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By rss@youtube.com (pennyccw) Michael Curry was quite happy with the way his team defended Tim Duncan on Thursday night. That's why the rookie Detroit Pistons coach was so impressed that Duncan finished with 18 points and 18 rebounds in San Antonio's 83-79 victory. "It says a lot about Tim Duncan that we can say he didn't h...

Chauncey Billups had 13 points and seven assists as Michael Curry won his debut as Pistons head coach. Hear from Billups after the 100-96 victory ... video.msn.com

By rss@youtube.com (Detroit2007) Allen Iverson say's he will do whatever it takes - even if that means going to the Bench for The Pistons. Author: Detroit2007 Keywords: Allen Iverson Rip Hamilton Richard Hamilton Detroit Pistons Michael Curry Need4Sheed Added: January 13, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (chaseunc21) My Detroit Pistons tribute that I made-includes Allen Iverson and the recent season photos and videos~ Keywords: Detroit Pistons Allen Iverson Richard Hamilton Tayshaun Prince Amir Johnson Rasheed Wallace Antonio McDyess Rodney Stuckey Aaron Afflalo Michael Curry

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1 min - 2008-10-30 Chauncey Billups scored 13 points and dropped 7 dimes in the Pistons' win over the Pacers

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Memphis Grizzlies guard Allen Iverson says his time in Detroit would have been more pleasant had John Kuester been the coach instead of Michael Curry.

By Greg Eno(noreply@blogger.com) Not since 2000-01 have we gone into a Pistons campaign with so little to expect. That was the George Irvine year, which was followed by Rick Carlisle and instant success in 2001-02. Not since 2000 have we looked at the Pistons, shrugged, and said, "The playoffs would be nice---but don't count on it!" Or is it? Curry had precious little control or respect last year, and that was highlighted once again when Hamilton, of all people, sided with Iverson in blasting the rookie coach for his lack of honesty with players. New set of Pistons: Gordon (left) and Villanueva But there are 82 "real" games to play, and Wallace isn't a spring chicken. I don't know." That might as well be the Pistons' slogan for this season.   [read the full post]

By Greg Eno(noreply@blogger.com) Hamilton went into mourning and soaked himself in grief after the Pistons traded longtime teammate and friend Chauncey Billups to Denver for one Allen Iverson. Then Rip got hurt. Then he didn't want to be the sixth man. Then he openly and brazenly challenged rookie head coach Mike Curry. Rip Hamilton fussed and kicked and screamed and it was hardly what a new coach like Curry needed---heaped on top of the Iverson debacle and the degradation in skills and attitude of Rasheed Wallace. The Pistons could use one, you know. Hamilton (left) and newcomer Ben Gordon pose at Media Day Kwame Brown? Chris Wilcox?   [read the full post]

By Greg Eno(noreply@blogger.com) Joe Dumars fires a coach. When will Dumars' noggin join them? Maybe Joe should coach the Pistons himself. Then Rick Carlisle, whose belly was simply bursting with fire, was hired. But Flip Saunders rubbed the players the wrong way, eventually. So Dumars hired Curry after just one season as Saunders' assistant. A 39-43 record. An embarrassing sweep at the hands of the formerly-tormented Cleveland Cavaliers. A complete loss of the players' respect. Rip Hamilton, by the way, disappointed me. Dumars is an anomaly. Speculation is that the still-green Curry was an obstacle to players signing with the Pistons. The Pistons' Engine Has Been Rebuilt!"   [read the full post]

By Greg Eno(noreply@blogger.com) Michael Curry, learning on the job with the Pistons, is the easiest coach in town to imagine packing his belongings and being shown the door. Let 'em cry. There's a little bit of Chuck Daly and Jack McCloskey going on with Babcock and Ken Holland, in terms of coach and GM relationships. Daly and McCloskey, who worked together for nine seasons with the Pistons, didn't always see eye-to-eye. Sometimes their contract negotiations were contentious. Daly even worked a couple of playoffs without a contract at all. Holland, to his end, isn't going anywhere anytime soon. His feet are as firmly planted in the executive offices at Joe Louis Arena as the pillars in the concrete basement, holding up the stands.   [read the full post]

By Matt Watson And, for what it’s worth, I’m guessing most Pistons fans will agree that any individual success any player on the roster had last year came in spite of the new coaching staff in Detroit, not because of it. That’s not to blame Michael Curry and co. for Johnson’s failure to take the next step, but...

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) Big Al: If this team is Joe Dumars's vision, I think he needs glasses. Dumars made his bed with Curry, now he has to sleep in it. There's a lack of chemistry on the roster, and with the coaches. Obviously, the roster is going to change, big time. That's the only thing saving Curry—the hope that he can click with a new core. Plus, the Pistons are still paying Larry Brown and Flip Saunders. I doubt Pistons' ownership wants a third ex-coach on the payroll. Eno: The Red Wings in the playoffs, first round version. Big Al: Let’s start with the man the Pistons cannot stop, LeBron James. Eno: Yeah! Vinnie Johnson? Hmmmm.....not so sure about that one! OK, who's your Jerk of the Week, sire?   [read the full post]

Allen Iverson (back) and Rasheed Wallace (calf) are both out for the game against the Bulls, and Richard Hamilton (groin) is unlikely to play, coach Michael Curry said after Monday's practice. "With Rip it's a matter of feel," said Curry, ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) Actually, AI, it's been "thumbs down" on your Pistons Era There are many culpable folks whose hands are bloody during this God-awful Pistons season -- one that appears to careening out of control at the speed of sound. But I'm sorry -- it comes down to the moment Iverson arrived in Detroit. The Pistons were 4-0, don't forget, when Iverson joined the Pistons. They are 23-28 since. Iverson's arrival changed the way the Pistons played, but that was hardly a surprise. But in addition, it changed the way rookie coach Michael Curry substituted, strategized, and ultimately, his starting lineup and his bench people. And none of it for the good, really.   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) Eno: I suppose. I hate to keep bitching about them every week at TKJ, but darn it, it's hard to ignore. Some national scribes are murmuring that the players have lost confidence in rookie coach Curry. Supposedly, some players are convinced that President Joe Dumars is telling Curry who to play. Other media folks hint at trades looming. And the Denver Nuggets are sailing along with their new point guard, Chauncey Billups. How much of this is Curry's fault, how much is it the players', and how much is it Dumars' ? Eno: Well, I don’t know how wise I am, but I think this just proves that Dumars ought to tear the thing apart and start anew. There are a ton of great free agents available in summer 2010. I say just patch a team together until then. Throw the bums out,...   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) Again, blame Dumars, the Pistons president. It was Dumars, after all, who brought in Michael Curry, with just one year of coaching under his belt (as an assistant), to coach this odd and sometimes maddening bunch. And it was Dumars who upset Curry's apple cart by trading Chauncey Billups for Allen Iverson, barely a week into the season. And it was Dumars who let ball-hawking defender Lindsey Hunter walk away, when on-ball defense has been a problem at times. Dumars has put Curry in a tough situation, made even tougher by the seemingly endless period of getting used to Iverson, and the emergence of Rodney Stuckey as a bonafide starting point guard.   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) Big Al: Of course! Though I never had the guts to make the Homer Simpson-approved Skittlebrau! Eww. The other breaking news of late is the end of “small ball” at The Palace! Pistons head coach Michael Curry has FINALLY given up on his three guard starting lineup, and will now bring Rip Hamilton off the bench. Personally, I can't believe Curry waited this long. But better late than never. What's your take, Eno-brau? Big Al: Let's begin with the new defensive coordinator of the Michigan Wolverines, a head coach who flamed out spectacularly at Syracuse, Greg Robinson. Eno: They used to say that cigarette smoking will stunt your growth. So will playing for Michael Curry! (unless you're Rodney Stuckey) . Gimme one more, Alness.   [read the full post]

By Greg Eno(noreply@blogger.com) All eyes were on Michael Curry. How would the Pistons' first-year coach handle his first genuine playing time/ego massaging crisis? It was written that Curry's "small ball" lineup wasn't going to fly much longer, now that the whirling dervish shooting guard Rip Hamilton was healthy and ready to return to the lineup, the Pistons having played very well with Rodney Stuckey, Allen Iverson, Tayshaun Prince, Rasheed Wallace and Amir Johnson as the starters. Someone would have to come off the bench, it was duly reported, so that the big man Johnson could continue to start. Would that benchwarmer be Hamilton or Iverson? Three-time Pistons All-Star and NBA champion, or future Hall of Famer? You can blame Rodney Stuckey for all this, by the way.   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) If the Pistons make Rodney Stuckey an ex, they’d have some ‘splaining to do. Stuckey is the Pistons’ new point guard, in his second year. He attended school at Eastern Washington University. When you find out where EWU is, drop me a line. I’m dying to know myself. The Pistons drafted Bing from Syracuse, and Thomas from Indiana – two places where you routinely go to find NBA players. But Eastern Washington? Score one for the scouting department. And Rand-McNally. With Billups gone, Michael Curry is trying something new. He’s starting Stuckey at the point, Iverson at shooting guard, and Rip Hamilton at small forward. The NBA jargon for it is “going small.” Curry’s jargon is “We need more scoring – and we need to give Stuckey more minutes.”   [read the full post]

By hoopscoach Trying to tell the hoops world that Rodney Stuckey, Will Bynum, Walter Herrmann, Kwame Brown and Amir Johnson mean something to this team is Dumars trying to show people he knows what he is doing and not trying to win. Curry brings accountability, discipline and hard work to a sport that beg...

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) Except that this was news to Prince, according to today's Detroit Free Press. It's a player's league, this NBA, and that sometimes collides, head on, with a new coach's desire to prove that he's no pushover. It's what they said about the deposed Flip Saunders: not enough accountability for the rank and file. Don't be sucked in and try to draw much of a comparison to the Rasheed Wallace trade of 2004. First, the coach was anything but a rookie (Larry Brown), and Wallace filled a chasm on the Pistons roster, rather than trading one like player for another. And Wallace wasn't a point guard handling the ball 80-90% of the time up the floor.   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) The man in question is new Pistons coach Michael Curry. And we've gotten plenty used to placing the word "new" before "Pistons coach" around these parts. Certainly since Joe Dumars was handed the keys to the executive washroom some eight years ago. George Irvine was new once, even though he really wasn't. Rick Carlisle was new, for the most part. Larry Brown was old-as-the-hills/new, but new nonetheless. Flip Saunders was oldish/new, but also bottom-line new. Michael Curry is just plain new. And the youngest of the lot upon assuming the reins. But the market for Dumars's wares proved shockingly dry. So instead, Dumars canned the coach (again) and signed one free agent of note: former no. 1 overall pick Kwame Brown.   [read the full post]

By Matt Watson But while Michael Curry may have inherited 95% of the roster that lost to the Celtics, that's not to say the roster will look the same come playoff time. Consider this: Rasheed Wallace will be a free agent next summer and Rip Hamilton is expected to opt-out. All together, that's roughly $24 mi...

By BigMck Barring a season ending injury to either Paul Pierce, KG or Ray Allen - I find it highly probable the Celtics will repeat as Eastern Conference Champions. With a rookie head coach (Michael Curry) and virtually the same roster (unless you count Kwame Brown), the Pistons won’t pose much of a c...

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg Eno) The new coach of the Detroit Pistons couldn’t score 20 points as a player unless you gave him a week to do it. I like him already. Michael Curry was hired by the Pistons last week, just days after Flip Saunders was given the ziggy by GM Joe Dumars. He’s a recently-retired player, and was never a star – not even close. His claim to fame was playing tough defense and surviving ten-day contracts and being a cerebral player who was the president of the NBA Players Association. Red Auerbach, who chomped on cigars almost as vigorously as he chomped on winning in coaching the Boston Celtics through their dynasty years of the 1950s and 1960s. Red was no hoops star as a player, yet he made so many of them Hall of Famers as a coach.   [read the full post]

According to reports, Saunders did not have the full respect of his players, and his offensive-minded approach perhaps did not suit a team built on defense. Detroit assistant coach Michael Curry and former Dallas Mavericks head coach Avery Johnson are considered the front runners.