Scottie Pippen = Bitchassness

To all my friends from Chicago or fans of Scottie Pippen ... turn away right now.

Quite frankly, I've never been much of a fan of former National Basketball Association player ... ho ass Scottie Pippen.

Yeah, he was a pretty good basketball player and he enjoyed a lot of success ... riding the coattails of Michael Jordan's greatness.

Pippen was one of those guys who always talked big game, but did so on the strength of success he achieved thanks largely to Jordan's greatness.

This all brings me to some current bitchassness coming from Pippen who, 20 years later, is still hating on the Detroit Pistons.

In the truest sense of what it means to be a hater, Scottie just can't let it go ... two decades after Jordan (you too Scottie) finally beat Detroit and ultimately started a string of NBA championship success.

Here is some of the bullshit Scottie had to say recently about the Pistons:

‘‘The Pistons were a nasty team,’’ he said. ‘‘You always had to expect them to play dirty because, remember, they were the Bad Boys of Motown. They’d go out of their way to be mean and try to hurt you. And because we had better athletes, coach Chuck Daly just let them play the way they had to play to win.

"Bill Laimbeer was no real athlete. The same for Rick Mahorn and Joe Dumars and James Edwards. We were faster, quicker, more competitive and smarter."

So, Scottie (who was known to take his shots at people ... see right) ... if you were so much smarter, quicker and faster ... how did the Pistons keep getting to the NBA Finals, win two championships and keep beating that ass all those times?

You couldn't have been that much quicker, faster, smarter and more competitive if you couldn't beat them. You should have been killing them if that was really the case.

Secondly, how can you take a shot like that at Joe Dumars, who is about the most sportsman-like guy in all of sports?

Dumars discarded more class the last time he clipped his toenails than Scottie Pippen ever had as a basketball player.

Another Detroit Pistons Coach Bites The Dust

The Detroit Pistons have let go of another coach as the inexperienced Michael Curry was fired by team president Joe Dumars on Tuesday.

I guess this is somewhat of a surprise, but Dumars should never have hired Curry in the first place. Curry was not seasoned enough to be put in such a position and, thus, did not have the best chance to succeed.

Then, All-Star guard Chauncey Billips was traded to Denver – case closed on Michael Curry’s tenure as a head coach. In reality, Curry might as well have resigned after the Billups trade and his inexplicable decision to bench Richard Hamilton in favor of Allen Iverson.

Curry, who some day could become a solid head coach (with a little more experience under a strong and successful head coach) completely blew it there and truly sealed his own fate (a fate that has played out today with his dismissal).

Now, Joe has a big decision and he must go with a veteran head coach (one he will have to pay for). He has some choices out there with guys like Doug Collins, Avery Johnson or Jeff Van Gundy.

There are some viable candidates out there, but will high-quality coaches want to come to the Pistons with Joe’s record of firing or forcing out a lot of good coaches (including Larry Brown and Flip Saunders).

Pistons’ 2009 NBA Draft Was So So … The Jury Is Still Out

I have to admit, I am a little skeptical of 6-foot-11 Austin Daye, of Gonzaga. He has a tremendous upside, but needs to get with Arnie Kander and put on some weight and add some strength. DaJuan Summers, out of Georgetown, could turn out to be a solid pick for Detroit. Both Daye and Summers come from programs where you figure they were well-coached players. Detroit also added a Swedish front-court player in JonasJerebko, who is 6-8 and about 230 pounds (that's pretty good size). Time will tell if he pans out for the Pistons.

The Pistons later added Chase Budinger, of Arizona, with the 44th pick. Honestly, I was pretty excited when the Pistons picked up Budinger, who I felt was a steal to come up with so late in the draft. Budinger has good size, he is athletic, he can shoot and he played in the Pac-10 Conference. He has the physical tools and the skill set to be an NBA player for a lot of years. I think the Pistons might have missed the boat dealing him to Houston for pretty much nothing.

We will not know much about this draft for several years (as is sometimes the case for a lot of drafts).

I think Austin Daye is a feast-or-famine pick. In all likelihood, he will either develop the strength to play at the NBA level or he will be pushed around for a lot of years showing flashes of a high skills set, but without the physical tools to play at a consistent level.

Summers has the body and athleticism to be a factor for the Pistons at some point.

Jerebko is a player I don't know a whole lot about outside of the video we all saw during ESPN's draft-night coverage.

I am more interest to see what the Pistons are going to do with free agency now that ESPN's Chris Broussard was on the air this morning speculating the Pistons (and team president Joe Dumars) are targeting Utah's Carlos Boozer and Orlando's Hedo Turkoglu.

Pistons President Joe Dumars: Go Big Or Go Home

It’s not exactly a well-kept secret, but Detroit Pistons President Joe Dumars told Detroit Free Presswriter Vince Ellis that he is looking at the front court for some help. According to the article, the trading of young big man Amir Johnson has not impacted that draft philosophy. The Pistons are looking to strengthen the front court. While this is not a particularly deep draft (withlots of obvious high-end players), the Pistons think they can get a quality player with the 15th pick of the first round.

From Ellis’ Free Press article:

So with that in mind it appears that the Pistons’ first-round pick will come from one of these five candidates: Louisville forward Earl Clark, Gonzaga forward Austin Daye, Louisville small forward Terrence Williams, Wake Forest power forward James Johnson and Ohio State center B.J. Mullens.

We’ll see what happens, but the Pistons need to become younger and more athletic and dynamic up front. We’ll see how the trading of Amir and this draft help begin to shape the Pistons in the future. The Pistons need youth, but the also need athleticism and toughness up front.

Interesting Proposed Trade Between Pistons And Celtics

The trade was supposed to send Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen to the Pistons for Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey and Richard Hamilton. It’s an interesting proposal on some level, but it would seem like the Pistons would be givingup a lot should this trade actually be pushed through. I doubt this would be a trade that would materialize, but it would not be as bad a deal for the Pistons as some people might want to think. You get a young, true point guard. Ray Allen would give you salary cap relief and you still keep yourself in position to be a big player in the free-agent market. The trade value for Tayshaun and Rip probably will never be any better. All that said, I probably would shoot this trade down if I were Pistons president Joe Dumars. It’s a lot to give up (three starters for two starters). Rip and Allen sort of cancel each other out. On top of that, you’d essentially be trading Tayshaun and Stuckey for Rondo. That is a lot … A LOT!

ADVANTAGE: (probably) BOSTON CELTICS

For the Pistons, I say: NO DEAL!

Yahoo Sports:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ak6rVOcT_9ep0lWsY2xYICG8vLYF?slug=aw-celticspistons062209&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Need4Sheed:
http://need4sheed.com/2009/06/no-thanks-boston-rondo-and-allen-for-rip-tayshaun-and-stuckey.html