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The Low, known for his Sour Notes, has a personal blog that couldn’t be more aptly titled.

Ornery Guy

The most recent “ornery” post expresses his feelings about Shaquille O’Neal’s move out of Miami

I’m completely amazed at the NBA GM’s ability to so quickly toss aside the presence of a solid center year after year after year. At least this time there is a general consensus that the “star” is not to blame. No body holds Wade responsible for the deterioration of the Miami Heat. Unlike Kobe Bryant, Wades displeasure was at least masked by his thinly veiled commentary, Fav Five spots, and being wheeled off the court, in tears, in a wheelchair a la James Brown’s famous “cape” performance after a shoulder injury.

Granted, O’Neal has had his share of injuries and slow starts, but in my opinion, he takes more physical punishment night in and night out than any other NBA player in history and should be granted some leeway when he decides to take it easy for a summer. Additionally, America has seemed to develop an America’s Next Top Model approach to weight in all facets of public life. True, America is the heaviest country as of late due to our obsession with ridiculously unhealthy food, however, Shaq is nowhere near the Oliver Miller of the present day NBA. People just need to get off of it.

and the significance of the trade to the Western Conference and the Phoenix Suns.

However, the one thing that kept PHX from advancing, they have just acquired. PHX now has an ability to exist in the half court and are now no longer forced to fast break their way to wins in the postseason. As we all know, the transition buckets often dry up in the playoffs and only the Showtime Lakers seemed to be immune to it. That doesn’t happen by mistake. When you have Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and James Worthy on your roster, there’s a good chance that teams will not be able to stop you from getting fast break points.

So, now that the Suns have THE big man inside, you can believe they will be handing out full doses of double barreled fun for everyone this postseason. Keep in mind that San Antonio will not be taken down easily, but if there is one team prepared to do so, PHX is game. Unfortunately for the offense worshipers, Kobe will not be going back to the Big Dance, especially if they have to go through the Valley of the Sun.

But the best line, may have been the last,

Get ready world, The Phoenix Suns just might make it happen. That’s right Sir Charles. You better get ready to put Steve Nash in your Fav Five.

The low key, hard working, quiet and selfless Steve Nash in Sir Charles’ Fav Five? Now that would be ornery. And downright unbelievable.

After point guard Chauncey Billups went down to a severe right calf strain, the Pistons have struggled. That is putting it nicely.

Flip Murray, a combo guard whose best play is calling his own number has started in Chauncey’s stead, and Will Blalock, the last pick in the 2006 draft has been the backup point guard. With Lindsey Hunter out with a sore achilles tendon, depth at the point has been tested.

The results of that test are in.

Murray, fail.
Blalock, fail. (Continued)

With so many Pistons’ fans coming back into the fold as the season kicks off, there is a certain catch up period for the folks that had been following the Tigers or just plain resting from what has been an exhausting Pistons run over the last several seasons.

Gone are familiar faces Ben Wallace and Darko Milicic, players who at one time represented the personality and future of the franchise. For some this may detract from the sexiness or familiar comfort of the Pistons. For others, it heralds a new and uncertain beginning with players and coaches like Jason Maxiell, Flip Murray, Nazr Mohammed, Terry Porter and Dave Cowens ready to add their own contribution to the legacy of the NBA’s most blue collar franchise.

At pistonsforum.com, we’ve got the usual fans with an opinion. But our members also have an interest in the finance, history, technique and spiritual personality of Detroit basketball.

Like TJ Hooker tasting a powdery white substance off his pinkie finger, Griffin, mercury, max and BillLaimbeer “do the knowledge” to whet your appetite for the Detroit red, white and blue. (Continued)