This is actually a response to a comment from my "...Underdogs..." post, but I ran out of room in the comment box, so please forgive me. I wouldn't usually bother with a response to someone who's, obviously, just talking to talk, but he said something that I really didn't like and it wasn't about the Pistons. Aside from the idiotic wisecrack about Detroit burning down the city, considering it's L.A. who's popular for it's outbreaks and riots, not Detroit (not to mention it's not like they're not used to titles from the Red Wings), what kind of 'tail between the legs' person comes online and insults other people without even having the balls to leave his own e-mail address? ...and just for the record, I happen to be a Laker fan all the way back to "Showtime". I was thrilled that they got their rings a few years back, they earned them, but my boys will always be the Pistons. Everyone, feel free to skip this post. It will just take a second.

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One year wonder? They've been one of the last few teams in the playoffs for the last three years. Every year they've gone up another notch. They didn't just come out of nowhere. Their defense is raved about throughout the league. And it wasn't like they knocked the kings from their throne. The Lakers are nobody special this year. They're not even the returning champions or anything. In fact, what were they last year? 5th in the West? What was Detroit? Oh, yeah, that's right...number 1 in the East. (One year wonder...) -Hell, the Lakers didn't even finish in the top three this year, because they weren't a strong enough team to earn it. Their regular season record was 56-26, the Piston's was 54-28. Last time I checked, two games is not a dominating margin (Or course, it's more games than the Lakers could pull off in the Finals).

To add insult to injury, the Pistons won their playoff games straight out, while the Lakers had AT LEAST two games this year where they were screaming, "Please go in!!!", at last second shots, because, minus some dumb luck, they were as good as beaten. Yeah, that sounds like an unstoppable force to me. You really should think about what you're saying before you open your mouth and put your foot in it. There was ONE team to beat in the Finals this year, and it wasn't the one voted most popular, but it was, apparently, the one most likely to succeed.

On a final note, how stupid do you sound telling someone THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW that they don't know anything about basketball? Tina happens to be one of the most intelligent people I've ever know in my life. If I was as big a blow-hard as you seem to be, I wouldn't put my E-mail address in the comment box, either...Jackass...