AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Not that he has truly left. Jon Barry still watches the Kings when schedules allow and until the time difference forces him to bed around the midway point of the West Coast late, late shows on TV.

He still gets harassed by the Kings via intermediaries, like when new teammate Zeljko Rebraca tweaked Barry about the expanded size of his nose and confessed that fellow Yugoslav Vlade Divac put him up to it. He even still roots for the Kings. At least in 80 of their games.

But Barry is a Detroit Piston now. There is no mistaking that. He is popular with fans -- big shock -- and within the team itself and has relocated his wife and two kids to their rented home about 10 minutes