Piston likely to stand pat

Chris McCosky of the Detroit News reports: As the trade deadline approaches, it appears that the Detroit Pistons are standing pat.

Pistons President Joe Dumars has said repeatedly he doesn't expect to make any moves before the trade deadline Thursday.

"If something were to fall into our lap, somebody we think would be a good fit for our team, we'd do it," he said. "But I don't expect anything to happen."

Head Coach Rick Carlisle also doesn't see anything happening.

"There is a chance that we would do something, but I think there is a far greater chance that we won't," he said.

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Grieving Wallace goes back to work

It has been quite an emotional week for Ben Wallace of the Detroit Pistons. On Saturday he buried his mother who he was very close to, then Sunday he started in his first All-Star game. Wallace was hoping his mother to be there with him to share the occasion but she didn't want to because of the traffic, now the defensive monster says his mother will get her chance to be with him out there, no matter how hard it will be.

"It's not going to be hard thinking about her because I know I'm going to be thinking about her while I'm out there," Wallace said. "She had said she didn't want to make the trip because of all the traffic. Now she'll get a chance to be there with me. I'm putting all my heart and effort into this game for my mother's sake. She's definitely going to be on my mind."

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Rivals Thomas, Jordan meet united in All-Star 03

Michael Jordan with the Chicago Bulls and Isiah Thomas with the Detroit Pistons were vivid enemies back in the late eighties as both fought for NBA supremecy, so as Jordan now enters his final All-Star game in his career it is ironic that his head coach will be none other than Thomas, who is set to debut at the helm.

Their rivalry started back in Jordan's rookie season when Thomas alledgedly froze out a rookie MJ in his debut All-Star game. Jordan, again it is alledged, got revenge in 1992 when he used his influence to keep Thomas off the Olympic Team which featured himself, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. It was reported that Jordan refused to play for the team if Thomas was a member.

"I remember people started writing it, then people started talking about it, and all of a sudden it became the truth," Thomas said recently. "Now it's written in books and people just assume that it's fact." " I remember saying then, and I say now, if someone would get the tape and watch, I defy them to find spots where we as teammates deliberately decided not to give Michael Jordan the ball. You're talking about Julius Erving, Larry Bird, Moses Malone and myself all getting in a huddle someplace and saying, 'Let's not give this guy the ball."

"I mean, that's absurd."

Jordan was not available for comment to Jerry Dean of the Detroit News, but his agent David Falk weighed in with his thoughts.

"Anybody who knows the NBA knows the relationship between Michael and Isiah is frosty, at best," Falk said. "And the Olympic players will be in close quarters for 37 days.

"But I don't think Isiah Thomas is important enough to Michael Jordan to influence his decision."

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