What others are saying

I have been reading through some of the NBA Blogs and here is what they are saying about the Pistons winning the NBA Title.

Knicker Blogger said

Congratulations to the Detroit Pistons. It seemed that the whole country was a Pistons fan for just a little bit. Especially after game 3, where it seemed apparent to just about everyone that they were the better team and going to win the series.
Maybe some people liked them because they were the underdogs. Others liked them because they were the new face on the block. It could be their lack of a scoring superstar, that made them so intriguing. I'm sure their blue-collar team style of play won some hearts, a perfect antithesis to the Lakirs. (Oops! did I put an "I" in Lakers?) Somewhere out there, someone thinks Ben's 'fro is cooler than Jack's mummified remains. For whatever reason, people seemed to jump on the bandwagon, especially the further the series was in the Pistons' favor. Everybody loves a winner. Savor it while it lasts.

Next year, Piston fans, it won't be the same. It'll start when the Pistons play our team. You won't be the lovable underdogs, but the favorites. We won't turn a blind eye to all the physical contact that goes uncalled against our team. What was seen as confidence will now be perceived as cockiness. By the time you reach the playoffs, everyone will be aiming for you. Everyone will want to be the team to knock you off. Succeed and repeat as champions, and the intensity will grow for the next year. Fail, and you'll be written off as a one year wonder, a fluke.

Until then I'll be happy that the trophy is in your hands, and not in Hollywood. Enjoy your summer as champs. See you in preseason.


NBA Weblog said
Finally, a big congratulations to the Pistons - they played excellent basketball this postseason, thanks in large part to the intelligent pickup of Rasheed Wallace. If they can keep their core players together and on the same page, they should be a force next year as well.

End of the Bench said
You know the game is out of hand when Darko gets in. Also, didn't it seem wrong to name an MVP from the Pistons? To single out one guy on a team that is pretty much based around everyone, just seemed wrong. Particularly when it was Chauncey Billups. Don't get me wrong, he played well. But personally, I probably would have picked Ben Wallace. That was a Herculian effort in Game 5 and he was strong the whole series on the boards and on D.

Raptor Blog said

Darko vs. Melo debate is now officially irrelevant. Joe D saw that second overall pick for what it was — a free play. You know, like in football when there's a flag on the defence during a play and the quarterback throws a Hail Mary because he knows that even if it gets intercepted, they're getting 10 yards? Darko is that Hail Mary. Carmelo wasn't the final piece in Detroit's championship puzzle. Rasheed Wallace was.

Thanks to all these blogs for writing about the Pistons. I agree with most of them and their opinions. All of us NBA fans can't wait till next season after this great one.