Comments on: Not starting puts Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon at a disadvantage

By: Laser

Laser — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:36:10 +0000

ok cool. i can see at least two charts. maybe one with “percentage of the payroll that plays the least minutes” and one with “number of different players who are paid a sh*t-ton of money to play so few minutes.” hope i explained that right. they’re two different things, and i bet we’re leaders in each group. you should be able to draw meaningful conclusions about how poorly these teams were planned.

By: Dan Feldman

Dan Feldman — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:20:34 +0000

Laser, that’s a pretty good idea, but I think it makes more sense later in the season. Not just with the Pistons, not enough has shaken out with high-priced players.
I’ll have another chart influenced by your comments soon, though.

By: bg8

bg8 — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:17:18 +0000

@ tom: well you still have wallace manning the center position. i don’t see why we need another big when magic 4 is lewis and prince should be able to handle him cause we all know lewis don’t play inside at all. why should the pistons have 2 big out their just to rebound when the magic only got 1 big out there to rebound. every other position would be fairly even on the defensive end if you got bg on the pg and stuck on the shooting guard

By: Tom Y.

Tom Y. — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:10:15 +0000

@ Laser: You keep talking about trading Stuckey as a way to solve the SG logjam, but who do you see replacing him as the main PG? I don’t see Bynum carrying the team as a main PG, especially the way he’s played this season. Or do you want to plug the hole with a mix of Bynum, T-Mac and Tay? That doesn’t sound like something that would make our team much better. Also, Tay and T-Mac are both expiring, so how would we solve the situation next year?
In other words, though Stuckey may be better suited to play SG, he’s still our best starting PG – give him up and you still have to replace him. And it still doesn’t solve having both Rip and BG at the 2. The way I see it the only solution to this particular problem is to find a way to trade Rip, for whatever you can get, for anything that’s not a long-contract SG. Anything from cap relief to a longer contract that plays a different position (maybe someone like Elton Brand, although we’re rather stacked at the 4 as well).
Anyway if Rip (or Stuckey) isn’t traded by the trade deadline, I’m all in favor of Rip coming off the bench and BG starting alongside Stuckey.

By: tom

tom — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:18:20 +0000

id start wallace, monroe, taysaun, rip and stucky… i think of the role of ben gordon as a vinnie johnson, you guys remember the microwave?!?!

By: tom

tom — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:01:44 +0000

no offense bg8, but how does it make sense to go small against dwight howard?!?! i think that they may need some help inside

By: tom

tom — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:30:38 +0000

ben gordon is small and not good at defense, that’s probably why he’s come off the bench his whole career… i personally believe that we need players that can play offense and defense.. we should trade him and play tmac more

By: bg8

bg8 — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:53:19 +0000

what kuester should do next game, especially since its against the magic, start prince at 4, rip at 3, bg at 2 since kuester is obviously hell bent on keeping cv on the bench. why not try it, the pistons really got nothing to lose, and beside the current line up is just not working

By: Laser

Laser — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:33:10 +0000

@brett: uh, so you gotta move one of them. or stuckey. or be terrible until rip’s contract expires… in 3 years.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:39:45 +0000

Couldn’t agree with you more “bg8″. Gotta get Rip and Gordon on the court together somehow. I don’t care if we’re a little out of position on defense (we’re not good anyway), don’t care if we don’t have a point guard on the floor (they don’t make plays anyway). Our two highest paid players need to play, our two most established scorers need to score, and they need more than 48 minutes combined.