Four Pistons in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game

Four players from the Detroit Pistons will be on the hardwood at the Toyota Center when Houston, Texas hosts the 2006 NBA All-Star Game.

The 2006 NBA All-Star Game could very well be the first All-Star Game where NBA players play some real basketball with four players from the East playing not to put on a show but to win.

The Detroit Pistons backcourt of Richard Hamilton and Chauncey Billups joins the two Piston Wallace's, Ben and Rasheed Wallace, as they will all be playing to represent the NBA Eastern Conference.

For the past few years, NBA All-Star Games were regarded as a game without any resemblance of competition.

Since the end of the Magic Johnson - Michael Jordan era, All-Star Games were just a showcase of plays straight from the streets. Plays that can be characterized as... Well... Sloppy.

With four Pistons playing on the court, you can very well expect that supreme competition is about to begin. You won't see any alley-oop plays or fancy reverse slams here but one thing's certain about these four guys, they will be out for the 'W.'

And you can take that to the bank.

My only question is, where is Tayshaun Prince? They picked Gilbert Arenas instead of Prince? Tayshaun Prince deserves the All-Star call instead of Arenas, who is nothing more but a ball-hog.

Nevertheless, the 2006 NBA All-Star Game will surely bring a high-level of basketball when it's time to take the basketball court inside the Toyota Center. With four players from the Detroit Pistons included in this year's East reserves, the intensity between the East and the West just got to another level.