Time For Hamilton To Lead, Like It Or Not

Rip Hamilton appears to be done grieving, and that's a step in the right direction, anyway.Hamilton chatted up the team during Media Day on Monday, and he spoke with a twinkle in his eyes and often times barely able to suppress a grin."We have to teach the newer guys, the younger guys, how to win," Hamilton said as the press people cornered him in his creamy white Pistons home uniform.I know who "we" is, in Rip's mind, but he'd be best off placing himself at the top of the list of "we."The Pistons are Hamilton's team, for better or for worse. And he'd better start acting like it.Monday was a good start, albeit in a venue and situation where everyone tends to say all the right things.But it's still progress for Rip, because last season he didn't come close to saying any of the right things. At all.Hamilton went into mourning and soaked himself in grief after the Pistons traded longtime teammate and friend Chauncey Billups to D...