Eastern Conference
The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, and organized in three divisions of five teams each. The three division winners are seeded 1, 2 and 3 for the playoffs in order of their record, with all non-division winners seeded 4 through 8. This leaves open the possibility that a #4 seed could have a better record than a #3 seed. On the other hand, home-court advantage in a playoff series is decided by record, not by seeding, so if a #3 and #4 team met in a playoff series in which the #4 team had the better record, the #4 team would have home-court advantage. The Eastern Conference playoffs is divided into three rounds, with the winner facing the Western Conference champion in the NBA Finals to determine the champion. All playoff series are best-of-seven. The current divisional alignment was adopted at the start of the 2004-05 season, when the Charlotte Bobcats began play as the NBA's 30th franchise. This necessitated the move of the New Orleans Hornets from the Eastern Conference's Central Division to the newly-created Southwest Division of the Western Conference. Full Article on Wikipedia
Predict your 10 man rotation
We are only four weeks away from trainingcamp so lets start talking some basketball baby.
billups 32
hamilton 34
prince 33
sheed 30
mydyess 25
bench
stuckey 25
j.max 20
amir 15
afflalo 15
brown 11
There will be five minutes left to go somewhere I dont really see a role for herrman unless someone gets hurt
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Lindsey Hunter being investigated by the FBI
Just heard it on the nightly news. It was the opening of the show as a breaking news alert.
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Giants DFA Castillo, Call Up Ishikawa, Rohlinger, and Sandoval
Oh-my-freaking-god.SO HAPPY.
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Wednesday Morning Update: Sore Knee Edition
Good lord, what a terrible game last night. In the 0.5 seconds it took for Brad Ausmus’ — hereby referred to as the evil one — line drive to reach Lincecum’s knee, every tragic career ending scenario flashed through my head. Watching Lincecum limp badly off the field as he leaned against our head trainer, so to keep his balance, was the worst thing I’ve seen all year in a Giants game.And that’s saying something, I’ve seen a lot of Jose Castillo.
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East narrowing the gap with the West
Gap to narrow as East weaklings bulk up
The gap between the NBAs Eastern and Western conferences will narrow this season. It might not close completely, but the great East-West divide will be a footnote to the 2008-09 season.
It closed a little last year, despite what the numbers say. Yeah, the West was a whopping 66 games over .500 with a 258-192 record in interconference games last season for a .573 winning percentage. Thats a considerable edge over 450 games.
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Pistons 2008-2009 Schedule
Pistons Schedule to Tip-Off 2008-09 Season on October 29
The Detroit Pistons will open the 2008-09 season at The Palace of Auburn Hills versus the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, October 29 (8:00 p.m. EST), it was announced today by the National Basketball Association.
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Pistons Sign Sharpe
Pistons Sign Second Round Draft Choice Walter Sharpe
Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that the team has signed second round draft choice Walter Sharpe.
We are pleased to add Walter Sharpe to our roster, said Dumars. Walter is a young athletic small forward with good size and intriguing skills. We look forward to seeing him grow and mature as a player in our system.
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Stuckey and Afflalo get extension
Pistons Exercise Team Option on Guards Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo
Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced today that the team exercised its team option on the contracts of guards Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo. Both contracts are now extended through the 2009-10 NBA season.
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Twins Move Into First Place
Do you remember May 13th? That was the last time that the Twins were first place in the standings in the Americal League Central division. Prior to this season, most media members and fans alike suggested that the Twins were in a rebuilding mode. As the Twins took their place atop the division yesterday it seems only fitting that a team made up of rookies and newcomers would be paced by the most recent of callups. Fransiscon Liriano.
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Joe Dumars: Madman or Genius?
Throughout his tenure as President of the Detroit Pistons, Joe Dumars has been known for finding diamonds in the rough. He and his staff have demonstrated an ability to pick out those players who have something nobody else saw.
For this reason, up until this summer, most people have given Dumars the benefit of the doubt.
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The Return of King Liriano
It’s time to dust off your Fransisco Liriano jersey. The king lives and will soon be comeing to a ballpark near you. Liriano has been deadly for Triple-A Rochester over has last 10 starts. His stats are pretty impressive: He’s 9-1 with a 2.51 ERA during stretch of time. He will be replacing the the human hit machine, Livan Hernandez. It’s well been documented that Livan’s numbers are horrible but it seems as if the Twins have finally decided to stop trotting him out to the mound when Liriano is sitting in AAA.
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Twins throw in the towel
I’m frustrated. I’m very negative right now. I’m a Twins fan and as a result of that i’ve learned accept the fact that I live in a flyover state and that my team will always be stuck in mediocrity. Sure, the Twins have won 2 world series in my lifetime. Sure the Twins won division titles for 4 our of 5 years. Sure there are bright spots here and there. What frustrates me the most is that each time I think that the Twins are really in it to win it, I buy into the lie. I buy into the sound bites from team officials.
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OT: Lions Tickets
I figured this is my place for info. I'm thinking of heading up for the game on 10/26 against the Skins. How difficult are tickets to purchase close to game time? Should I get them pretty far in advance?
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Chauncey speaks...
Chauncey Speaks, Part 1
by Ryan Pretzer
Pistons fans like to call Chauncey Billups Mr. Big Shot, but he also goes by Smooth. And hes been just that during a rumor-ridden off-season.
Of all the Pistons veterans, Billups name has been most prominently mentioned in fantastical trade scenarios ever since president of basketball operations Joe Dumars declared there were no sacred cows.
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