This is an excerpt from an article written by Greg Anthony about another team, but he might as well be referring to what the Rox currently lack... "Chauncey is a scoring point guard who in order to be effective individually has to feel comfortable with his ability to launch 3s at will. That's a difficult proposition for any team, but especially one that has championship aspirations. While Larry does not want to impede Billups' freedom, he knows a team functions best when its best players make sacrifices. In Chauncey's case, it's the commitment on the defensive end and his willingness to make the extra pass. Billups has earned his teammates' trust with tough play on the defensive end. That is how you get your teammates to compete unconditionally -- when they believe you are playing to win and are giving of yourself for the team. It's called chemistry, and that's how you develop it. The best teams in the league have it, and the Pistons are once again one of them. When players compete, they want to know their teammates are willing to do the right thing. When a player is open, you pass him the ball. Maybe he isn't as good a shooter as you are, but it's the right play to make. You have to then trust him to make the right play. When players trust one another, they perform better. They make better decisions, and good things happen on the basketball floor. It's contagious. The best teams don't always have the most talented players, but they always have smart players -- guys who play to their strengths and make more good plays than bad ones because of it. It's hard to beat teams when guys make the right play, because even when mistakes are made, players know the intention was unselfish and in the best interest of the team. When you have this, mistakes actually motivate teams to play harder." espn/greg anthony Makes me wonder if Brown could have brought this mindset over to Houston, or if he merely inherited players in Detroit who already had it. Whatever the case, I don't think we'll be able to talk about the Rox being of championship calibre until our players quit talking about it and wholeheartedly adopt this mindset.
remember detroit was coming off back to back 50 win seasons. they have great players considering they are in the eastern conference. i don't think brown has done much to improve anything, what remains to be seen is if the pistons respond better in the playoffs.
Here's my "recipe for success": 1. Remove Yao Ming from soft wrapper 2. discard wrapper 3. simmer Yao's temper until boiling 4. sprinkle with role players 5. and serve
