Detroit needs another piece to be beast in East

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Didn't the plan this season revolve around cutting back on Rip Hamilton's and Chauncey Billups' minutes?

Their legs were as flat as their jump shots when the Pistons hit the skids in last season's Eastern Conference finals. Flip Saunders burned them out. But he swore the lesson was learned. He would develop trust in a bench this season that would subsequently decrease the unnecessary extra minutes that the All-Star backcourt logged last season.

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