Comments on: Detroit Pistons embarrassed themselves tonight

By: Dan Feldman

Dan Feldman — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:10:29 +0000

On Stuckey: He's still only 23. I'm not thrilled with where he is. But he's shown enough flashes and has enough athleticism that I've far from given up on him. To me, he's tradable. To Dumars, I doubt he is. Can you give a specific trade ida for a front-court player?

On defensive strategy: I mostly agree. I think the Pistons are over-emphasizing protecting the paint at the expense of defending the 3-pointer. But I think there's an effort and recognition factor, too. Players have still been slow to close to the perimeter at times.

On the starting lineup: I don't think it's the problem.

By: Dan Feldman

Dan Feldman — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:00:18 +0000

Back-to-backs, five cities in eights day, on and on. Sometimes, the schedule is a fair excuse. We’re making it one too often.

By: Jubilee

Jubilee — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:08:36 +0000

lots of problems here. stuckey is a quality player, but as a point guard he is a borderline BUM. not the answer at the point, can’t run a team, makes bad decisions, doesn’t make anyone better. joe dumars may have a crush on him and continue to see some elusive potential, but the guy is not getting it done. he’d surely fetch an impact frontcourt piece if we traded him to a team that needs a SHOOTING guard. i predict it’s borderline suicide not to do so.
another problem: we have been overcommitting to stopping dribble penetration, and we’ve been paying for it consistently giving up open threes. we’ve been doing this all season. it must be a problem with our defensive scheme. we don’t need four guys IN THE PAINT every time someone penetrates. not even getting CLOSE to getting a hand up on those threes. how many times do you have to pay for overcommitting to protecting the paint before you start giving a shred of attention to the three point line??
and yes this starting lineup hasn’t made sense since the atlanta game. i liked it that time. hated it against chicago and haven’t liked it since. even when we were rattling off five wins in a row, we were having a VERY hard time initiating any offense with that starting unit, and it was our loaded bench getting us back into games. with an able-bodied bynum there’s no reason not to start him alongside stuckey. attack, set an offensive tone, what am i missing here? how many slow starts does kuester need to see and stick with this lineup? maxiell isn’t a starter in this league and never should be. and bringing villanueva off the bench is a “cute” idea if you’ve got a respectable starter in front of him (read: jerebko, not maxiell), but the last two games were already lost by the time he took the floor in the second half.
doesn’t take much digging to see what’s wrong with this team.

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By: t-bone

t-bone — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:34:05 +0000

I think the pistons are just tired from being in 5 different cities in 8 days. Missed free throws and not closing on shooters is a clear indication of exhaustion. I think they will get back on track with a light schedule over the next two weeks.

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By: toasterhands

toasterhands — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:32:31 +0000

It’s as if the mini 3 game road trip that left them winless just deflated them plain and simple.

Gotta start putting a better stating lineup out there soon, even with all of the injuries. Wallace and Max in the front court… that’s disgusting.