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Pascal Siakam passes Vince Carter, George Gervin in playoff scoring
Jorge Sierra: Pascal Siakam passed these players in playoff scoring tonight Vince Carter George Gervin Tayshaun Prince George Hill Some serious names in there. Siakam is now No. 110 in NBA history.
Dumars served as the chief strategy officer of the Sacramento Kings from 2019-22 and has been the NBA league office's executive vice president of basketball operations since 2022. Dumars ran the Pistons from 2000-14, winning the executive of the year award in 2003 and building the 2004 championship team. He made a series of moves that propelled the Pistons to seven straight seasons of 50 wins or more from 2001-02 to 2007-08 -- signing Chauncey Billups, trading for Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace and Rip Hamilton, and drafting Tayshaun Prince.
Still, that 2003-04 Pistons team was one of the most motivational stories to ever grace the NBA hardwood, and recently, a key member of that team, forward Tayshaun Prince, revealed why he himself may have been a reason the team opted not to select Anthony, via The Knuckleheads Podcast. “I think how management looked at it was like they found their future small forward in me, let’s take a chance on Darko because remember (Mehmet) Okur, who we had, who was super talented, there was a chance we were going to lose him in free agency, which we did,” said Prince. “Then obviously (Rasheed Wallace), so it was like however they want to call it, we’ll take a chance on Darko.”
Being a part of that 2012-13 Grizzlies team gave him insight into what it is like being a young player in the playoffs on the Timberwolves now. Conley said he didn’t receive any sage advice in the playoffs with Memphis like he is able to give now. “The majority of us were young in 2013,” Conley said. “Tayshaun Prince was probably the only vet we had that was older. Looking back at it, you could have told me we were going to be back the next year and the year after that. We were only going to get better from there. “But you never know what happens. We’re fired our coach. We got a new coach. Guys got traded. Guys got signed. Guys got hurt. Seizing the moment is real.”
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Chris Herrington: Mike Miller, Tayshaun Prince, Darrell Arthur joining Rudy Gay. Beno Udrih, Jon Leuer and Quincy Pondexter among the former Marc Gasol teammates in the house. Dave Joerger also here.
During a recent interview on "All the Smoke," a podcast series hosted by former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Rasheed Wallace said if he had to choose four of his former teammates to play with under any of his former coaches, he'd pick the Pistons' popular starting five — Chauncey Billups, Richard "Rip" Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, himself and Ben Wallace, along with head coach Larry Brown.
"That’s an unfair question. I'mma be biased for sure. Best five alive. The best five alive and that coach is pound-for-pound, Larry Brown," Wallace said at the 59:35 mark of the interview. "The best five alive: Chauncey, Rip, Tay, myself and Ben. And there’s no disrespect to any of my other teammates cause they're my brethren, but I think we felt as though we were at the pinnacle of our craft right there and couldn’t nobody in the world touch us. That’s why we coined ourselves, nicknamed ourselves the 'Best Five Alive,' cause we felt we were that tight-knit."
Barnes also asked Wallace which jersey would be on a statue honoring his career between the Pistons or Blazers. Wallace, again, chose the city of Detroit. “It would probably be Detroit," he said. "What we did there, offense and defense, s--- …We all were misfits in one way or another. Me, Chauncey, Rip, Ben. The only one that was natural on that team was Tay because that was the team that drafted him, but we all were somehow or someway misfits over there, so I would think it’s Detroit. Just with the love and effect of the city. It was awesome."
One source said that the Lakers took only one proposed trade that summer to Bryant to gauge his willingness to waive the no-trade clause he possessed ... to Detroit rather than Dallas. Bryant vetoed the trade to the Pistons headlined by Rip Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince instantly and wound up reporting to training camp when the Lakers, in circumstances reminiscent of Brooklyn's now, stopped looking for trades. Bryant ultimately had his concerns about the Lakers' ability to content post-Shaquille O'Neal assuaged when L.A. managed halfway through the season to acquire Pau Gasol from Memphis.
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Having had the opportunity to go up against two of the greatest to ever do it, Tayshaun Prince has now revealed the major difference in defending Kobe and LeBron (h/t Advait Jajodia of The Sports Rush): “They’re both different,” Prince said. “… With a Kobe it was a matter of don’t let him get to a sweet spot. He’s gonna be physical with you, he’s gonna try to wear you down, so once the fourth quarter comes he would get to those spots and everything else is butter. “With LeBron, it was a matter of, you gotta fight through 150 pick and rolls throughout the whole game.”
“So with Kobe it was a matter of – alright Kobe is 6’6″, I’m 6’9″ let me use my length,” Prince continued. “He’s starting to do these fadeaways, if I could just stay close, stay on the ground and jump and give good contest. I’ll bother him a little bit. “With LeBron it was a physicality stand point. You know, beat you up, muscle to the rim, just be super physical. So the thing with LeBron, I could never get on the side of him. Always stay in front of him. The minute you get on the side, it’s over.”
A former NBA player sold his waterfront North Palm Beach home for $7.5 million. Tayshaun Prince and his wife, Farah, sold their house at 796 Harbour Isles Court to Las Vegas-based Tequila Little Time LLC, records show.
Prince and his wife bought the house in September 2014 from John and Emmi Mieras for $3.1 million. In January 2015, they contracted with Philip E. Johnson for interior and exterior remodeling, records show. Built in 2002, the 6,595-square-foot home sits on one-third of an acre, according to property records.
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