Allen Iverson’s a Piston for the season. Huh.

How about that? And Detroit plays Larry Brown’s Bobcats tonight.

I’m not sure whether this puts Detroit in a position to re-take Boston as the East’s elite team. Maybe, just maybe, it’ll give the Pistons some new kick, new spark. But it also gives them a encouraging degree of free agency flexibility next summer if the Iverson-for-Billups/McDyess trade doesn’t pay off in the short term. At the very least, it’s a reason to pay closer attention to the Pistons at a time of year when the Lions are no longer watchable.