Comments on: The Big Question: Will Bynum http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Alan http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/comment-page-1/#comment-8670 Alan Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:34:36 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/#comment-8670 @Patrick, I think you get what I'm after.  It's kind of like being the back-up QB for the Lions (pre-Stafford).  I mean, everyone hates the starter and begs for the backup.  I'll never forget Joey Harrington being booed off the field in favor of Garcia.  Then, being cheered back on for his replacement. @Patrick,
I think you get what I’m after.  It’s kind of like being the back-up QB for the Lions (pre-Stafford).  I mean, everyone hates the starter and begs for the backup.  I’ll never forget Joey Harrington being booed off the field in favor of Garcia.  Then, being cheered back on for his replacement.

]]> By: Laser http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/comment-page-1/#comment-8655 Laser Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:10:22 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/#comment-8655 re: that first comment. jeez hayes, i don't know what's up with you lately. even i'm not as grumpy as you seem to have been the past few days. lighten up.   i fully agree stuck would be a nice third guard, spark off the bench, come in and be in attack mode, all that good stuff. and i'd give the "bynum can't defend" argument some credence if stuckey was a good defender. he isn't. the kid's been brimming with "potential" (both offensively and defensively) since he got in the league. and by all indications he'll be brimming with potential when he's ready to retire.   to me the Big Question with stuckey is what we do with him this season. as with tayshaun, we can't rightly afford to keep him (somebody's going to hand him a contract that starts at something like $7 million), we've already sacrificed too much to accommodate him (trading billups, surrounding him with expensive, unmovable guys who dumars hoped could complement him), and if it came down to a decision between the two, tayshaun is the easy keeper no matter how much more he'd cost. but with almost $30 million committed to the perimeter already, we can't likely afford to keep either, and certainly not both (or maybe dumars thinks a $50 million perimeter is a good plan, and maybe he does). so we really should be trading these guys at some point rather than let them walk for nothing. was that a Big Question? i dunno, but you get the idea. re: that first comment. jeez hayes, i don’t know what’s up with you lately. even i’m not as grumpy as you seem to have been the past few days. lighten up.
 
i fully agree stuck would be a nice third guard, spark off the bench, come in and be in attack mode, all that good stuff. and i’d give the “bynum can’t defend” argument some credence if stuckey was a good defender. he isn’t. the kid’s been brimming with “potential” (both offensively and defensively) since he got in the league. and by all indications he’ll be brimming with potential when he’s ready to retire.
 
to me the Big Question with stuckey is what we do with him this season. as with tayshaun, we can’t rightly afford to keep him (somebody’s going to hand him a contract that starts at something like $7 million), we’ve already sacrificed too much to accommodate him (trading billups, surrounding him with expensive, unmovable guys who dumars hoped could complement him), and if it came down to a decision between the two, tayshaun is the easy keeper no matter how much more he’d cost. but with almost $30 million committed to the perimeter already, we can’t likely afford to keep either, and certainly not both (or maybe dumars thinks a $50 million perimeter is a good plan, and maybe he does). so we really should be trading these guys at some point rather than let them walk for nothing. was that a Big Question? i dunno, but you get the idea.

]]> By: Steve Kays http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/comment-page-1/#comment-8648 Steve Kays Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:35:42 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/#comment-8648 Totally agree Patrick re: Stuckey. He’d be a great combo guard off the bench. My favorite comparison would be Delonte West – a tall guard who can score, pass, defend, get to the FT line, etc. One difference is that West is a much better outside shooter than Stuckey. Totally agree Patrick re: Stuckey. He’d be a great combo guard off the bench. My favorite comparison would be Delonte West – a tall guard who can score, pass, defend, get to the FT line, etc. One difference is that West is a much better outside shooter than Stuckey.

]]> By: Steve Kays http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/comment-page-1/#comment-8646 Steve Kays Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:30:26 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/#comment-8646 Totally agree Patrick re: Stuckey. He'd be a great combo guard off the bench. My favorite comparison would be Delonte West - a tall guard who can score, pass, defend, get to the FT line, etc. One difference is that West is a much better outside shooter than Stuckey.   Totally agree Patrick re: Stuckey. He’d be a great combo guard off the bench. My favorite comparison would be Delonte West – a tall guard who can score, pass, defend, get to the FT line, etc. One difference is that West is a much better outside shooter than Stuckey.
 

]]> By: The Point Forward » Posts Court Vision: Less Iso-Joe in Atlanta? « http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/comment-page-1/#comment-8645 The Point Forward » Posts Court Vision: Less Iso-Joe in Atlanta? « Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:14:52 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/#comment-8645 [...] How good is Will Bynum? Good enough to supplant Rodney Stuckey? Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)NBA Playoff Preview: Celtics look [...] [...] How good is Will Bynum? Good enough to supplant Rodney Stuckey? Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)NBA Playoff Preview: Celtics look [...]

]]> By: Dan Feldman http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/comment-page-1/#comment-8636 Dan Feldman Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:39:44 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/#comment-8636 <p>Detroitpcb, I'm not worried Bynum is healed. I'm worried the injuries weren't <em>the reason </em>Bynum's all-around game disappeared. He showed that game in a small period of time. Maybe it was just a fluke.</p> Detroitpcb, I’m not worried Bynum is healed. I’m worried the injuries weren’t the reason Bynum’s all-around game disappeared. He showed that game in a small period of time. Maybe it was just a fluke.

]]> By: nuetes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/comment-page-1/#comment-8624 nuetes Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:32:48 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/#comment-8624 It's interesting how in every article in this series feldman and hayes come up with completely different things to point out. I'm not sure if that was on purpose or just because that shows how different each one is thinking. As for Bynum, I'm so conflicted. He's so small and he takes way too many chances on defense and it allows his player to beat him badly. He needs to back off and force his man to stay on the perimeter. Make him take jumpers because everyone on the defense is too slow to react once someone gets broken down. The defense looks so helpless in those scenarios. Bynum is certainly more enjoyable to watch on the offensive end though. Being that this is Stuckey's contract year I don't think Bynum is going to win the competition, I suppose that would mean there is no competition in reality, but Dumars has to decide whether to keep Stuckey at the end of the season or not and I would imagine he'd want to give him one last shot to see if it's worth it. It’s interesting how in every article in this series feldman and hayes come up with completely different things to point out. I’m not sure if that was on purpose or just because that shows how different each one is thinking.

As for Bynum, I’m so conflicted. He’s so small and he takes way too many chances on defense and it allows his player to beat him badly. He needs to back off and force his man to stay on the perimeter. Make him take jumpers because everyone on the defense is too slow to react once someone gets broken down. The defense looks so helpless in those scenarios. Bynum is certainly more enjoyable to watch on the offensive end though. Being that this is Stuckey’s contract year I don’t think Bynum is going to win the competition, I suppose that would mean there is no competition in reality, but Dumars has to decide whether to keep Stuckey at the end of the season or not and I would imagine he’d want to give him one last shot to see if it’s worth it.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/comment-page-1/#comment-8622 Patrick Hayes Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:20:04 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/#comment-8622 @Alan: Stuckey would be a great second unit guard. He's strong, athletic, can play either position in a pinch and is potentially a very good defensive player. Perfect third guard for a good team, actually. Bynum would do about as well defending those guys as the entire league does: not very. But would the Pistons offense run more smoothly with him as a starter? Would the ball movement be better? Yes and yes. @Alan:
Stuckey would be a great second unit guard. He’s strong, athletic, can play either position in a pinch and is potentially a very good defensive player. Perfect third guard for a good team, actually.
Bynum would do about as well defending those guys as the entire league does: not very. But would the Pistons offense run more smoothly with him as a starter? Would the ball movement be better? Yes and yes.

]]> By: Alan http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/comment-page-1/#comment-8621 Alan Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:12:55 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/#comment-8621 @Bynum homers & Stuckey haters, It's easy to like Bynum (amazing story) and it's also easy to bag on Stuckey (reason we dumped Billups).  Let's be objective, how do you think Stuckey would fare scoring on an opposing teams 2nd unit?  Also, how do you think Bynums defense would stack up against Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo, Deron Williams, and Chris Paul? @Bynum homers & Stuckey haters,

It’s easy to like Bynum (amazing story) and it’s also easy to bag on Stuckey (reason we dumped Billups).  Let’s be objective, how do you think Stuckey would fare scoring on an opposing teams 2nd unit?  Also, how do you think Bynums defense would stack up against Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo, Deron Williams, and Chris Paul?

]]> By: detroitpcb http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/comment-page-1/#comment-8618 detroitpcb Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:57:21 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2010/10/the-big-question-will-bynum/#comment-8618 In his last line Feldman makes a valid point that Stuckey has shown little improvement over the last two seasons at the point. Ankle injuries just take time to heal. A bad ankle sprain will last all season, which is what happened to several Piston players last year. Believe me, if you have ever tried to play professional ball at any level on a bad wheel - it is hard to do. You lack explosiveness on offense, have problems changing direction, and cannot move laterally on defense. I expect Will to be  fully recovered this season. In his last line Feldman makes a valid point that Stuckey has shown little improvement over the last two seasons at the point.

Ankle injuries just take time to heal. A bad ankle sprain will last all season, which is what happened to several Piston players last year. Believe me, if you have ever tried to play professional ball at any level on a bad wheel – it is hard to do. You lack explosiveness on offense, have problems changing direction, and cannot move laterally on defense. I expect Will to be  fully recovered this season.

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