Pistons Core on Cover of Sports Illustrated

vic · Post #1 » by **vic** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 6:53 pm

GETTING SCORED ON

looking lost

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdHiWz6W4AA3zot.jpg:large

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/241135/Kawhi-Leonard-On-Cover-Of-Sports-Illustrated

Drummond RJ Harris and KCP should take this as disrespect and motivation

your thoughts?

engelbert321 · Post #2 » by **engelbert321** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 6:59 pm

Wow they could've easily cropped out 3 Piston players.

Pugz · Post #3 » by **Pugz** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 8:05 pm

definitely a cover to frame.

Todd3 · Post #4 » by **Todd3** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 8:32 pm

Doesn't necessarily mean disrespect. Could actually mean the opposite. They used to choose Jordan's games vs the Bad Boys to use as covers because of the rivalry, but also because scoring over the Bad Boys was tougher than some random scrubs, so it made Jordan they look tougher. Could be a little of both here too. Age-wise these guys are the future of the NBA, and maybe they wanted to feature him against some of his similar-aged upcoming-star peers, and viewed the Pistons as one of the better young defensive teams and a possible future rival.

Who knows, just saying this doesn't automatically mean disrespect. Depends how you look at it. I think it's cool, personally, and good for the Pistons to get any kind of national exposure they can.

Todd3 · Post #5 » by **Todd3** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 8:43 pm

engelbert321 wrote:Wow they could've easily cropped out 3 Piston players.

This. I doubt they would have any reason to intentionally diss the Pistons, so the fact that they made sure to include them seems more out of respect. Drummond is a similar aged young star, Harris is another with star potential, KCP is one of the better young perimeter defenders, and Reggie is one of the better young PGs. They probably just wanted to include as much young talent as possible on a cover featuring one of the top young stars.

BigFatBob · Post #6 » by **BigFatBob** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 9:10 pm

engelbert321 wrote:Wow they could've easily cropped out 3 Piston players.

Yeah, the cover isn't even about the Pistons plus we lost that game

Post #7 » by **dVs33** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 10:06 pm

It's a good photo for the article. it's just a photo of Leonard shooting against a few defenders that happen to be Pistons.
The title of the thread got me tho. Haha good job :lol:

Montanabadboy · Post #8 » by **Montanabadboy** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 10:37 pm

Haha, well played. I knew there had to be a catch!!!

Uncle Mxy · Post #9 » by **Uncle Mxy** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 11:10 pm

Will the SI curse hit us?

detroitKG · Post #10 » by **detroitKG** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 11:35 pm

is this really a thing? come on guys lol silliness

Blkbrd671 · Post #11 » by **Blkbrd671** » Wed Mar 9, 2016 11:44 pm

dVs33 wrote:It's a good photo for the article. it's just a photo of Leonard shooting against a few defenders that happen to be Pistons.
The title of the thread got me tho. Haha good job

lol

Got me too

ElectricMayhem · Post #12 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:59 am

Wow, I might have to subscribe for this. Do they still have that sneaker phone promotion going?

BadMofoPimp · Post #13 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 2:31 am

It coulda been worse. All 4 Pistons could have been jumping up trying to block Kahwi as he was draining that 3.