I think the Pistons are the team to beat in East. They are hungry cause they lost last year to heat. Adding webber only makes them strong. And that kid Jason maxiwell can play man he needs more minutes. Billups when he on is one of the best ever. i think Detroit going to win the east unless D-wade does another superhuman performance and knocks them out.
2007-01-16 09:13:04 · 12 answers · asked by dizzy22 3 in Sports ➔ Basketball
I think the Pistons will be the team to beat this year. However, they simply cannot afford to look weak to a lesser team. I really think that the problem with the Pistons last year was they took too much for granted, as if going through the finals was just a formality, since they were going to win anyways. Then when the Cavaliers nearly beat them, it sent out a message to everyone else that the Pistons were human, that they were beatable. The Heat saw the exposed underbelly and went in for the kill. If they don't underestimate any opponent as I think they did last time, they have a good chance. If they get taken to a game 7, I don't think they'll be champs. The Heat may have plans of their own, so don't get too cocky Pistons!
2007-01-16 09:23:59 · answer #1 · answered by Thegustaffa 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to agree that the Pistons are the team to beat, but not because of Webber. Granted, he was a great player back in college and in his prime years while in Sacramento, but realize that in the past several years, he's always had nagging injuries that force him to miss games. He is like a Shaq, but one who has undergone microfracture surgery. The East is a very weak conference and it'll be tough for the Pistons to not go to the Finals, given the only other good teams in the East (currently) are the Cavs, the Wizards (who suck horribly on defense), the Magic, and the Bulls. The Heat are the champions and all, but I doubt they'll make it to the Eastern Conference Championship with the way they're playing, much less the Finals again. Unless Miami turns around dramatically, the Pistons will probably make it to the Finals.
2007-01-16 09:54:55 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pistons helped there chances. But you got to realize Webber has only been like a 12 and 10 player. Nothing crazy but that may change in D-Town.
Wade is still getting to shoot about 25 free throws a game so it will be hard to beat them with the refs loving D-Wade as always
2007-01-16 09:20:52 · answer #3 · answered by Darby316 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yea pistons are probably the team to beat in the east unless shaq gets really good. but they probably wont win in the finals the west has so many good teams i think the mavs or lakers and kobe will win the west and whoever wins the west will win the finals even tho i like the pistons, i no they cant beat some of the western teams
2007-01-16 09:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
explain why the team to beat would be the heat if anything its is the cavs and i think with hughes and varajeo they can play defense on anybody u have the most physical player in the game right now guarding webber and watch hughes shut down billups miami is 17- 20 and very hurt don't worry about them quite yet
2007-01-16 11:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by Indian Fever 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cavs in the East, and Suns with the West, obviously. Pistons are done, they lost their best defender and are now a 6th/7th seed, and will lose first round to a quality team King James Forever
2007-01-16 09:46:51 · answer #6 · answered by billy j 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even though the East is weak, with Webber coming Detroit can match up with anyone in the league.
2007-01-16 09:18:09 · answer #7 · answered by rwhz199 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The BULLS in the east and the ROCKETS in the west. Thats all you need to know till the playoffs. Pistons they have to beat the Bulls first. Do you think, sorry I forgot your from Detroit, does anyone know where that is? Or even care?
2007-01-16 09:24:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Wade getting more effective foul images than the total Mavs team spells the version. no longer to take something faraway from Wade, yet he became one hungry dude on the prompt. imagine having to carry the team by technique of your self reason Shaq ain't doing squat and Antoine Walker's hoisting 3s all day, that confident receives you fired up.
2016-10-15 07:58:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a feeling the Pistons are going to do something stupid and trade players soon. The Pistons remind of when Sheed was on Portland.
2007-01-16 09:26:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋