Pistons announce 2003/2004 roster
October 19th, 2003
DETROIT, Michingan - The Pistons just finished their training camp for the upcoming NBA season and now they announced the roster they will be using. We are going to take a look at the players.
As promised, the Detroit Pistons announced their new roster yesterday just after the training camp finished. Today we will be looking at the players they selected for the starting five and their players on the bench. Also we will discuss the upcoming first game of the season, Pistons against the Pacers which will be played on the 29h of October here in Detroit.
Ofcourse we will start with a look at the starting five for season 2003/2004. The Pistons announced the next starting five:
C: B. Wallace (Overall rating: 75)
PF: D. Milicic (Overall rating: 62)
SF: C. Williamson (Overall rating: 61)
SG: R. Hamilton (Overall rating: 67)
PG: C. Billups (Overall rating: 67)
The first in the row, Wallace, will be playing his fourth season for the Detroit Pistons as the center player. He came to the Detroit Pistons in 2000 from the Orlando Magic together with Chucky Atkins. Wallace scored a total of 506 points and made 120 assists last season. Behind Wallace we see Milicic as a power forward. Milicic was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the fist round (second overall) in the 2003 NBA draft. Milicic is coming from Serbia-Montengro. After the season we will take a look back at him how he played. As small forward we see Williamson. Williamson is playing his fifth season for the Detroit Pistons. He got traded together with Kornel David and a first-round draft pick by the Detroit Pistons in 2001 from the Toronto Raptors. Last season Williamson scored a total of 987 points and made 104 assists. Quite a valuable player for the Pistons. Behind Williamson we find Hamilton as shooting guard. Hamilton will be playing his second season for the Detroit Pistons. He got traded by the Washington Wizards to the Detroit Pistons along with Hubert Davis and Bobby Simmons in 2002. Hamilton scored a massive total of 1612 points last season for the Pistons and made 208 assists. What can we expect from him this season? We'll see soon enough. And the last one in the row, as a point guard, we see Billups. Not a new name in basketball history since he is already playing since 1997 but only playing his second season for Detroit. In 2002 he got signed by the Pistons as a free agent. Last season he scored a total of 1199 points and made 287 assists. Another great player in the line-up from the Pistons. What can we expect from this guys this seasons? We will find out soon enough.
Now let's take a look at the players Detroit placed on the bench.
C: E. Campbell (Overall rating: 63)
C: Z. Rebraca (Overall rating: 49)
PF: M. Okur (Overall rating: 58)
SF: T. Prince (Overall rating: 51)
SG: B. Sura (Overall rating: 62)
PG: C. Atkins (Overall rating: 53)
PG: L. Hunter (Overall rating: 59)
Quite some experience on the bench. Campbell maybe the most experienced one, already playing since 1990 and now his first season for the Detroit Pistons. Rebraca is playing in the NBA since 2001, and will now be playing his third season for the Detroit Pistons. Okur was trated by the Detroit Pistons in 2001 in the NBA Draft. In 2002 he signed with the Pistons. He'll be playing his second season for the Pistons. After Okur we see Prince, another player without much experience. He will be playing his second season for Detroit after he was selected by them in the first round of the 2002 NBA Draft. Then we see Sura, another player with quite some experience. Playing since 1995 he will be playing his first season for the Pistons. Last season he weared the shirt of the Golden State Warriors, what can we expect from him this season? We hope some nice things. After Sura we spot Atkins. Another player with quite some experience, he is playing in the NBA since 1999 when he played for Orlando. Now he will be playing his fifth season for Detroit. Last season he scored a total of 462 points and made 175 assists. Last one on the bench will be Hunter. Hunter's also a player with a lot of experience. Playing in the NBA since 1993 for the Pistons in a total of seven seasons he went to Milwaukee, LA and Toronto. But now he is returning to Detroit for his eleventh season in the NBA. Last year in Toronto he scored a total of 280 points and made 71 assists.
As you can see, the Detroit Pistons have a lot of experienced players in their team along with some rookies. But we are confident they have a strong team which is quite important, and they really make a chance to win this years NBA title.
After the players we will be now take a look at the first game of this years season. The Detroit Pistons against the Indiana Pacers. The game get's hosted by the Detroit Pistons.
The Pistons and Pacers faced eachother three times in the regular season which resulted in one win and two losses for Detroit. In the Conference Finals the Pistons and Pacers played a total of six games which resulted in four wins and two losses for Detroit. Detroit won a total five times and lost three times last season. It shouldn't be difficult for Detroit to win since they have a very powerfull line-up.
The game Indiana @ Detroit will be played at the 29th of October, starting at 8:00 PM in The Palace of Aburn Hills at Aburn Hill.