Written by Steve Kays (@KaysOnTheNBA)
The Pistons’ two mainstays from the 2004 title team just don’t fit in with this team anymore. The future is Rodney Stuckey, Will Bynum, Ben Gordon, Jonas Jerebko, Austin Daye, and Charlie Villuneuva. That’s it. Everyone else (at the moment) is expendable. Is it any surprise that when Rip and Tay came back that the Pistons started losing at an alarming rate? When those two weren’t playing, everyone on the team had a more defined role. Daye and Jerebko got lots of playing time. It was all good. But Rip and Tay returned and expected their [...]

I’ve always thought Boston College product Craig Smith (6′7ish) was the perfect player to have on your bench for inside scoring punch, sort of like a Corliss Williamson type guy.  I remember watching Craig team up with Jared Dudley back when BC was a top 15 program.  Smith was a beast back then and for the most part he still is today.
While Craig has played on two crap teams so far in  four seasons in the league, he’s put up very solid numbers.
His rookie season in Minnesota he averaged over five rebounds and seven points (53%fg) in almost 19 minutes of action (82 games).  Next [...]

IndyStar.com-
“The ball’s in their court,” Ford said when asked what he thought about a trade possibly coming before the end of the season. “Definitely, I want to play. If I’m not going to play here, if I can go somewhere else and play, then of course.”
Before Friday’s game in Detroit, O’Brien was asked if there is a possibility the Pacers could move Ford before the Feb. 18 trading deadline.
“I don’t think there’s any doubt,” O’Brien said. “He’s a quality point guard. He could really help another franchise.”
I know the Pistons have a lot of guards, but no point guards besides [...]

I really can’t answer that question, but I will say the Boston victory was very satisfying, and, why can’t Maxiell play like that more often?
  
Via PistonsNation
Some links from Pistonland as well as the entire NBA

Free Darko guest post regarding Rasheed Wallace (link)
Some insightful tidbits from Celtics Hub about the Pistons-Celtics game… (link)

“The Pistons TV crew did their best to make it seem like the Palace crowd reacted strongly to Rasheed Wallace’s return to Detroit. They didn’t. If you think they did, you’ve forgotten how the fans—and the Pistons organization—reacted to the return of Chauncey Billups last season:”

“The differences are striking. Sheed got a [...]

Show me something Ben.

–Ty Lawson, drafted #18th by Denver, is averaging 9.5 ppg and nearly 4 assists in over 22 minutes/gm.  Lately he’s been great, having scored 20+ in 3 straight games.  Even when the Nuggets have been healthy Lawson was consistently getting double digit minutes.
–Darren Collison, drafted #21 by New Orleans, is averaging 7 ppg and over 3 assists.  Plentiful playing time has been hard to come by for Collison since CP3 returned from injury, but Collison still sees action in every game, whether it be a shift in the first half or a short shift in the second half.
–Omri Casspi, drafted #23 [...]