Would the 2004 Pistons give the Cavaliers this year trouble?

[TheImmortal]

Kyrie Irving vs Chauncey Billups
JR Smith vs Rip Hamilton
LeBron James vs Tayshaun Prince
Kevin Love vs Rahseed Wallace
Timothy Mosgov vs Ben Wallace

David Blatt vs Larry Brown

[Straight_Ballin]

Kyrie Irving vs Chauncey Billups
JR Smith vs Rip Hamilton
LeBron James vs Tayshaun Prince
Kevin Love vs Rahseed Wallace
Timothy Mosgov vs Ben Wallace

David Blatt vs Larry Brown

Yes, the 2004 pistons are one of the greatest examples of teamwork to ever set foot on an NBA court.

[Dr Hawk]

Trouble? They would annihilate these Cavs.

[TheImmortal]

Yes, the 2004 pistons are one of the greatest examples of teamwork to ever set foot on an NBA court.

A buddy of mine told me that LeBron essentially beat this Pistons team by himself in 07.. Wanted to know what ISH thought of such a matchup.

[stalkerforlife]

They would destroy the Cavs.

[Clifton]

Yes, they would give them fits. We've seen how Lebron struggles against good defenses when the game slows down. And that was a team without enforcers in the paint like Ben and Sheed.

Pistons pace and focus on the midrange game means Lebron doesn't get going in transition. They didn't turn over the ball much either.

Kyrie would still get his 20, but he'd have to work hard for it. Love would be abused on both ends. TT would get exposed.

The Cavs are way more talented but those Pistons would be a matchup nightmare for them.

[imnew09]

LeFlop would cry and bench himself out(Pull the LeCramp) after driving to the basket a couple of times.


BIG THICK BEN and SHEED protecting the rim

[Dr Hawk]

2004 pistons =

[tpols]

I would pay a lot of money to see this

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

A buddy of mine told me that LeBron essentially beat this Pistons team by himself in 07.. Wanted to know what ISH thought of such a matchup.

Tell your "buddy" the 2007 Pistons were a shell of their 2004 former selves. The latter having arguably the greatest modern defense of all-time, and were anchored by Ben Wallace at his peak who won 4x DPOY throughout the early 2000s.

Both versions couldn't be more different...with coaching and personnel.

[dhsilv]

Lebron would do well as prince wasn't strong enough to guard him. The rest of the cavs would struggle like hell.

Though i'm not sure how in modern real basketball the pistons would adapt to the zone rules they'd need to use. Wallace is a bit slow. It would be interesting to see.

[tpols]

who everybody think would win FMVP?

Tayshaun Prince or Big Ben?

[alanLA92]

A buddy of mine told me that LeBron essentially beat this Pistons team by himself in 07.. Wanted to know what ISH thought of such a matchup.

The 07 pistons didn't have a prime Ben Wallace. The team was still good that year but nowhere near 04.

[Dr Hawk]

who everybody think would win FMVP?

Tayshaun or Big Ben?

Big Ben should, although Lebron is really generous as we all know already

[Dragonyeuw]

2004 Pistons beat this year's Cavs, don't think it would be all that close either.