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I’m an unrelenting, wake-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-in-a-hot-sweat NBA fan.  And I happen to love the best team in the league, the Detroit Pistons.  I started this blog before the 2006-07 season because I love to write, and I love to write about Detroit Basketball.  But its difficult writing about a team when you can only watch their nationally televised games– I live in Chicago, and am forced to watch the Bulls when I want my NBA fix.  Any Pistons fan will tell you, watching the Bulls play ball does not a happy Pistons fan make.

Don’t get me wrong, I like the Bulls.  I like their style of play– it reminds me of the 2002-2003 Pistons, who were just one Rasheed away from being a serious title contender.  But as a blogger, how can I really add value to this Pistons experience by watching Bulls games?  The answer– I cannot.  So I am here to refer you to other great Pistons blogs, namely those that inspired me to build this blog that died last January.

The absolute best Detroit Pistons blog, and arguably one of the top three NBA blogs on the web, is Matt Watson and Ian Cameron’s Detroit Bad Boys.  If you’re here, you’ve likely already been there.  So I don’t need to tell you what a well written, informative, researched blog it is.  And the community behind it, the commenters and readers are top notch.  Kudos to Detroit Bad Boys, the best Pistons blog on the web.

If there are any Pistons fans that would like to become bloggers, I ask that you comment here.  I will gladly hand over the keys so you can do what I couldn’t– enhance the Detroit Pistons experience on the web, and add value to our readership.  Otherwise, keep your eyes on Matt, Natalie from Need4Sheed, and the rest of the Pistons web.

Thanks to anyone who read any of these posts.  And most importantly of all– go Detroit!!!

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Living in Chicago, its tough to catch the Detroit Pistons on tv. I mentioned in an earlier post that I’ve found myself satisfying my basketball fix with a Bulls game here and there, as sacreligious as that may be… However, I was happy enough to have caught my first televised Pistons game this weekend, at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, where I spent the weekend.

There is nothing like sitting on a cush-couch, $17 glass of pinot noir in your hand, flanked by top notch cocktail waitresses (no, I didn’t pull a Fredo, I’ve got a lovely girlfriend), watching the Pistons play ball in HD on a personal plasma. I was fortunate enough to watch the stones race by the Celtics in the 4th quarter to seal the deal. The first win of the season, and I was there to see it. This is a luxury I rarely experience living in Chicago…

Fortunately, there are many televised games coming up. As I watch, I’ll be sure to keep y’all informed on what the BasketBallr crew sees. Tonight, the stones will travel to face the Utah Jazz tonight, who are leading their divison and conference with a 3-0 record (a record they’ve started with for the last two seasons). The Jazz have been a thorn in the side of the Pistons, taking two games from their 64 win record last season. With a 2-1 record at present, the Pistons know this is a big game– they’ve got a lot to prove, especially against a team they just couldn’t take last year.

While Vegas was amazing, this blogger is glad to be home. I’ll be watching Milwaukee take on the Bulls tonight, but cheering on the Pistons throughout. Thanks to Yahoo, I’ll have my live stat tracker running so I can keep an eye on the more important of games this evening…

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