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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Posted on June 26, 2012 at 02:56 PM.

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This team is definitely hard to judge. Because of under-performing parts, we made a lot of moves.

We are definitely younger; we had 4 1st Round Picks.

Our roster was too clogged up, so we sent Jonas Jerebko and rookie Terrence Ross to the D-League.

I have faith in this team, considering that we aren't injured. By the way, Ben Gordon and Brandon Bass are "on the block":

Ratings are still subject to poor chemistry.

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart - 2012-13
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Brandon Knight (76)	Nolan Smith (69)
SG	Ben Gordon (74)	Nick Young (73)	Gerald Green (69)	Thabo Sefolosha (67)
SF	Michael Beasley (80)	Terrence Jones (69)
PF	Luis Scola (74)	Brandon Bass (69)	Perry Jones (66)
C	Andrea Bargnani (77)	Chris Andersen (62)

Monday, June 25, 2012

2011-12 NBA Offseason

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 08:17 PM.

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This is in conjunction with my Pistons franchise.

Retirees
Antawn Jamison
Jerry Stackhouse
Juwan Howard
Raja Bell
Brian Cardinal
Grant Hill
Marcus Camby
James Posey
Derek Fisher
Kurt Thomas
Dwane Casey (Coach)

Notable (Option) Extensions
Deron Williams (NJ)
Ty Lawson (DEN)
Greg Monroe (IND)
Paul George (IND)
Gerald Wallace (SAC)
Jrue Holliday (PHI)
Darren Collison (IND)
JR Smith (NYK)
Evan Turner (PHI)
Mo Williams (LAC)

Notable FA Acquisitions
Chris Paul (HOU): 4 years, $70.57 M
Vince Carter (LAL): 2 years, $5.41 M
Greg Oden (MIL): 4 years, $35.78 M
Gilbert Arenas (UTAH): 4 years, $33.87 M
Jeremy Lin (IND): 4 years, $34.88 M

Notable Coaching Changes
Nuggets re-hire George Karl. I'm guessing that they let him go, or his contract expired.

2011-12 Pistons Offseason

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 08:09 PM.

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Coaching Changes
The Pistons fire their trainer Mike Abdenour and hire Cliff Sullivan.

Free Agents
Brandon Bass declines his option and decides to test Free Agency.
Nazr Mohammed's contract expires and he decides to test Free Agency.

Contract Extensions
Tyler Honeycutt is granted his 2 year team option for $850 K each year.
Gerald Green signs a 1 year, $480 K extension.

Draft Day Trades
Anthony Randolph to the Warriors for the 14th Pick and Wesley Johnson
Dorell Wright and the 2nd Round Pick to the Raptors for the 19th pick
Wesley Johnson and Tyler Honeycutt to the Clippers for Nick Young and a 2nd Round Pick
Tayshaun Prince and a 2013 2nd Round Pick to the Rockets for Luis Scola

Draftees
Terrance Jones: Round 1, Pick 14
Kendall Marshall: Round 1, Pick 15
Perry Jones: Round 1, Pick 19
Terrence Ross: Round 1, Pick 29

All were successfully signed.

Free Agent Signings
Brandon Bass: 3 years, $8.25 M
Chris Andersen: 1 year, $480 K

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 06:48 PM.

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Game 1 @ CHI

The Pistons eked out a 1 point victory! This is their first win on the season against the Bulls.

The Bulls got a lot of "empty minutes". Ronnie Brewer was scoreless in 17 minutes. CJ Watson was the same in 11.

The Pistons could have won by more! Michael Beasley was 2-14, but made up at the free theow line. Anthony Randolph was 4-12; Gerald Green was a terrible 1-14.

The game was won at the line. Who would thing that the Pistons could win on 17/68 FGs? Well, they won with 49/67 at the line, which could be better.

Game 2 @ CHI

Ben Gordon has returned! And, the Pistons won another 1 point game! Shooting was better, except for certain individuals. Will Bynum was 0/6.

Carlos Boozer only had 5 points in 29 minutes. On top of that, he was 1/6. Ronnie Brewer, Taj Gibson, and CJ Watson had 47 minutes between them, but only 4 points.

The Bulls' bench needs to be productive if they want to win.

Game 3 vs. CHI

The Pistons won with a greater margin. They only missed 2 at the line, and their FG % is up.

More minutes went to the more important guys for Chicago, so the bench saw less time. Jimmy Butler, a starter was the goat: 5 points in 32 minutes.

Not all the Bulls are maximizing effort. They are on the brink of elimination.

Game 4 vs. CHI

The Pistons didn't convert the sweep. There were a lot of poor shooting performances.

Brandon Knight was scoreless in 30 minutes! Dorell Wright was 1/7, Gerald Green 1/6...

Carlos Boozer had 30. Luol Deng returned from injury.

Game 5 @ CHI

There is some heavy breathing among the Piston faithful. Derrick Rose had 40 in the demolishing of the Pistons.

Game 6 vs. CHI

The Pistons choked again in a blowout loss. Derrick Rose had 33; Boozer had 27, and Hamilton had 20.

The Pistons need more shots to go up.

The Pistons were eliminated in Game 7.

End of 2011-12 Regular Season

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 05:41 PM.

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The Pistons finished April weakly. They end the season with the 6th seed in the playoffs. They ended up 3rd in the division, a half game behind the Pacers. They could've been the 5th seed. They would've played Boston.

However, they will play the Bulls in the 1st round. That is depressing because the Bulls swept them in the regular season.

Brandon Knight was named to the All-Rookie 2nd Team.

Eastern Conference Playoff Matchups
(8) Charlotte @ (1) Miami
(5) Indiana @ (4) Boston
(6) DETROIT @ (3) Chicago
(7) Atlanta @ (2) Orlando

March 2012

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 05:34 PM.

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The Pistons went 9-7 in March, amid injuries.

Andrea Bargnani "broke his back". Coincidentally, he led the team in scoring. Maybe he carried them too much. Anyways, he will be out 6-8 weeks. If the Pistons hang in there and make the playoffs, then he will come back.

The division leading Bulls lost a star of their own, too. Luol Deng tore his meniscus. He will be lost for the same amount of time. We�ll see how each team copes.

Later in the month, Ben Gordon broke his hand. We don�t know what to think of this, yet. He has been underperforming so far.

We have a milestone to report. Michael Beasley registered his 5,000th point.

Lastly, with their win on March 31st, the Pistons clinched their first playoff berth since 2009.

February 2012

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 05:03 PM.

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The Pistons rebounded in February with a 11-3 record. They are 34-25 overall, good enough for 2nd in the division and 5th in the conference.

In addition to the previous deals, Terrico White was traded to the Rockets for a 2012 2nd Round Pick.

The day before the deadline, Ben Wallace was traded to the Thunder for Nazr Mohammed and a 1st Round Pick.

Ben Wallace is set to retire, and we are likely "renting" Mohammed. Anyways, 2 1st Round Picks are great to have.

Elsewhere in the league, there were some lucrative extensions:

Tim Duncan (SA): 3 years, $33.72 M
Eric Gordon (NO): 6 years, $74.05 M
JJ Hickson (POR): 5 years, $33.07 M
Kevin Garnett (BOS): 1 year, $10.07 M
Chris Kaman (NO): 6 years, $60.35 M

NBA Standings - Updated: Mar 1, 2012
CENTRAL	W	L	GB
Bulls	33	22	--
PISTONS	34	25	1
Pacers	29	28	5
Cavaliers	24	32	9.5
Bucks	22	36	12.5

Huge Trade

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 04:34 PM.

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The Pistons started off the month with a blockbuster deal. Rodney Stuckey and Greg Monroe go to the Timberwolves. The Pistons get Anthony Randolph, Wesley Johnson, Michael Beasley and a 2013 1st Round Pick.

Later in the day, the Pistons traded Wesley Johnson and Jamario Moon to the Warriors for Gerald Green and Dorell Wright.

Johnson didn't seem to be a fit for the Pistons. Moon only averaged 2 PPG. Gerald Green is a promising youth; he averaged 12 PPG with the Warriors.

Here's the new depth chart (overall is subject to poor team chemistry):

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart - 2011-12
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Brandon Knight (72)	Will Bynum (68)
SG	Ben Gordon (73)	Gerald Green (68)	Terrico White (62)
SF	Tayshaun Prince (76)	Dorell Wright (68)	Tyler Honeycutt (64)
PF	Michael Beasley (77)	Anthony Randolph (68)	Brandon Bass (69)	Jonas Jerebko (60)
C	Andrea Bargnani (73)	Ben Wallace (69)

January 2012

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 03:57 PM.

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Injuries hurt the Pistons this month. Trainer Mike Abdenour will likely not return, per my request.

The Pistons went 6-9 this month and fell back to 3rd place. They are 23-22 on the year.

The Pistons rejected an offer from the Timberwolves, who wanted Ben Gordon and my 1st Round Pick for Martell Webster and JJ Barea. I am protective over this pick.

The Pistons acquired Tyler Honeycutt from the Kings for Travis Outlaw and next year's 2nd round pick. Outlaw was only averaging 3 PPG. Honeycutt is younger, with B potential.

Andrea Bargnani sprained his thumb on January 18th. He missed the rest of the month.

NBA Standings - Updated: Feb 1, 2012
CENTRAL	W	L	GB
Bulls	26	17	--
Pacers	25	20	2
PISTONS	23	22	4
Cavaliers	18	22	6.5
Bucks	17	28	10

December 2011

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 03:37 PM.

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The Pistons finished December with mixed results. They started off hot, 5-0 on the month, then went 4-6. However, they now hold 2nd place in the division, 1.5 GB of Chicago.

The Pistons rejected an offer from the Magic. The proposed trade would have sent Tayshaun Prince and next year's 1st Round Pick to the Magic for Vince Carter and Dominique Jones. The only worry for me was giving up next year's 1st rounder. Carter is 33 as well.

The Pistons also rejected an offer from the Pacers. That would have sent Ben Gordon along with this year's 2nd Round Pick to the Pacers for Leandro Barbosa and bench-warming center Kyrylo Fesenko. No deal.

The Pistons also rejected the Lakers proposal of Ramon Sessions and Jordan Hill for Brandon Knight and Tayshaun Prince. Knight has too much promise in his future.

The Pistons did trade Damien Wilkins to the Bobcats for Jamario Moon. Moon is a defensive guru who is also athletic. The teams also swapped a lot of picks in the process. The Pistons are only left with the Bobcats 1st rounder in this year, and a 2nd rounder for next year.

Greg Monroe strained a quad. He won't be 100% for 2-4 weeks. He will still play, but Brandon Bass moves to the starting 5.

NBA Standings - Updated: Jan 1, 2012
CENTRAL	W	L	GB
Bulls	17	10	--
PISTONS	17	13	1.5
Pacers	16	14	2.5
Cavaliers	13	14	4
Bucks	9	20	9

November 2011

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 03:17 PM.

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The Pistons have made strides as of late. They started off 0-6, but since then, they are 8-1. The month is over, and the team is 1 GB of the Bulls and Pacers.

Ben Wallace has announced that he will not re-sign with the team. He will retire at season's end. He may be trade bait at the deadline.

Greg Monroe isn't producing in the manner I expected. In 15 games, he is averaging 31 minutes, but only 5 points. We'll wait and see before doing anything.

Andrea Bargnani, the newest Piston leads the team in scoring, averaging just over 20 PPG. He twisted his ankle recently and is day-to-day.

NBA Standings - Updated: Dec 1, 2011
CENTRAL	W	L	GB
Bulls	9	6	--
Pacers	10	7	--
PISTONS	8	7	1
Cavaliers	7	7	1.5
Bucks	5	7	3.5

2011-12 Detroit Pistons

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 03:02 PM.

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I've already begun to shake things up.

Pistons trade Jason Maxiell and a 2013 2nd Round Pick to the Celtics for Brandon Bass.

Pistons trade Charlie Villanueva and a 2012 1st Round Pick to the Raptors for Andrea Bargnani and a 2012 2nd Round Pick.

Pistons trade Austin Daye and Vernon Macklin to the Kings for Travis Outlaw.

Pistons sign Terrico White (SG/PG) to a 1 year, $1.2 million contract.

**Ratings are slightly affected negatively because of low team chemistry.**

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart - 2012
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Brandon Knight (71)	Will Bynum (68)
SG	Rodney Stuckey (80)	Ben Gordon (73)	Terrico White (62)
SF	Tayshaun Prince (76)	Travis Outlaw (66)	Damien Wilkins (60)
PF	Andrea Bargnani (73)	Brandon Bass (69)	Jonas Jerebko (60)
C	Greg Monroe (76)	Ben Wallace (68)

Pistons sign scout Alonzo Hailey (Level A) to a 6 year, $6 million contract.

Pistons sign scout Kenneth Kay (Level A) to a 6 year, $6 million contract.

New Pistons Franchise

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 02:34 PM.

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I am revamping my Pistons franchise. I have decided to sim all games, rather than play. I want to truly test my ability as General Manager.

I won't post game-to-game stats until playoff time, but I'll still update.

We'll see how long it takes the title to come back to Detroit.

Verlander (13-0): W, 9 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 15 K

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:41 AM.

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Game 66 vs. COL

Justin Verlander dominated the Rockies this evening. He only gave up 2 hits! One was an infield single; the other was a line drive single. Troy Tulowitzki was the only starter to not strike out!

Anyways, balls flew off the Tigers' bats with relative ease. They had 14 hits.

One of those hits were an Adam Jones inside-the-park home run. (He did get some help from Carlos Gonzalez.)

The Rockies fall to .500 with the loss, and the Tigers remain undefeated in the month of June.

Colorado Rockies at Detroit Tigers
Jun 16, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colorado (32-32)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Detroit (62-4)	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	7	14	0
W: Justin Verlander (13-0) L: Drew Pomeranz (2-4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			COL	DET
DET	1	Miguel Cabrera doubles. Adam Jones and Ian Kinsler score.	0	2
DET	3	Adam Jones hits an inside-the-park home run.	0	3
DET	3	Victor Martinez doubles. Prince Fielder scores.	0	4
DET	5	Prince Fielder grounds out. Ian Kinsler scores.	0	5
DET	7	Ian Kinsler homers to left field. Adam Jones scores.	0	7

Colorado Rockies
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Dexter Fowler	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.258
Michael Cuddyer	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.280
Carlos Gonzalez	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.310
Troy Tulowitzki	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317
Wilin Rosario	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	.264
Charlie Blackmon	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.228
Ramon Hernandez	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.251
Todd Helton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255
Jordan Pacheco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Casey Blake	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.190
Johnathan Herrera	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.215
TEAM TOTALS	29	0	2	0	0	15	0	---
FIELDING: E: C. Gonzalez (6)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Adam Jones	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	.352
Ian Kinsler	4	3	4	2	0	0	1	.300
Miguel Cabrera	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	.452
Prince Fielder	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	.430
Victor Martinez	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.381
Michael Morse	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.328
John Mayberry, Jr.	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.358
Andre Ethier	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.313
Geovany Soto	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302
Alex Avila	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300
JJ Hardy	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260
TEAM TOTALS	36	7	14	7	0	2	2	---
BATTING: 2B: M. Cabrera (27), P. Fielder (22), V. Martinez (12), A. Jones (27) HR: I. Kinsler (23), A. Jones (14) RBI: M. Cabrera 2 (71), P. Fielder (69), V. Martinez (18), I. Kinsler 2 (53), A. Jones (59)

Colorado Rockies
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Drew Pomeranz (L)	6.2	14	7	6	0	1	2	3.75
Brad Lidge	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.34
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	14	7	6	0	2	2	---

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Justin Verlander (W)	9.0	2	0	0	0	15	0	1.96
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	2	0	0	0	15	0	---
PITCHING: Pitches-Strikes: J. Verlander 97-73

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Tigers Continue Monster Offensive Output

Posted on June 24, 2012 at 02:04 PM.

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Game 65 vs. COL

The game started off as if nothing was going right. The Tigers allowed a bunt single and an outfield error lead to a run.

However, the Tigers rallied with 4 in the 2nd. Ian Kinsler had one of his 2 sacrifice flies, and JJ Hardy got 2 of his 4 RBI in the 2nd.

Jordan Zimmermann got through 6 1/3 innings of 0 ER (1 R) ball. Only one hit was given up by the bullpen the rest of the way.

The Tigers added 6 runs combined in the 7th and 8th to finish with a 10-1 victory.

Colorado Rockies at Detroit Tigers
Jun 15, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colorado (32-31)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Detroit (61-4)	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	X	10	16	2
W: Jordan Zimmermann (11-2) L: Guillermo Moscoso (4-6)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			COL	DET
COL	1	Carlos Gonzalez singles. Dexter Fowler scores.	1	0
DET	2	Ian Kinsler hits a sacrifice fly. Prince Fielder scores.	1	1
DET	2	Alex Avila singles. Victor Martinez scores.	1	2
DET	2	JJ Hardy doubles. Adam Jones and Alex Avila scores.	1	4
DET	7	Geovany Soto singles. Ian Kinsler scores.	1	5
DET	8	Adam Jones doubles. Prince Fielder scores.	1	6
DET	8	Ian Kinsler hits a sacrifice fly. Victor Martinez scores.	1	7
DET	8	Geovany Soto doubles. Adam Jones scores.	1	8
DET	8	JJ Hardy homers to right field. Geovany Soto scores.	1	10

Colorado Rockies
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Dexter Fowler	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.262
Michael Cuddyer	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.285
Carlos Gonzalez	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	.310
Troy Tulowitzki	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.320
Wilin Rosario	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.276
Charlie Blackmon	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.231
Ramon Hernandez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254
Todd Helton	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.258
Jordan Pacheco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Casey Blake	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.193
Johnathan Herrera	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.213
TEAM TOTALS	32	1	5	1	1	12	0	---
BATTING: 2B: C. Blackmon (8) RBI: C. Gonzalez (33)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Michael Morse	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.329
Andre Ethier	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.315
John Mayberry, Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375
Miguel Cabrera	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.455
Prince Fielder	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.425
Victor Martinez	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.378
Adam Jones	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	.346
Ian Kinsler	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	.289
Alex Avila	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	.302
Geovany Soto	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	.313
JJ Hardy	4	1	3	4	0	0	1	.264
TEAM TOTALS	36	10	16	10	0	1	1	---
BATTING: 2B: I. Kinsler (5), JJ Hardy (12), A. Jones (26), G. Soto (4) 3B: M. Morse (1) HR: JJ Hardy (7) SF: I. Kinsler 2 (4) RBI: A. Avila (28), I. Kinsler 2 (51), JJ Hardy 4 (36), A. Jones (58), G. Soto 2 (23)

Colorado Rockies
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Guillermo Moscoso (L)	2.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	4.31
Christian Friedrich	5.1	7	4	4	0	1	0	4.70
Matt Reynolds	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	4.62
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	16	10	10	0	1	1	---

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jordan Zimmermann (W)	6.1	4	1	0	1	8	0	1.68
Al Alburquerque (H)	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	2.63
Randy Choate	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93
Matt Guerrier	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.99
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	1	0	1	12	0	---