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Billups must drive the Pistons.(NBA; point guard Chauncey Billups' performance considered)
Darko Milicic is not the Pistons' problem. Sure, the team had the opportunity to draft Carmelo Anthony (or Chris Bosh or Dwyane Wade for that matter), but the Pistons fared just fine without Anthony last season.
Mediocre play from the front line is not a huge factor for Detroit, either. The Pistons too often get beaten on the boards, but they ranked 25th in the league in rebounding last season and still won 50 games.
The switch from Rick Carlisle to Larry Brown as coach is not much of a problem, though Carlisle had the team so tethered offensively that Brown is finding he must call a play on every possession, which has forced some adjustments. But it is ...
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