Hamilton ready for Detroit opener

After watching Richard Hamilton drain jumper after jumper in a post-practice shooting drill, coach Flip Saunders turned to the assembled media and said, "Does he look ready to you?"

The answer was yes. Hamilton, after missing the final four exhibitions with a left ankle sprain, was back at practice looking like he'd never been away.

"I really wanted to test it today," Hamilton said. "It's a week before the first game, so I really wanted to push myselfI don't have time to wait until Monday or Tuesday to see how it feels."

R. Wallace:"This game ain't basketball anymore, it's entertainment,"

It may have only been the end of the exhibition season, but Detroit Pistons forward Rasheed Wallace was in mid-season form.

"I still don't think they (Cavaliers) beat us, we beat ourselves," Wallace said. "And I think we also fell victim to that personal NBA thing where they are trying to make it a world game and get (television) ratings. They wanted to put their darling in there (the NBA Finals) and they did, and look what ended up happening.

"This game ain't basketball anymore, it's entertainment," Wallace said. "It's starting to get like the WWF. There ain't no real wrestling anymore either. It's all fake."

Source: Detroit News