**Official McGrady/Pistons 2010 Regular Season Thread**

Sources say the alleged player boycott was actually a "perfect storm" that resulted in half of the team not showing up or showing up late. Tayshaun Prince and Tracy McGrady were both ill. Ben Wallace has a brother who is gravely ill and has been emotionally distraught for several days. Chris Wilcox overslept. Austin Daye and Rodney Stuckey missed the team bus because the departure time was moved up from 11 to 10:30 a.m. ET. They have insisted to team officials they did not receive notification of the change.

The only player who actually missed shootaround without explanation, one source said, was Hamilton.
Sources now say, though, that the idea of a team boycott is "overblown" and that only Hamilton missed the shootaround without explanation.



"The team boycott idea is being overblown," the source said. "It was more miscommunication than defiance."

Sources told the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News on Friday that the shootaround boycott was directed at Kuester, who has clashed with players in the past.

Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com Friday that Pistons veterans tried to organize a teamwide boycott of Detroit's shootaround before its last game prior to the All-Star break.

But the walkout was called off, sources said, when some Pistons players were told that Kuester was about to be dismissed during All-Star Weekend. Detroit went out that night and scored a 115-109 overtime victory at home over a hot Indiana team.

Prior to Friday's game in Philadelphia, sources said, similar attempts were made by the same veterans to organize a teamwide no-show at the morning shootaround again, presumably in response to the fact that no trades were made before Thursday's 3 p.m. ET trade deadline and the fact that Kuester was not let go.

All of the players who missed or were late to shootaround were held out of Detroit's Friday night loss. That left the Pistons with only six available players: Will Bynum, Ben Gordon, Jason Maxiell, Greg Monroe, DaJuan Summers and Charlie Villanueva.

Ric Bucher covers the NBA for ESPN The Magazine.


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Маc is going to start the game against Jazz

 

Where did you get that from. He is NOT playing.

Tracy McGrady, Tayshaun Prince, Richard Hamilton and Ben Wallace (personal matter) not available. All others are available.

It may hurt Tracy's image this season. 2nd game in a row he is not playing.

Or maybe he ain't playing on purpose. I mean, he wants to prove Kuester that he really had a bad headache.

 

T. McGrady DND - FLU

 

That sucks.

 

it's yahoo glitches.

Right now Battier missed one FG for our Rox and Jeffries was listed as a starter for today game alongside Hasheem

 

The whole situation is "exaggerated".

 

Good for them. Hopefully he is still a starter when he comes back because knowing Kuester after winning one game he may stick with this rotation for trhe rest of the year.

No matter what, the guy is an IDIOT

 

Looks more like giggling to me. What a non-issue. This guy Kuester is an absolutely horrible coach - he may know about the x's and the o's, but he can't get through to the players. Most of being an NBA head coach is motivation and communication (see: Phil Jackson). Kuester is not charismatic and does not have the respect of his players. Too bad for him, but that's the way the business works.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=F5puyjr2qd4

 

Is T-Mac playing tonight?

 

he's available. doesn't mean he'll play though

 

I guess you have to settle your feud in order to play. Hamilton is playing today but Tay and Mac aren't

 

Who's laughing now? Another dnp dude.

Its such a shame too, since he was getting in the groove of things.

 

Prince is actually injured, Rip played because they apparently sorted out the feud.

 

It's obvious the Pistons don't care about basketball anymore. Lmao.