Comments on: Dan Feldman’s 2010-11 season preview

By: Laser

Laser — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:08:12 +0000

yeah some key guys came back, but there’s something very disheartening about being outplayed by a team with significant roster turnover when all of our guys have been here since last summer. sure, they didn’t all play together for a whole season, but they’ve all been around. for an organization preaching the virtues of two consecutive seasons under the same coach, there doesn’t seem to be much of a game plan or a system to speak of. no cohesion. it was the same way with the preseason opener. even with the big three off the floor, we were soundly outplayed by a bunch of ring-chasers who got together a month earlier.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:19:38 +0000

@kent:
I wouldn’t say they brought in a completely new roster. Their key players — Devin Harris, Brook Lopez and Terrence Williams — are all back. Guys they brought in are mostly very good role players who would fit anywhere. I think Outlaw is a tad overpaid, but Anthony Morrow is one of the best shooters in the league and Derrick Favors is simply an athlete right now, not a guy who is going to demand touches or take away from what their main offensive weapons do.
I know they were 12-70, but they have a lot of young talent and are going to be one of the more improved teams in the league.
Still a bad loss by Detroit, but losing to the Nets doesn’t have the stigma it had a year ago. They’re a fine team.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:56:50 +0000

@Laser:
The Nets took a long time to get to that point though. They didn’t officially commit to rebuilding overnight. It took them time to move three high priced vets — Kidd, Carter, Jefferson. They lucked into Brook Lopez being really good and falling to them in the lottery and Devin Harris turned out to be better than Dallas thought he would be.
They’re in a great position now. But it took time to get there, and they also didn’t commit to rebuilding as soon as they should, instead being content to squeak into the playoffs a couple times with the Kidd-Jefferson-Carter core that wasn’t good enough to do much but qualify.

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By: Laser

Laser — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:56:02 +0000

also, let us not forget that the nets were without their highest paid player (troy murphy), have a much smaller payroll, plenty of cap space for next season, a bright future with guys like harris lopez and favors (who all play different natural positions), and have the flexibility to move pretty much anyone on their roster if they want to.

oh, but the pistons will be fine. right.

By: Laser

Laser — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:51:19 +0000

whatever gives you that idea??

By: kent

kent — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:54:35 +0000

So let me get this straight….the Nets finished last in the league with a 12-70 record and brought in a completely new roster of players who have never played each other before, yet the Pistons are down six in the second quarter? Seeing that play coming out of the last Detroit timeout (maxiell contested hook shot off the backboard with the shot clock expiring) caused me to flip the #### out and frighten my dogs. I have a bad feeling that this is going to be a looooong season.

By: kent

kent — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:04:10 +0000

Honest to God, Avery Johnson just said this on YES: “Rodney Stuckey is a very good point guard. He’s probably their best all around player right now.” That comment actually caused me to spit Reese’s Pieces out of my mouth.

By: Laser

Laser — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:32:40 +0000

stuckey could have his best season by a mile and still be a huge disappointment and continue to bring this team down. it would be sad and embarrassing if he DIDN’T have the best season of his career, since they keep trying to hand the team over to him and he keeps disappointing. hopefully he plays great and we can get a good draft pick or two for him. fingers crossed.

i’m more-or-less with you on the monroe/max and daye/cv bit. as i said in another thread to hayes, max is in line for a big role. aside from ben wallace, max is the only interior toughness on the roster. period. against most teams i’d probably have those two platooning so you’re not left with some combination of monroe/villa/daye up front. and the only reason daye has been considered a shooting guard (particularly given this roster’s absurd and cumbersome depth at that position) is because he’s considered too thin and weak to be a small forward. so i’m sure nine pounds of muscle was all he needed to play power forward. god.

“rip won’t get traded this season” is the safest bet in the universe. there’s a better chance california slides into the ocean in that time frame. as for tayshaun, you may be right. but i PRAY you’re wrong.

and your prediction look mighty optimistic. one win less optimistic than hayes’s, to be exact. and about ten wins more optimistic than mine. i won’t nail down a specific W-L prediction, but put me down for 50 losses.