Detroit Situation was Over-exagerated??

engr chris · Feb 28, 2011

Tmac should be thankful his coach is so dumb that he is on the starting lineup. He wont get that opportunity elsewhere.

TEXNIFICENT · Mar 1, 2011

Steve_Francis_rules said: ↑

Can something every be under-exaggerated?
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LOL!!!!

Al Calavicci · Mar 1, 2011

engr chris said: ↑

Tmac should be thankful his TEAM is so CRAPPY that he is in the starting lineup. He wont get that opportunity elsewhere.
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fixed

HorryForThree · Mar 1, 2011

Thought many would find the following articles interesting:

Link

Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press. Reported this early on after the boycott.

Excerpt:

On Saturday, a good part of the national hoops media used the term "overplayed" to describe the Free Press' (and also Detroit News') account that Friday's actions were an organized protest.

There are reasons to believe Prince and McGrady were sick. McGrady gave a pretty passionate defense of himself and Prince when I reached him by phone Friday afternoon.

But you have to remember this about those national reports -- those writers weren't present to see how empty Wells Fargo Arena looked with six players.

And uncovering this story didn't take some level of great in-depth reporting. It went something like this:

Me: "What happened?"

Source: "You can see what's going on."

Me: "Nah. Enlighten me."

And then the source, who asked not to be identified, started describing phone conversations about the protest. Another team source backed it up.

And then another source, while claiming no direct knowledge of Friday's issues, said the team staged a protest after a loss before the All-Star break when players walked into the shower area while Kuester was giving a postgame talk.

If Prince, McGrady and Wallace had excused absences, why were they held out of Friday's game? McGrady was insistent he could have played and said no one told him he wouldn't against the Sixers. And you definitely have to give Wallace a pass considering the tragic circumstances unfolding.

All Kuester would say was it's an "internal matter."
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