http://www.basketballr.com Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:38:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.basketballr.com/2007/07/04/basketballr-closed-until-further-notice/ Basketballr.com Update before we get started-- things will be relatively slow around here until February 1st. In February, readers can expect a few more BasketBallr bloggers, plus some other nice updates to keep things fun and to keep you up-to-date. Check in with us periodically, but keep your ... http://www.basketballr.com/2006/12/17/jay-m-m-m-maximum/ Moving beyond the NBA Weekend in Review column Basketballr.com has run in the past, we're going to try something different. We'll take a look at the NBA's greatest playmakers of the weekend, reliving some big games that happened around the league that you may not have been able to ... http://www.basketballr.com/2006/12/03/nba-weekend-playmakers-december-1st-3rd/ What a game-- my heart hasn't thumped like that since... well... the playoffs. I stood the entire time, from tip off to time up. Let me tell you, if Wade had sunk that last jumper with just over a second left, this blogger would have a broken television. ... http://www.basketballr.com/2006/11/30/detroit-tazers-miami-87-85/ Aside from two wins over Washington, Detroit finally has the opportunity for a big win-- one that will establish quite a bit of credibility in a season that is shakey, at best, for most of the Eastern Conference. Tonight, at 8:00p.m. EST, Detroit visits the Miami Heat on TNT. ... http://www.basketballr.com/2006/11/30/pistons-preview-detroit-at-miami-800pm-est-on-tnt/ Are the natives now rested? Have the mutinous cries and concerns been quelled? With the Detroit Pistons winning six games straight, a whole lot of angry voices have been hushed. With two victories this weekend, 104-95 against Charlotte and 115-111 against Washington, the Pistons have risen to ... http://www.basketballr.com/2006/11/26/nba-weekend-in-review-november-24th-25th/ Having only played 8 games to last year's 80, it is far too early to predict how Detroit's Rip Hamilton will turn out. But we can speculate - and speculate we shall... Aside from a slight dip in FG% and 3PT%, Rip is up across the board. In 8 ... http://www.basketballr.com/2006/11/20/a-career-year-for-rip-hamilton/ Maxiell on Ming, having very little trouble with big China. In hindsight, Detroit's loss to the Hornets on Wednesday the 14th is forgiveable. It was a one point loss, and in context to Detroit's performance this weekend- I've suspended my resentment. This weekend, the Detroit Pistons overpowered the Washington ... http://www.basketballr.com/2006/11/19/nba-weekend-in-review-november-17th-18th/ UPDATE - 3-5? Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. We didn't play a terrible game-- we were outrebounded, but we shot much better: 52% to the Hornet's 44%. If we had taken a few more shots... Come on, Detroit. The last time these teams met, our very ... http://www.basketballr.com/2006/11/14/pistons-preview-nok-hornets-at-detroit-730-est/ This second weekend of November was a big weekend with big games from big players. The Yaos, Tayshauns, Derons, Zachs, and Dwights of the NBA put together one hell of a show for their fans, and brought home big victories for their teams. Personal bests were met or ... http://www.basketballr.com/2006/11/12/nba-weekend-in-review/