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The Pistons are a team that rely almost 100% on chemistry and adding an Iverson to the roster and removing the de facto team leader in Billups is like adding high performance oil to pure distilled water. It just does not mix. Iverson is a great individual player but lets not kid ourselves, he does not and has not ever by the way, made anyone playing with him better. And he has single handedly renamed the team Etriot since there is no more D.

The Pistons lost Sunday to the New York Knicks and are now 7-8 since the Iverson trade. I do not see much improvement for them either. Denver Acquired Iverson nearly 2 years ago and managed to go 1-8 in two uneventful post season trips.

Second year point guard Rodney Stuckey is the team’s best playmaker along with the steady Tayshaun Prince. Inserting Stuckey into the starting line-up makes the "team" better in my opinion but disassociates either Rip or A.I. from the team for good if either are not starting, leaving Coach Michael Curry with one option and that is to go small. A starting 5 of Stuckey, AI, Rip, Prince and Wallace will give the Pistons perhaps their best lineup but nothing nearly good enough to compete with Cleveland let alone Boston.

Can the Pistons turn it around and somehow find the same cohesiveness that we've been accustomed to for the last half decade? Sure and if you believe that I have some valuable General Motors stock that I could sell you too.

Name	Comment
Stu Parker	wow. after reading this blog....You are spot on. I do not deny Kevin Garnett's ability as a player but HATE the BS stuff he does...All negative crap.
	This is a very unfair article. Garnett is an Olympic Gold Medalist, an MVP, an ALL STAR MVP, an ALL NBA member and an NBA Champion... you know how many current players can say that? 2 others (Shaq & Kobe) and they are all considered among the best players at their respected positions in the HISTORY of basketball. The same should be said for K.G.
	This is a very unfair article. Garnett is an Olympic Gold Medalist, an MVP, an ALL STAR MVP, an ALL NBA member and an NBA Champion... you know how many current players can say that? 2 others (Shaq & Kobe) and they are all considered among the best players at their respected positions in the HISTORY of basketball. The same should be said for K.G.
Ra	This is blasphemy. I hope a Celtics fan did not write this article.
KWAPT	How old is that clip of KG? C'mon..of course that was a punk move, but what was that, 10 years ago? It's simple: KG is a fierce competitor who uses intimiadation and mental toughness to strike fear in the heart of his opponents. If he is on your team, you LOVE him. If he is not, you may loathe him. But either way, he is a great player. You cannot deny that.
Alex	Wow, now we are going to call an Olympic Gold Medalist, an MVP, an ALL STAR MVP, an ALL NBA member, an NBA Champion, a player that has more 20-10-5 seasons than Larry Bird, Defender of the Year (2008 and most likely, this year) overrated? Hmm, right now I'm kind of smelling a bit of jealousy mixed with stupidity in this article.
Tweedster	This blog is poorly written, scattered and incoherent. Thankfully, someone else already tackled the inconsistencies and leaps of logic. Check it out hear: http://celticshub.com/2009/10/22/did-you-hear-kg-is-overrated/
Tweedster	Some actual statistics, and not just conjecture and strange conclusions based on the number of 'chips KG has. http://www.celticstown.com/is-kevin-garnett-clutch.html
SP	ron campbell must love the Lakers. Or the Cav's. Or the Magic. but he doesn't know @$@@ about basketball!
Ed The Sports Fan	I'm sorry, there's no way in life Allen Iverson isn't in the starting 5, especially ahead of Nash. Give a damn about MVP's, Iverson's done more with much much MUCH less and totally revolutionized the game. Other than that, I think your decade team is cool. -Ed.