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Is Isiah Thomas a Pistons coaching candidate? Depends who you ask
From Marc Berman of the New York Post late last night (hat-tip PP): The Post also has learned Thomas is not expected to be a candidate for the Pistons' vacant head-coaching job, despite a report out of Detroit. Two sources told The Post Thomas would not be considered by Pistons president Joe...
Report: Isiah Thomas overdosed on sleeping pills
Sad news out of New York: PURCHASE, N.Y. (CBS) ― Harrison police were sent to the home of former New York Knicks president Isiah Thomas early Friday morning in response to a call that he had overdosed on sleeping pills, a source confirmed to CBS 2. Thomas was rushed to White Plains Hospital for...
DBB Countdown: Isiah’s 47 points
There are 47 days left until the Pistons kick off the 2008-09 season. Speaking of 47, that's the most points Isiah Thomas ever scored in a single game. On December 13, 1983, Isiah led the Pistons over the Nuggets in a 186-184 triple-overtime game for the ages -- 25 years later, it remains the...
Bill Davidson goes to the Hall
The Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies are tonight -- 7:30pm ET on NBA TV and ESPN Classic -- and there will be some Detroit connections: Pistons owner Bill Davidson, former player Adrian Dantley and former coach Dick Vitale are all getting the nod. We've known this was coming since...
Wednesday’s Layup Drill
It's another video, followed by a link-dump. I'm ready for the season to start, please. It's Jason Maxiell vs. Shane Battier in Hoops Addict's Floor Burn Tournament Finals. Do you vote for the Zoo Crew or Birmingham's favorite son? I'm pulling for The Putback King, but I'll be happy either...
How this blog got its name
Drew Sharp has a great article in the Detroit Free Press today on the birth of the "Detroit Bad Boys" nickname in 1988: "It just came up in discussion," said Don Sperling of NBA Entertainment, the league's marketing branch that produced a video of the Pistons' 1987-88 run to the brink of its first...
Rip Hamilton climbs the leader board
A. Sherrod Blakely points out that Rip Hamilton is on the verge of an impressive milestone: becoming the team's all-time leading scorer in the playoffs. Making the record all that more improbable is the fact he has been able to do it in just six postseasons. He needs just 10 points to tie Isiah...
Zeke’s next move
Now that he's been relieved of head coaching duties by the Knicks, what's Isiah Thomas' next career move? NBA Comix has the odds.
"Let’s get ready to rock and roll and meet your Bad Boys"
From my HOOPSWORLD courtside blog: Over in the other locker room, Isiah Thomas spoke a little bit about the loud ovation he received from the Detroit fans. "It is always kind of embarrassing to live with because we always looked at ourselves as a team and as a Pistons family. Anything that I ever...
16 in 90
Need4Sheed digs up perhaps the most memorable minute and a half highlight in NBA history: Isiah scores 16 points in 90 seconds.
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