Evil G Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 So what are your thoughts on the hiring on Fred Hoiberg? College coaches rarely work and I can't see Fred Hoiberg being one of the exceptions. Bruh check out my last.fm And my Rate Your Music Fantasy Teams: Seattle Spacemen (CFA) Signature credit to Silent Wind of Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Reminds me of Tim "Pink" Floyd. Didn't he also coach at Iowa prior to the Bulls?That organization succeeds in spite of itself. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 So what are your thoughts on the hiring on Fred Hoiberg? College coaches rarely work and I can't see Fred Hoiberg being one of the exceptions.The style of play in the NBA is much different today than when Pitino returned in 1997 (or when Calipari arrived a year later) and even when Mike Montgomery left Stanford for the Warriors in 2004. The need of a dominant post player to win in the playoffs is no more, thus he's got a shot if he can get them to be more efficient on offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 It was revealed yesterday (at least to me, maybe others already knew) that the GM Gar Foreman was close with Hoiberg after being an assistant coach when he was at ISU. So it's clearly them hiring their friends, but unlike with Tim Floyd who wasn't really highly regarded by anybody, Hoiberg at least was a fast-rising coach in the college ranks. That being said, the Bulls just blew their last chance to beat Lebron James in a series where they had far more talent on the court than the Cavaliers, so it won't matter who's coaching. They'll win 50 games and lose in the second round for the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil G Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Reminds me of Tim "Pink" Floyd. Didn't he also coach at Iowa prior to the Bulls? That organization succeeds in spite of itself. Hoiberg and Floyd coached at Iowa State, not Iowa. Bruh check out my last.fm And my Rate Your Music Fantasy Teams: Seattle Spacemen (CFA) Signature credit to Silent Wind of Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 EvilG,Read the True Hoop piece by Tom Habetstroh on the 3 point shot. The game is different and old timers still don't like it. Some of the names may surprise you.Bird.Riley.Popovich.http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/12993098/nba-35-year-war-3-pointer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Super Agent Arn Tellem, whose clients include Joe Johnson, Derrick Rose, Marc Gasol, Russel Westbrook, LaMarcus Aldridge, Al Horford, is leaving his position as VP of the Wasserman Group to join the management team of the...Detroit Pistons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 I'm predicting Tellem will end up signing Westbrook, Gasol, and Aldrigde. Those players, along with Arn, will be referred to as the Four Horsemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I'm predicting Tellem will end up signing Westbrook, Gasol, and Aldrigde. Those players, along with Arn, will be referred to as the Four Horsemen.Apparently, his first jobs is....to get them back downtown. Credit: The Detroit NewsOne of Tellem's first agenda items when he takes over Aug. 3 is to explore bringing the Pistons downtown from Auburn Hills. That likely would mean a meeting with Chris Ilitch and Mike Ilitch from Olympia Entertainment, which has launched a $650 million arena and business project."We will put Arn in charge of helping us analyze how we can talk to the other business leaders," Gores said. "We are going to charter Arn to study that (moving downtown). It will be one of his first things."The Pistons have two viable options. They can move into the new Red Wings arena, which is scheduled to open in 2017, and share it with Olympia Entertainment. There is also a Hail Mary option to tear down the half-built Wayne County Jail and build an arena in conjunction with Quicken Loans chairman Dan Gilbert.Gilbert owns the NBA's Cavaliers, who play in Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland. He is pushing for Gores to move the Pistons to downtown Detroit."It's hard to compete not being in an urban corridor," Gilbert told The Detroit News last week. "You have to sell more than just the game. You have to sell the entire experience, and you can't get that in a field (in Auburn Hills). You gotta get that in an urban corridor, where there are restaurants or casinos or other entertainment venues." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerslionspistonshabs Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I love the Palace. Great venue. But the location absolutely sucks. Literally in the middle of nowhere. The Pistons need to be downtown. In the Wings arena. Building a second arena while the Wings are putting up a $650 million dollar building is asinine given the state of disarray the city is in. Half the NHL/NBA share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadmanLA Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 If the Pistons can pull this off, good for them. The Palace is about 30 miles from Downtown Detroit, and practically every other current NBA arena is in and around the downtown core in their respective cities. Even still, it'll be a monumental task to get Detroit on its feet, and getting the political and business leaders on the same page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I love the Palace. Great venue. But the location absolutely sucks. Literally in the middle of nowhere. The Pistons need to be downtown. In the Wings arena. Building a second arena while the Wings are putting up a $650 million dollar building is asinine given the state of disarray the city is in. Half the NHL/NBA share. Which cities with NHL and NBA teams don't share? Off the top of my head, I can only think of of the Wild/Wolves, unless you want to expand to region and say Warriors/Sharks. It would be really, really dumb for the Pistons to build their own downtown place, for the reasons you mention and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I love the Palace. Great venue. But the location absolutely sucks. Literally in the middle of nowhere. The Pistons need to be downtown. In the Wings arena. Building a second arena while the Wings are putting up a $650 million dollar building is asinine given the state of disarray the city is in. Half the NHL/NBA share. Which cities with NHL and NBA teams don't share? Off the top of my head, I can only think of of the Wild/Wolves, unless you want to expand to region and say Warriors/Sharks. It would be really, really dumb for the Pistons to build their own downtown place, for the reasons you mention and more.Heat and Panthers don't share. Neither do the Phoenix teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Right. How could I forget those two? Two teams which had something halfway decent (but not much more) in the city and left it for their own place in the suburbs. At least you could understand it somewhat with the Coyotes, seeing as the awful configuration of America West Arena for hockey. But there was no reason at all for the Panthers to not stick around with the Heat for the American Airlines Arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEd76 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Sixers no longer using Wells Fargo name in media Supposedly the bank refused to enter into any business agreements with the franchise, so they're gonna use "THE CENTER" on their website, emails, marketing, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Sixers no longer using Wells Fargo name in mediaSupposedly the bank refused to enter into any business agreements with the franchise, so they're gonna use "THE CENTER" on their website, emails, marketing, etc.Or did they have a difference of opinion like Billy Graham Ministries?http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/cnbc/franklin-graham-calls-for-boycott-of-wells-fargo-460630595993 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFanBudMan Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Newark here they come... although the "New Jersey Phila" is not a great team name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Any team wanting a new arena when another new arena is under construction can go pound sand. And any single-use new arena can pound sand too. I just wanted an excuse to write "pound sand." 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Newark here they come... although the "New Jersey Phila" is not a great team name. They're not building team HQ in Camden for 2016 just to move to Newark. They (Harris and Co.) want Camden to do just what Newark did for the Devils before the bought into the NHL. The Prudential Center was/is a privately owned facility. It looks that they want public (state) money and make it a Philly v. Camden battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Right. How could I forget those two? Two teams which had something halfway decent (but not much more) in the city and left it for their own place in the suburbs. At least you could understand it somewhat with the Coyotes, seeing as the awful configuration of America West Arena for hockey. But there was no reason at all for the Panthers to not stick around with the Heat for the American Airlines Arena. Panthers were NEVER to be co-tenants with the Heat and split revenues 50/50 since it was the Heat who first proposed Broward as an option. Broward bit, but Miami-Dade took the Heat's threat seriously and gave them premium seat and ad control. Meanwhile, the Panthers were on a short lease with Miami Arena lease and were "losing" up to $8-10 million/year at the Pink Palace. The Miami Arena authority also failed to make offers to either team in the beginning.The Panther ticket base lives/-ed north of downtown Miami, mostly in Broward and Palm Beach Counties thus decided to move closer to them in a larger venue with more premium spots which they needed to lease when Wayne Huzienga was looking to sell the franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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