Why does the NBA hate the Pistons?
485348
Go Pistons!!\nJames is good but not enough. People like him cuz he's still young and he's good. But not enough. Piston will win the series 4-1.\nSpur will have their A$$ whipped by dallas.
664069
Well....I am a diehard Piston fan, but 3 games in a row against a team like Miami is next to impossible.  If the "good" Piston Team decides to show up, then they have a slim shot.  You can't play poorly as they have the last two series and expect to come out ahead.  If they play like that again, they don't deserve to win!
342526
Most NBA players and teams are obnoxious when it comes to blaming the refs for every loss.\n\nJust about every team thinks they'd be 82-0 if it weren't for the refs.\n\nGuess they all figure that the refs are 'disrespecting' them, and you don't do that!
1118222
Detroit will bounce back and attack seriously. Joe Dumars need to get up and start looking for some role players. Because Detroit only used 8 players. Come on. You got to have a deep bench or a bench that is solid like the Bulls had back in there championship days. Because them boys were tired. LeBron and the Cavs ran them boys. Miami is LUCKY that they had a tired Pistons team to play against. You can look at those games and see them boys were tired. Chauncey Billups, Ben Wallace, Rip, and Rasheed they were tired. Why you think TayShaun Prince was scoring so much and plus Rasheed didn't Guaranteed a win in this series when they were down. COME ON. Rasheed made his guarantee against the Cavs and won, last year against the Heat and won, Pacers and won, 2 years ago against the Pacers and WON. You know they were tired. they are not sweating this lost. Miami is LUCKY TO DEATH. Because if they were to face a Healthy Detroit Pistons, ready to go boys. Oh we would be seeing Dallas and Detroit going at it. Detroit is coming back so Miami get ready to face the real Detroit PISTONS.
376907
I think that everything points to a rematch of the 2005 NBA Finals. The Pistons have been dominant all season and are in many ways even better than they were under Larry Brown. The Spurs have one of the deepest teams in the NBA with the addition of Finley and Van Exel and are peaking at the right time. The emergence of players like Parker have helped to offset Tim Duncan's dodgy ankle.
536087
PISTONS! Defense wins games, offense sells tickets. Pistons are a defensive team and they will shut down anyone. INCLUDING the Spurs. And to the guy who posted below me, the Bulls already got knocked out by the Heat.
721789
you no ppl have been talking alot bout the pistons loosing, but its not over. pistons could win the next 3 and move on to the nba finals, all u gotta do is hope for them. GO PISTONS!!! DETROITTT BASKETBALLL!!
497931
THE MAIN REASON IS THE CITY OF DETROIT IS AWESOME. ALSO, DETROIT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS. ANOTHER REASON IS BECAUSE THE PISTONS PLAY THE GAME THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED - AS A TEAM SPORT! THEY PLAY UNSELFISH BASKETBALL!
173392
It is the Nets, interestingly enough. The Pistons aren't really that strong a rebounding team and are actually marginally outrebounded by their opponenets.
140514
Not the way the pistons are playing!
1124812
As a pistons fan, I can honestly say that they have skills and lost, not because the refs cheated. They have the skills. I watched the games, they were just plain beaten. Sorry.
510164
Detroit is prolonging the the series to get mo money.  They already know that they will face Miami in the finals and will dominate.  Basketball is rigged and it is exactly like professional wrestling.  Most of what you watch has already been figured out and the point spreads fixed to keep the bettors off guard and the rich-rich.  Look at The Superbowl where Seattle was robbed by the officials.  If a game gets to look too far out of place the officials are there to bring it back into perspective.  Don't believe me-I will tell you now that college teams are the real champs and that is why the US Olympic team was shot down.  Because when it comes time to play real ball they are so outta sync that they can not function as a team.  Why not let the US NBA team play for The Olympics as a reward and as representation of OUR Champions.  Because They Cheat and the Olympics would disgrace the US by permanently barring them.  However if we allowed Florida State (and I pulled for Gonzaga by-the-way) to represent U.S., we would have true team spirited champions giving it there all for their country.  They could give a sHEEt about the money HOMEY!
76577
I hate him but i have to admit he was the best basketball player ever.\n\nThis is from a hardcore New York Knicks fan that had to suffer in the Jordan years. What am i saying I'm still suffering but that's another story.
201481
It was definitely better when teams didn't regularly score in the 60's and 70's, isn't it? I think the league has suffered some since Jordan's *second* stint - his Wizards years weren't all that special - but it seems to be rebounding somewhat. Yeah, the Artest/Pacers thing was hideous, but that and the Antonio Davis incident were it for such things, weren't they? I don't recall any other problems between the players and fans.\n\nBut even though I'm a Bulls fan, I can respect what the Pistons are doing lately - having a championship team with no superstars that plays as a team is a relative anomaly in sports, though that seems to be changing slowly (as with New England in the NFL). If the Bulls had any inside presence, they might be on their way to doing what Detroit's doing right now (though they'd need a couple more years to gel properly).\n\nBut you can't tell me you don't enjoy watching LeBron James - that kid scores and dunks a lot, yes, but he grabs rebounds and dishes the ball out, too, and could be the next guy to average a triple-double in a season.
133341
The teams I hate in general on the franchise-level as a whole are the New York Knicks, The LA Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks. The Knicks are run like the chimps in that careerbuider ad, the Clippers owner is disgracefully cheap and inept, and Mark Cuban, the owner of the Mavs is very creepy and way too involved in the team and its players.
497416
Obviously they arent that great of a team. They didn't make the playoffs. they have one great player, Allen Iverson, but their team sucks.
1014617
Yes i agree. I have already had a real problem watching NBA because of when the lakers won two championships by drawing fouls and running over people(shaq). Now that i have see first hand the tyranny of the NBA refs, why would i wanna watch a game where the commissioner fines people for no reason. (example Dirk: he was mad at himself no reason to fine him) The commissioner is getting ridiculous but i do agree with fining Mark Cuban, GET OFF THE COURT. \n\nThe refs call fouls for the stars. This fact was very obvious for "the next Jordan" in the whole series but especially last night where at least two times no one touched him at all and he still got the call. It is the same for Kobe and others. I loved seeing the Pistons beat the lakers, they were a true team just like the mavs spurs. It seems the NBA just wants money but no big surprise there.\n\nIf you want a real game I suggest go play pick up ball or watch College because you won't find it in the NBA in any more.