A quote from Amir Johnson's Wikipedia page:
"Amir has a brother that he dont know about and his brother plays basketball at Penn State and his name is David Jackson."
(Quick Amir, check your Wikipedia page! Your brother has been revealed! Ungrammatically!)
The Wiki editors let an abominable opening paragraph reach the interweb. Regardless, one of the NBA's most efficient, albeit unused, players will begin the pre-season as a starting power forward.
The Pistons, despite multiple years of uninspiring play in crunch-time, look like a dangerous team.
The biggest issue with the Pistons has always been motivation, namely that they believe they can turn it on whenever it counts (ie. the playoffs). But they can't turn it on whenever they want. If first-year coach Michael Curry can get through to them - and new coaches can always light a fire under their player's asses - they'll be fantastic.
Amir Johnson will finally get some burn. I believe him and Stuckey will tally up many MIP votes. Maxiell is still a fantastic piece off the bench. The only drawback is age. It won't be a major issue this season, but the window is quickly closing for one of the most successful core groups of players of the 2000s. When you look up and down that Pistons roster, they're still menacing. And they have more talent to unleash.
Just don't let Kwame Brown see the court.
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