Comments on: Rodney Stuckey: “On paper, we are the best team in the League”

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:22:05 +0000

I guess he’s right, if T-Mac is a star again. And Stuckey himself has gotten a heck of a whole lot better. I hope they are the Best team in the league on the Court and not just paper.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:03:32 +0000

@d-nice:
“who knows at this point”
While I don’t like to make predictions, I can pretty confidently say that I do know that the Pistons don’t have the most talent in the league.
I would be happy if Stuckey said something like, “We have enough talent to make the playoffs and compete with any team in the league.”
That would be a fine statement. Saying things like “we have the most talent” when you’re coming off a lottery season just makes you look like the Clippers.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:00:17 +0000

@nuetes:
“they have the most above average role players in the league hands down. he has won that title by a landslide.”
This is kind of a Dumars staple, though, dating back to when he built the championship team. Look at the teams under Irvine/Carlisle — there were many guys on those teams who you wouldn’t say were great or even good players. But they were also players who, individually, would have a spot in the rotation of any team in the league.
Three moves that didn’t excite anyone that much at the time — Billups signing for the mid-level, Hamilton for Stack trade, Sheed trade — transformed them from a collection of solid role players into a title contender.
Now the difference is that, as of yet, this group hasn’t proved they can play hard and tough and overachieve their way into the playoffs like Carlisle’s first team did. But the architecture of the team is pretty similar.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:56:50 +0000

@laser:
“do i have to keep explaining this stuff??”
No. But you will.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:54:42 +0000

@Ben:
How can anyone agree with you?

By: d-nice

d-nice — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:58:37 +0000

who knows at this point , i truly think that a rejuvenated t-mac may help but is there enough balls to go around ????we will see….stuckey

By: Laser

Laser — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:33:02 +0000

precisely. if reality didn’t matter and it was all about collecting above average players, we’d be kings.

also, the difference between the Goin’ to Work pistons and the Goin’ to Sleep pistons is that, in the absence of a superstar, the former was made of “very good players,” and the latter of “good players.” plus balance issues, etc. etc.

By: gmehl1977

gmehl1977 — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:28:47 +0000

That’s why they call Rodney Sticky-icky…cause he be smoking too much of that sticky-icky!

Seriously if there was a rule that said every team had to play there starters for the first half of games and the second unit for the second half of games then we would be making the conference finals.

By: nuetes

nuetes — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:00:45 +0000

oops i forgot CV 70 in my ratings to make 10 for the pistons. heck yeah our top 10 kills the heat top 10 – 729 to 679. the paper champs! whooo!!

By: nuetes

nuetes — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:54:06 +0000

that’s funny because i don’t see a star on paper. this is the only thing i can give dumars. the team is deep. they have the most above average role players in the league hands down. he has won that title by a landslide. if by some arbitrary rating system you rated every player in the league on a scale of 0-100 and then added them all up by team the pistons might come out near the top. only problem is they don’t have a player above an 80. they don’t have many below 60 either.

for giggles nba live arbitrary style (top 10 players):

stuckey 73 rip 75 prince 79 gordon 74 wallace 76 jerebko 68 monroe 72 bynum 70 mcgrady 72 = 659 total points

lebron 96 wade 95 bosh 84 miller 70 ilgauskis 58 haslem 66 chalmers 58 house 60 anthony 44 howard 48 = 679 total arbitrary points

wow we are almost as good as the heat using this crazy math. add the other 5 bench players and we blow them away.