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It's been a long couple of days for hoops fans waiting to see how the big trade would start to shake out, but our wait comes to an end at around 730PM Eastern, when the Pistons will tip things off in New Jersey against the Nets. Tonight will be our first chance to see Allen Iverson wearing Chauncey Billups' old Pistons number one (which is just going to be weird), and the first look we'll get at Billups playing alongside 'Melo, wearing John Elway's number 7 while running the point for the Nuggets. Detroit would appear to have a better chance of notching a victory to start this new era, as they're facing a Nets team that's, well, just not that good. They've dropped their last two home games, and got absolutely run off the floor in an 18-point loss to the Suns. Meanwhile, Dallas is coming off a blowout win in San Antonio, against a Spurs team who can only win if someone on their squad decides to drop a double nickel or something.
Besides seeing how Iverson's talents might change the look of the Pistons, it'll be interesting to see how Rip Hamilton adjusts to playing with a new point guard. He was pretty crushed to see Billups traded away, so there may be a more extended adjustment period for Rip than there will be for his teammates. As for the Nuggets, they're hoping that Chauncey brought some of that Eastern Conference defense with him, to go along with his extremely solid playmaking skills. We can almost guarantee that Carmelo will go on a scoring spree with Billups getting him the ball, but Denver's defense has been the team's biggest problem in recent years.
You can watch Billups' Nuggets host Dallas on ESPN, and for those of you outside of the Detroit or New Jersey area that don't want to miss AI's Pistons debut, fear not: NBA League Pass Broadband is free through next Tuesday, so just point your browser right here and you should be all set. You can thank me later.
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