Deepest Team in the League?
Theo saw time for Flip last nightFlip Saunders put out an Isiah lineup last night, letting his starters get a night off with eight games left on the slate. And it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke. With Tayshaun Prince as the only guy on the floor who sees regular crunch time burn, the Pistons stormed back from a 21-point first half deficit to snag a 94-90 win over the T-Wolves. But it wasn’t Tayshaun who led Detroit’s charge. Rodney Stuckey couldn’t be kept off the line, sinking 12-13 free throws as he scored 12 of his 27 in the fourth. Rook has now seen 30 minutes on three occasions. During those three games, he’s averaging 18.6 points. What if he actually saw consistent burn?
“It gives Coach confidence in us, and it also gives our vets confidence in us, which they already had in us,” Stuckey said. “It just shows them that, hey, we can come on the court, play hard and play together as a team and do what we’ve got to do.”
With Stuckey operating on Randy Foye and Prince playing second fiddle along the baseline, Detroit got valuable contributions from almost everyone else on their roster - even guys who nobody knows left the D-League. The Stuckey, Cheikh Samb, Walter Hermann, Juan Dixon, and Amir Johnson lineup was actually the one to cut Minny’s lead with a 14-0 run at the end of the second half. It wasn’t like they made that run against Minnesota’s second team. The group in the game for Randy Wittman included Al Jefferson, Corey Brewer, Randy Foye, and Marko Jaric.
“Their bench kicked our rear ends,” Wittman said.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:27 am
Celticsdada says:
Are u serious???? They play against the T-wolves dime!!!!!!! Hey you declare they’re the depeest team after a game against the Wolves??? Get off they nuts!!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:33 am
rodnets says:
Walter Herrmann is underrated. Just because he looks funny and girly doesn´t allow anoyone to tell he can´t ball.
DIME you should post a rank of fun to watch players that never get the basketball approval because they look funny
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:45 am
word says:
#2 Ronny Turiaf
or Damon Jones
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 am
Rock City says:
Celticsdada -
You just a Pistons hater! They put out five guys who are the 9th, 10th and 11th guys on their bench and they beat an NBA team’s 5 best! Your mad cuz you got Tony Allen coming off your bench and we got Stuck, Afflalo, Amir, rodnets’ boy Hermann and Juan.
Who is deeper than us?
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
barkley says:
Celticsdada-
You do realize that the Pistons bench and 3rd string just combined to beat a team’s starters right? Bet Celtics bench would get wiped off the floor with the lineup of AlJeff/Craig Smith/Brewer/Foye/Jaric
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
drodrone says:
noway pistons dont win it this year. they are the best theo was a great addition and i think he should start instead of mcdyess in the playoffs. dont matter cause pistons DO WORK!
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
K Dizzle says:
Hold up…Are we talkin about the Pistons bench beatin on the T-Wolves? Have some pride, Piston fans. U should expect your bench to whoop on the Wolves, Heat, Sonics etc
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
daquest?on says:
i dont care if they beat the t wolves… the t wlves have good talent but u cant deny the power behind the pistons bench i mean come on their 12th man can contribute positively how many teams can say that???
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:27 pm
daquest?on says:
plus u put the pistons second unit and i bet they could make the playoffs in the east and have a high seed
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
rangerjohn says:
“daquest?on says:
plus u put the pistons second unit and i bet they could make the playoffs in the east and have a high seed ”
NO WAY!
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:01 am
YOUNGFED says:
Ranger you just a HATER. Fuk a Spur. Pistons all the way.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:58 am
rangerjohn says:
yep you got me i am a hater, pistons fan thinks their team is the best in the last 10 yrs but have only got 1 ring (4 yrs ago) and a whole lot of disapointments the rest of the time. hell only 2 finals for that mater as well. got beat down by a one man show as well.
pistons are done, cant get past boston and if they did they would lose to anyone coming out of the west.
pistons GOOD TEAM, not good enough!
April 4th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
fanfordecades says:
rangerjohn,
sorry, but your retardedness is showing… time for you to log off and go take your meds…
The Pistons have as good a chance as any team to win the finals this year, and a far better chance than most.
April 5th, 2008 at 11:33 am
RonNation says:
Whole lot of piston nut suckin goin on right here…
The twolves have nothing to play for.. except for maybe a higher amount of ping pong balls. Are you seriously, SERIOUSLY going to brag about a victory over the twolves??? It doesn’t matter who the fuck you play they are all nba players.. If you see the piston run a 10/11/12 man rotation in games that are important/playoffs then you can say something… But to brag about this, for shame.