The Palace was filled with chants of MVP last night as the Stones took on the Lakers. The only major concern was that the home crowd was referring to Kobe Bryant and not one of the "Motown Malcontents" which has 5 guys averaging between 13-15 per night. To make matters worse, this overt slap in the face on behalf of the Detroit faithful comes on the heels of the Pistons being 4-8 and having a major power struggle between players and coaches. It's been well documented that the Pistons have a severe lack of talent and coaching prowess. In the first 12 games Tayshaun Prince has gotten into multiple squables with coach Kuester over leadership and point guard of the future, Rodney Stuckey, has shown outright defiance when he pulled himself from a game and then got sat out the next one for what some might call insubordination. I'm almost at a loss of words for what is happening on the hardwood in the D but one thing I know for sure is that the team isn't gonna win this year and it's all a matter of who's left when it's said and done.
Coach K, and I mean Kuester not Krzyzewski, will be gone after Illitch takes over next year regardless of how bad or good things end up. At this point his only motivation is not looking like a shepherd who lost his flock, so that he can get another head coaching shot somewhere else. Piston vets like Prince and Hamilton have to want out. There is no future in a franchise that thinks you aren't a leader when there are no major pieces around you. So that basically leaves us with Charlie V, Ben Gordon, Rodney Stuckey, and a less than impressive Austin Daye. Personally, I don't want anything to do with any of these guys other than Gordon. I've always thought he was a starting shooting guard on any team in the league who has ice water in his veins, the only problem here being again that there isn't a team surrounding him. So that being said, we're basically left with a team of hacks who are all waiting for the dime to drop. The major problem being it probably won't until after this season once Illitch takes over, and in the mean time we're on the verge of turning into the Clippers, although having Chris Kaman doesn't sound that bad right now.
The end all, be all of this early season was when Phil Jackson called out the entire Pistons organization by saying, "It looks like some of their guys aren't playing hard right now". And that's the problem, we got a coach that realizes shit has hit the fan and only wants to hold it together for his future endeavours and a team that is completely lack of motivation. Recipe for a rough year as a Pistons fan.
PS - The Schwartz better be on his A game and keep Suh happy cause it looks like Phil Jackson is already recruiting him for next year.
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