Lovable Losers: Least favorite Pistons centers
Welcome to the Lovable Losers series.
This isn’t a place where we confess our hope and expectations for the Pistons’ future. It’s not a place where we speculate what’s next for a franchise that has strung together seven losing seasons in a row. It’s a series where he look back on all that misery.
Over the next five days, we’ll look back on our favorite players and coaches from one of the sorriest eras in Pistons history. We’ll alternate between favorite coaches point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, power forwards and centers… and our least favorite from 2008-2015.
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Dan Feldman: Rasheed Wallace
Loved, loved, loved Sheed during most of his Pistons tenure, but his last year — his only year in this era — was dreadful. Wallace just lost any desire to control his emotion for a sinking ship. It got so bad, there was serious talk about cutting him before the season ended.
Brady Fredericksen: Rasheed Wallace
I share the same view as Dan. Wallace was fantastic when the Pistons were winning, but once everything went down the drain and he was being coached by a guy he obviously didn’t respect (latter end of Flip Saunders’ tenure and all of Michael Curry) he completely mailed it in.
Tim Thielke: Kwame Brown
Kwame Brown is really just a space filler. The Pistons haven’t had any centers recently who I’ve hated. But Kwame was truly awful.
Graham Simmington: Kwame Brown
Much like Chris Wilcox, almost everything about Kwame was completely forgettable. Except for this anecdote about him from Kobe Bryant: “He said, ‘Well, if I’m open don’t throw it to me.’ I was like, ‘Huh?’ He said, ‘Don’t throw it to me.’ I said, ‘Why not?’ He said, well, ‘I’m nervous. If I catch it and they foul me, I won’t make the free throws.’” That is NOT the type of attitude you want from a guy on your team.
Braden Shackelford: Greg Monroe
When Monroe signed the qualifying offer last offseason Monroe made it painfully clear that he doesn’t want to be a Piston. Maybe some part of him thinks staying in Detroit is a good idea, but it’s still a long shot. What’s worse, if Monroe leaves in free agency the Pistons will have lost one of their best players for nothing. It’s really hard to blame a player when the organization has so much blame on their hands, but the way this will likely go for the Pistons—Monroe leaves in free agency, and the Pistons with nothing to show for it—makes me really not like him.