As I was researching the Chauncey Billups injury, I had a startling revelation. Pistons fans don’t think their team is good enough to beat the Celtics and win the NBA title. Here are some of the comments I found on the Detroit Free Press web site:
Rip’s turnovers are maddening. Got to give the Magic credit for a fine game. I stand by my prediction that Boston will beat the Pistons in 4 or 5 games in the conference finals; but hope I’m wrong.
Teams that win championships have 3 things. 1) inside presence, low post scoring. 2) good team defense. 3) quality coaching. The Pistons have none of these. Billups injury was the final nail in this years playoff coffin.
I’m with you on the Rip thing. He takes a ton of bad shots and kills the team on consecutive defensive / offensive possessions. Trade forthcoming for Arenas or another talented 2 guard.
Not good. The Pistons can scrape two more games from Orlando without Chauncey, but they’ll fall short against Boston, Cleveland, or the Lakers (who look like they could be coming out of the West)
This team does not deserve to win a championship. They take too many games off.
I bet Chauncey’s injury will be this year’s excuse when the Pistons get bounced from the playoffs. Every year, Piston slappies blame something or someone. The fact is, they are overrated and will never make it to the Finals. They are too calm, too inconsistent, too lazy, and Sheed needs to bring more of his game to the court and less of his mouth. They get no respect from the media because they don’t deserve it. They are the NBA’s resident underachievers and no team is scared of them because of it…
Except for the Boston media, I think most Celtics fans remain confident the team can get to the finals and win it. I thought Detroit would be our toughest obstacle…but maybe not.
Good… they should fear us. Everyone should. And the C’s should make sure everyone continues to fear us.
No mercy.
hahhahahhahhahahhahah so freaking funny, you guys haven’t done jack shit in the last 22 years. they don’t spur any fear into anyone anymore. even the lowly hawks didn’t fear your team. get ready for king james tonight, he will torch the celtics for 55 points tonight.
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Um…Cleveland hasn’t done jack shit in….its entire existence! How many titles again? Go cheer for the Indians…oh wait…they are Boston’s bitch too.
Dont forget the Browns, that perrenial favorite to win it all. And while we’re at it don’t forget the buckeyes who choke in big games like stern chokes on kobes rape stick.
How much does Cleveland suck?
The NHL said “Fuck you, you people suck and can’t win anything. We’re putting a team in Columbus instead.”
that’s not the point bigmck. this is the boston celtics we are talking about Bigmck. do you comprehend? this is the boston celtics not winning a championship for 22 years. we are not talking about cleveland, the clippers, the warriors, but the celtics. the storied, prideful and arrogant organization not having won a championship for 22 years. once again, this is boston celtics we are talking about. why? why so long? what happen to this franchise? and please don’t respond back by saying cleveland hasn’t won anythin. we are not talking about cleveland. we are talking about the celtics. 22 years, the great celtic franchise. why? why so long? why Danno? why Bigmck? why redsarmy? why lakerhater? why?
P.S. once more, we are talking about the grand celtic franchise.
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Come on man…of course there will be some doubters in Detroit, just like there are in Boston. I could easily find Boston posts that are saying the exact same things about your C’s. You only took posts from people who doubt the Pistons…what about all the ones that said we can still win it all (if we have a healthy Chauncey)? I promise you the majority of Piston fans don’t fear the Celtics…definitely respect them…but don’t fear them.
SacKing, here’s what happened, in a nutshell after the 1986 season. when we last won a Championship.
1986 – Len Bias “the future of the franchise” died before ever playing a game. He would have made LeBron James shit himself on a nightly basis if they ever played each other.
1992 – Larry retired.
1993 Reggie Lewis, then Captain of the Celtics, died of a heart attack at practice.
1997 – Rick Pitino came in and made a bunch of stupid gambles, and ruined the remaining decency the team had.
2001 – Danny Ainge came back to right the ship and build up a core young players he used to trade for the team we have now.
So what’s Cleveland’s excuse for never winning anything, even though they’ve had the “Best Player in the NBA” for 5 years?
Hey Sac-less,
At least we have a history to fall back on. Name me one franchise in any sports that’s dominated consistently for 45 years. You can’t…even the Yankees sucked in the 80s. Cleveland is a fucking toilet and you’re a douchebag. And don’t hate on us because LeBron is leaving for Brooklyn in a few years.
Hey Jim,
Of course I only used the doubters, how else would I make my point? I’m just surprised at the number of doubters that’s all. Trust me, everyone around here has the Pistons on a pedestal.
michael jordan didn’t just come into the league and st art winning championships right away. same with Lebron, he needs time to turn his team around. cleveland did go to the finals last year if you already forgot. Just like michael jordan, once he has the right pieces, Lebron will help the cavaliers win 8 to 10 championships by the time he retires. of course, king james will eliminate the celtics each year that they make the playoffs, something that was no longer automatic for the celtics anymore until mr mcchale bailed out ainge and the celtics by giving them garnett.
sac-less??? what was that about? how about winless BigMck? because that’s whats going to happen to the celts for the rest of this series, go winless and will be eliminated by a 4 game Lebron win streak. Remember detroit? lebron ppulled off one of those win streaks.
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Yeah – what he said. Sacking has a boy crush on Lebron and you need to know it.
Why did we take 22 years to come back? Read Danno above, although he left out repatative F*cking at the draft lottery. Yeah it took 22 years but we’re back. And were not going away anytime soon. You should stop posting now, there’s still time to dowse the flames on the Cayahoga before tip off.
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Jim- Celts / Pistons will be a great series. Billups or not it will be tough. I just wish Lambier could come back for an elbow or two from KG, but I guess he’s busy coaching. Hey, I wonder what Isiah is up to these days………..
Can we please beat Cleveland 1st before we start talking about Detroit?
Don’t even bring up Isiah! It sucks to see such a great basketball player ruin everything he did on the court by becoming a complete douche bag.
Hey SacKlingon,
Looks like you were right….Lebron put up 55 tonight.
55 Bricks and Airballs that is.
6 for 24. That’s 25% from the field for those keeping score.
Washington was right. OVER-RATED.
Jon is right, you have to get through us first. remember 0-2, Lebron went on to win 4 straight, eliminating the pistons. prepare for that all you arrogant celtics. Lebron will rise up at home and destroy the celts. another disappointing season for you is coming to a theater near you.
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