We're talkin' about TALKIN' [or not talking, as the case may be.]

It's been a while. Mostly because the past week has just been this huge cluster-fuck of things not going my way, so in turn I don't want to speak on an of it because it'll just piss me off too much. And then there's confusion and just not knowing. The main thing, though, is nothing is going my way.

Okay, enough. TIME TO TALK.

I woke up Sunday and watched the Pistons vs Grizzlies game. I watched as the Pistons came out with no energy. I watched a team that didn't resemble my Pistons at all.
Was it because it was a Sunday? Was it because the Pistons were playing with heavy hearts because of Davidson's death? Was is the absences of Rasheed Wallace and Allen Iverson? It couldn't have been because we played the Grizzlies. The suck-ass [now 17 and 48 after beating us] Grizzlies.

The Pistons have now fallen to the Number 7 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff seedings.
If the Playoffs were today, we'd be playing the Celtics. And if we played like we did yesterday, we'd have no chance.

A few hours after that game, I got a text.
"Allen Iverson wants out of detroit," it said.
Saturday I read an article. The headline was the same thing. "Allen Iverson Wants Out Of Detroit". Lou Williams [76ers] said he's "pretty sure Allen doesn't want to be in Detroit."
He also said he's like a big brother to him, and they're really good friends.

Side-note: If Lou Williams is such a good friend, why is he telling the world about AI's business?

And there's so much talk going on about "bye bye AI", and how he's done with the Pistons.

I'm trying hard to not believe any of this until I hear Allen himself, or an agent or something, say he doesn't want to be here.

I find it extremely hard to believe that that the same man who said he would like to stay on the Pistons even after this season is over, and the man who said his goal is to "help this team win a championship" and is going to do "whatever it takes" would give up so soon.
Hell, 2 days after his injury, he said he wants to get back as soon as possible.

So I'm assuming it's all just rumors. I'm used to that when it comes to AI.

Like, really. People think that he's a egotistical asshole. People think he's faking his injury because he's pissed at MC's decision to have him come off the bench.
He just wants to play. I know he does. He wants to play every minute. But he's stuck up for it, right? He's a ball hog for it, right?

Michael Curry: "He doesn't want that to become a story. So many people, I don't just mean locally, are taking that and twisting it, saying he's disappointed in coming off the bench. You can't be the type of player he is and want to come off the bench. You want to be in the starting lineup and have the ball in your hands so you can help the team win."

Remember when KG didn't go to that Boston game [I think it was like, a day after his injury] because Doc said that if he was there he would try to play? They said he has so much heart for that. When KG does it, he's a hero. When AI does it, he's egotistical, greedy, and stuck up. Hm?
When KG was losing in Minnesota, he was "missing talent." When AI was losing in Philly, he was a "team killer."
KG found Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, a veteran coach, and a tough team.
AI found Rip, Tayshaun, Sheed, and an old team with a confused 1st year coach.

The Pistons seem lazy. AI is to blame? He finds himself responsible for carrying yet another team, or that's how it seems. Remember that 8 game losing streak when everyone just gave up? You could see the lack of confidence on their faces. You could see the "I don't give a shit" shots. Iverson was the only one on the court that was trying.

AI haters call him "The Canswer". Cancer? That's just funny because it's so false. They're the ones who blame him for all the struggles. Come on! He's being blamed for being traded to a team with an AWFUL coach and a team of great players who have this great bond and chemistry that treat him like the new kid at school. 'You can't sit at the cool lunch table, loser.'

"No matter what I do everyone is always picking on me, and nothing I do is good enough."

"All eyes on you -- because everybody wants you to be perfect, but not themselves."

You can't ask for him to do more than what he's done. He's changed for this team. He's become a team player and has changed his game as much as necessary to mesh with the Pistons, and it isn't working.

"Change. Life changes. It's different. But believe me, I think in my heart - me being the focal point of an offense - gives us the best opportunity to win. And finishing up my career, that will be the team that I'm playing for. If not, then it will time for me to go. Because if I can't play my style of basketball, then there's no need to be playing because I can't help the team that I'm on if I can't play the way I play. Simple as that. Take it any way you want to take it. It's the truth.

Back in the day, I felt like if I had made a comment like that people would say that I'm just selfish and I wanted to score a bunch of points. But I feel like that's how I can help a team. Obviously, I'm not concerned about scoring a bunch of points. I've done all that. I'm talking about what I have to do to help a team win."

But yeah, the main thing here is all the talk about him being done, him being in Detroit is done, his season is done.
And nobody is saying the same thing. MC's Allen Iverson Injury story changes everyday. And Allen himself hasn't spoken in a while, and that's what fans need. I need to hear the truth from his mouth.

I don't like this one bit. And I felt like him coming off the bench was the worst. This is just terrible.
If he does come back ... WHEN he does come back [I'm not losing hope yet], I hope he still gets a good amount of minutes, because I feel like he will finally get to use his talent and play HIS game with that second unit.
It would truly suck not to make use of his talent in the playoffs. I don't think we can compete without him in the playoffs.

As for everything else, I'm still confident in my team and I'm still confident we can do this. I just hope AI is still in this picture.

Unlike me, the Pistons GO TO WORK. So lets do it, dawgs.