Will the Pistons Bounce Back From an Atrocious 2008-09 season?

My answer is absolutely not.

The Pistons had loads of cap space to use for marquee free agents to get their strong, defensive identity back. Sign-and-trade with Jazz for Boozer perhaps? They did have a cool $21 million to blow and they used it on Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva instead.

That's how they get their defensive identity back? By signing two offensive talents without a trace of defensive prowess in their veins? Way to go, Joe Dumars.

Ben Gordon is getting paid $55 million over five years to be an undersized shooting guard who does not handle the ball well or play a lick of defense. Isn't General Motors located in Detroit? And they're spending $55 million on Ben Gordon? What recession!?

Not to mention the Pistons still have Rip Hamilton so BG is still off the bench which is absurd considering the money he's getting.

Sorry, I just really hate Ben Gordon.

The Pistons invested in Rodney Stuckey as the future of their franchise when they traded away Chauncey Billups to Denver. Stuckey was considered their point guard for years to come. But there's one thing wrong with that. Rodney Stuckey is not a point guard. Watch the kid play! He does not make plays for other people and it's going to be apparent this upcoming season.

This is not a bash on the guy's talent. Stuckey can ball without question but the pistons won't get anywhere without a natural point guard who can make plays for his teammates.

Joe Dumars was great GM at the beginning of this decade but since the Iverson trade and Curry hiring, this team is bound to self-destruct. They have no true center, no true point guard, an unknown coach, and a city that is the center of the world's econmic meltdown.

Sounds like a recipe for disaster, no?