12-07-2005, 11:55 AM
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Skokie, IL 60076
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Age: 26
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Why Tayshaun Prince might be the most important Piston
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There are flashier players, bigger muscles, crazier hairstyles, brighter smiles, and higher scorers in the Pistons' starting lineup.
But he's the Elmer's. He's the boring ol' roll of Scotch tape, so easy to look past, you forget he's there. Yet he's totally necessary. Irreplaceable.
Nothing sticks without him.
His teammates know. They call him the silent assassin.
Because he'll kill you while you're looking the other way.
Still, ask Joe Schmo at Starbucks to name the starting five, and his name would likely be the last one uttered. His teammates know that, too.
"When you look at our team, people say we don't have a superstar," point guard Chauncey Billups said. "But then they always say, 'We got Rasheed, Ben, Rip, myself, and then...' "
Billups paused.
"... Tayshaun."
Small forward Tayshaun Prince, the forgotten man in this case, is anything but forgotten when it comes to the places that matter -- the front office, the locker room, the scouting reports.
More and more, Prince, the youngest member of the longest-standing starting five in the NBA, the guy who signed a very memorable $47-million contract for five more seasons in October, is the adhesive that holds the NBA's hottest team together.
"He's not the guy that's going to lead off 'SportsCenter,' " team president Joe Dumars said. "But he's one of those guys that helps you become a very, very good team. You've got to have guys like him on your team."
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