Webber home again, to join Pistons today - Page 2

645 · 02-08-2007, 02:04 AM

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PHILADELPHIA -- He is ready now to admit what he wouldn't on national television, when he was still dreaming of playing for the Lakers, in the city he once said he would walk naked to in order to sign on the dotted line.

"I had just gotten off the phone with Phil Jackson," Chris Webber said last week, explaining why he denied what had been accurately reported -- that he would play the rest of this season with Detroit, his hometown team. That decision had been made almost as soon as he and the 76ers agreed on the terms of his buyout in mid-January -- he would give back about $6.2 million of the remaining $43 million on his contract, the Sixers would get under the luxury tax, everyone would be happy.

Free Press

645 · 02-12-2007, 12:44 AM

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In the past few weeks, the Pistons have been a different team. A better one.

And that goes beyond the flexibility and wow factor Chris Webber's addition has brought to the offense.

For the first time this season, this team is playing like it's excited. The players look as if they are having fun.

That's an important change from the season's opening 10 weeks, when the Pistons rarely looked inspired or energized, two factors inherent in most championship-caliber teams. Although there were moments of greatness -- a fine win over Dallas on the road, a great team performance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, a calculating win over the Cavaliers in Cleveland -- rarely did the players look like they were enjoying themselves.

Webber's presence energizes once stagnant team

645 · 02-12-2007, 12:47 AM

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We talked with ex-NBA guard, Yahoo! Sports columnist and TNT analyst Steve Kerr about the Pistons and the league:

QUESTION: What do you think of the Pistons' acquisition of Chris Webber?

ANSWER: I think he's been a great addition. They're posting him a lot more than I thought. Since his injury, he's been more of a jump shooter and high-post passer. I watched the (Boston) game, and they put him on the block. They're kind of reestablishing an inside game and taking pressure off Rasheed (Wallace).

Webber's low-post presence surprises