Pistios or L.A.

what? are you saying he only wins defensive player of the year coz he's smaller than other centers...i'm sure its got nothin to do with him averaging like 5 blocks and 15 rebounds a game and thats just in the post season alone.....so what if he's only gaurded shaq 2x this year whats that gotta do with anything, they split the series...i mentioed the curling just to show how strong he is, if your gonna want to contain shaq your gonna need strength and thats exaclty what big ben has

the thing about rasheed is that he plays just as dirty as karl..so those elbows arent gonna throw rasheed off his game coz he'll just throw his right back

yah but just like with Hamilton and Artest....it's not usually the guy who starts it, but the guy who retaliates that gets the Technical.

As for Wallace....He just isn't big enough to guard Shaq. Strength is one thing....sheer size is another. Having to double team Shaq throws off anyones "dominant" defense.

Shaq has trouble with the smaller centers anyway. He is so big the when he posts up and pushes back, he throws the smaller center to the ground, usually getting called for the offensive foul.

regular season....yes

post season....hasn't been seen yet. Shaq's offensive fouls count has been wayyyy down since the begining of the playoffs.

Well, in any case, this is going to be a good series.

yea but look at the people who guarded shaq....yao, nestorvic, irvin johnson, and madsen....all not exactly known for there defense excpet maybe madsen but you cant compare b wallace and madsen....well you can try if you want to look like a fool

I think putting Ben Wallace on Shaq would be a bad decision...sort of. If you leave him on Karl Malone, then he's free to come and help double, he gets to crash the boards, and he can pick up some blocks against Shaq if he comes from the help side.

It'll be a really good series, but I don't think Detroit is as good as San Antonio...and LA beat them.

yup thats what everyone is saying....detriot aint as good as minnesota, detriot at as good as san antonio, detriot is in the east, blah blah blah i just wish the series would start already so detriot could shut these people up (or shut me up, could go either way)

as for as guarding shaq i'm expecting to see the wallace boys rotate

Rasheed's always played well against Malone but he's also been known for not stepping up when needed. The Pistons have Big Ben, Campbell (size), and Okur to through at Shaq which is better than what other teams have had against the Lakers. However, the matchup problem I see is between Kobe and Rip. Both of their offenses tire their opponents. So 'if' they wear each other down, the Lakers can survive without Kobe scoring, but the Pistons are screwed if Rip is tired.

Btw: Here is to good hopes.

i dont see rip guarding kobe... i think LB will put Prince on him...Prince is a very underrated defensive player...last year when the pistons were down 3-1 against the magic they put Prince on mcgrady and he shut him down pretty good....mcrgrady still played good but he didnt play like mcgrady

i saw that pic in the OTF....its a masterpiece ✅

Prince is a good defender. That might be a good idea.

for the love of god GO PISTONS!!!!!

whatever the result is. I just gotta. say, i love you pistons fans. Sticking by your team is freaking sweet, and you guys would do the Pistons organization proud.

Enough shit talking and analysis until after the game....which i'm sure will be quite a doosey.

I like Pistons but I'm more of an Anti-Laker than a Piston fan... soooo.... GO PISTONS!

Btw: I like to analyse before and after. 🙁

Originally posted by Linkalicious
whatever the result is. I just gotta. say, i love you pistons fans. Sticking by your team is freaking sweet, and you guys would do the Pistons organization proud.

its hard to believe that would be coming from a laker fan..if more laker fans were like this they probly wouldnt be hated as much

Oh man, the game's today. i can't wait.

Big game tonight. I'm pulling for LA since they've always been my fav.

SMX
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Originally posted by wuTa
its hard to believe that would be coming from a laker fan..if more laker fans were like this they probly wouldnt be hated as much

Exactly.

i was a NJ Nets fan and you would think i'd go against the pistons but my hate for the Lakers is to great, tonight i will give all my cheer and love of what i had for NJ for detriot, GO PISTONS