The Palace at Auburn Hill's undergoing Final demolition this week

[tpols]

link (https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2020/07/07/implosion-palace-auburn-hills-saturday-bob-seger-detroit-pistons/5392131002/)

Shout out to the good times.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdyqIh4nJ3Y

[oldtimer28]

Ron Artest project Manager?

Or the gm who drafted for pistons since 2003 at least...

[Horatio33]

Will always remember Horry in game five.

[Axe]

Classic arena. They shouldn't have transferred at all.

[getting_old]

Had a ticket for that night in the nosebleeds, but then a friend got me a seat for Michigan at Ohio State football the next morning, so I ate the Malice ticket.

Was getting up at 2am for the drive and was watching the Malice game, then went to be a minute before it erupted, good thing, i wouldn't have had any sleep watching that.

[jayfan]

I understand the Pistons wanting to move downtown. But man, it's almost criminal to tear that arena down. One of the best & most beautiful arenas in the country. And that was even before the $40 mil in renovations poured into it from 2012-2015.

[Jasper]

after the brawl , they should taken the palace down , not Detroit lmao

[Jay-B]

Classic stadium that they even recently made big updates too don’t understand why the Pistons didn’t stay there. Many classic playoff and finals games were played there with the likes of Isiah, Magic, Jordan, Kobe, Shaq, Duncan participating.

[oldtimer28]

Classic arena. They shouldn't have transferred at all.

Yes, or preserved some of the old.

[Lebron23]

Classic stadium that they even recently made big updates too don’t understand why the Pistons didn’t stay there. Many classic playoff and finals games were played there with the likes of Isiah, Magic, Jordan, Kobe, Shaq, Duncan participating.

And LeBron James 48 against the Pistons in 2007

[Axe]

Probably one of the unforgettable moments in the palace


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4K9jm1pFjSE

[Turbo Slayer]

Good memories.

[Lebron23]

They just renovated it. Here in the Philippines they value these old basketball stadiums instead of demolishing team.

[Uncle Drew]

Who cares? You can barely notice the difference on tv anyway.

[LAmbruh]

meh


Lebron ended the Pistons franchise in 2007 as far as im concerned, they never recovered as a team

[jayfan]

meh


Lebron ended the Pistons franchise in 2007 as far as im concerned, they never recovered as a team

Lol @ forcing Lebron into any possible conversation.

If you care to know the truth of the matter (probably not, why ruin a good trolling?), the Pistons were done after Big Shot Bob beat them in the '05 Finals. Larry Brown left, Ben Wallace was gone. By '07, they were a shell of their greatness and in decline.

Great 4th quarter by Bron, though. No doubt about that. A top 3 performance of his career.

[Hey Yo]

Lol @ forcing Lebron into any possible conversation.

If you care to know the truth of the matter (probably not, why ruin a good trolling?), the Pistons were done after Big Shot Bob beat them in the '05 Finals. Larry Brown left, Ben Wallace was gone. By '07, they were a shell of their greatness and in decline.

Great 4th quarter by Bron, though. No doubt about that. A top 3 performance of his career.
You suggesting the 07 outcome would have been different if Brown was still Detroit's coach and Ben Wallace was still there?

[jayfan]

You suggesting the 07 outcome would have been different if Brown was still Detroit's coach and Ben Wallace was still there?

Most likely. The team got soft under Saunders. He switched them to a soft zone. Became a completely different team defensively.

[Hey Yo]

Most likely. The team got soft under Saunders. He switched them to a soft zone. Became a completely different team defensively.
Detroit still had the 2nd best defense in the league that year. Brown's last year in 2005, their defense was only one and a half points better (89.5ppg) than w/o him (and Wallace) in 2007 (91.8ppg)

I see a lot of people mention Brown and Wallace not being there as part of the reasoning. I just don't see the significant difference those 2 would have made.

[Axe]

meh


Lebron ended the Pistons franchise in 2007 as far as im concerned, they never recovered as a team
Regardless it's still a franchise that defeated the lakers twice in the finals

[Axe]

You suggesting the 07 outcome would have been different if Brown was still Detroit's coach and Ben Wallace was still there?
Also used to think of the same thing before but it's probably meh

[insidehoops]

Legendary Bad Boy Pistons memories in there.