road in Memphis against a team that many people severely underrate. The Grizzlies have a couple of really decent players in Rudy Gay, O.J Mayo, Hasheem Thabeet, Zach Randolph, Mike Conley just to name a few of them. The ... http://www.pistonsnews.com/Detroit-Pistons/pistons-grizzlies-game-1/ NBA's rule of thumb, try not to trade within your own conference and whatever you do, do not trade without your own division. That's usually how trading is mapped out for NBA teams. Although it wasn't via trade, the Pistons took players from the Bulls and Bucks and a coach ... http://www.pistonsnews.com/Detroit-Pistons/pistons-use-their-own-division-to-improve-their-franchise/ The Iverson-experiment failed and the Pistons are no longer one of the elite teams in the NBA. Rasheed Wallace will now become a free agent and there are Pistons fans questioning whether or not Michael Curry is the right man for the job. Joe Dumars has a lot of work ... http://www.pistonsnews.com/Detroit-Pistons/whats-next-for-the-pistons/ Fresh off a four game Western Conference road trip  the Pistons will return home to and have to defend their home court  against Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. These two teams have  sort of built a little bit of a rivalry over the last few years and now  that ... http://www.pistonsnews.com/Detroit-Pistons/lebron-comes-to-the-palace/ Iverson will make his team debut tomorrow night in Toronto against the new looked Toronto Raptors. Some of us have been waiting 8 years for this moment, goes back to when Dumars tried to acquire AI from Philadelphia in 2000 but the deal fell apart after Matt Geiger waived his ... http://www.pistonsnews.com/Detroit-Pistons/iverson-and-pistons-take-on-raptors/ NBA sources said the Nuggets have inquired about obtaining Denver native Chauncey Billups from the Pistons for Allen Iverson. Because of Iverson's lucrative contract ($20.8 million) it would take more than Billups ($11 million), though .There is probably small chance that Dumars send Billups to the Nuggets for Iverson. Dumars ... http://www.pistonsnews.com/Detroit-Pistons/allen-iverson-to-detroit/ AUBURN HILLS -- Detroit Pistons forward Jason Maxiell has agreed to a four-year, $20 million extension with the Pistons. The 6-foot-7 forward had until tomorrow to reach an agreement with Detroit. Otherwise, he would have become a restricted free agent this summer. http://www.pistonsnews.com/Detroit-Pistons/maxiell-signs-extension/