Sources: Shaquille O'Neal to Boston

[RipCity32]

Imagine the depth we would of had with him though.

 

[Mexi]

yuck, you cant be serious Rip
depth? who cares
you guys suck lol

let the kids play

 

[RipCity32]

Of course we suck. All hail the Lakers.

 

[sheed]

I find it funny how everyone says we suck based off of a season where more than half of the team missed 22 games or more.

 

[RipCity32]

We ain't great, but we would of been a playoff team without a doubt in my mind.

 

[Yankees2772]

Maybe he didn't say it the way you would have liked because he's been ticked off by Piston fans for years now, but I see what he's saying... You guys aren't winning anything this year, getting Shaq only sets back your youngsters another year with less playing time. You guys are sort of in a tweener stage, you might as well commit to your guys and not rentals.

 

[RipCity32]

Maybe he didn't say it the way you would have liked because he's been ticked off by Piston fans for years now, but I see what he's saying... You guys aren't winning anything this year, getting Shaq only sets back your youngsters another year with less playing time. You guys are sort of in a tweener stage, you might as well commit to your guys and not rentals.

Yeah I understand that. You are completely right.

And I know he meant that, but the "you guys suck lol" comment wasn't necessary, so I figured I'd say something back lol.

 

[sheed]

Maybe he didn't say it the way you would have liked because he's been ticked off by Piston fans for years now, but I see what he's saying... You guys aren't winning anything this year, getting Shaq only sets back your youngsters another year with less playing time. You guys are sort of in a tweener stage, you might as well commit to your guys and not rentals.

Exactly what I thought. Of course were not going far this year, but yeah, getting Shaq would only take minutes away from Monroe. We don't suck, but we shouldn't be put in the same pool as the lower tier teams in the league.

 

[Pugz]

i wish we completely sucked but we dont. we are far from good though.

 

[Mexi]

Maybe he didn't say it the way you would have liked because he's been ticked off by Piston fans for years now, but I see what he's saying... You guys aren't winning anything this year, getting Shaq only sets back your youngsters another year with less playing time. You guys are sort of in a tweener stage, you might as well commit to your guys and not rentals.

thank you Yanks

they dont suck like the Wizards, but they arent competing for a title this year

 

[CameronCrazy06]

The Pistons wouldn't have been a playoff team healthy last year. What team in the East playoffs were they better than?

Answer: None.

 

[RipCity32]

The Pistons wouldn't have been a playoff team healthy last year. What team in the East playoffs were they better than?

Answer: None.

Anywhere from 6-8.
We were 100% healthy for 11 games. In that span we went 7-4.
If we would of stayed healthy, based on how we played, our record would of averaged out to be around 54 wins, and I'd be willing to take off I'd say 10. But that still leaves with 44 wins.
Which is better/tied with the Bucks, Bobcats, and Bulls. (and I'd assume those wins would come those 3 teams as well, so their records would still not be the same)

Answer: At least 3 teams (Bulls, Bobcats, Bucks)

I'm not understanding how you could judge our team because
a. I doubt you watched more than 3 games from us all of last season. And of those games, we were likely depleted.
b. We weren't healthy for pretty much the whole season.

 

[Pugz]

we werent and arent better than the bucks, the bobcats might have been better too. if we stayed healthy i would say we were only an eight seed.

 

[DannyColtsBro]

Anywhere from 6-8.
We were 100% healthy for 11 games. In that span we went 7-4.
If we would of stayed healthy, based on how we played, our record would of averaged out to be around 54 wins, and I'd be willing to take off I'd say 10. But that still leaves with 44 wins.
Which is better/tied with the Bucks, Bobcats, and Bulls. (and I'd assume those wins would come those 3 teams as well, so their records would still not be the same)

Answer: At least 3 teams (Bulls, Bobcats, Bucks)

I'm not understanding how you could judge our team because
a. I doubt you watched more than 3 games from us all of last season. And of those games, we were likely depleted.
b. We weren't healthy for pretty much the whole season.

No lol.

 

[Mexi]

well if we play the health card, why not play it with those same 3 teams who all had injuries as well?
Joakim and Bogut were huge losses. Charlotte had some injuries too i think. i dont even remember
I think Jax missed some games late?

 

[RipCity32]

I don't care, play the health card anywhere, cause I can still say what I want. I watched 95% of their games last year, and I know completely what we were capable of if and when we were healthy.

 

[Mexi]

ok fine, you might be right

im just saying, Chicago with Noah not missing those games and same for Milwaukee and Bogut, that would just leave Charlotte and i dont think the pistons were better than charlotte last year. charlotte actually played d

 

[RipCity32]

Everyone had injuries, we clearly had the worst.
Jerebko was supposed to be on the IR basically. Instead he became a starter.
Enough said.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

It's not like they had much better talent >_>.

The Bucks had Redd injured all year and Bogut out a majority of the second half. The Bulls missed Noah for a while and the Bobcats, Jackson was out late. Don't play the injury card - the Pistons were 9th or 10th in the East last year even if they're healthy. Toss up between them and Toronto.