Comments on: Austin Daye and Greg Monroe shine in Pistons win for present and future http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Sun, 19 May 2013 00:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: temporary hair chalk http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-140343 temporary hair chalk Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:40:18 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/#comment-140343 I enjoy this weblog, wonderful content material and I am going to bookmark this website for future updates. I enjoy this weblog, wonderful content material and I am going to bookmark this website for future updates.

]]> By: bg8 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-16857 bg8 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:21:12 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/#comment-16857 @phayes true, gordon needs to knock down open shots. but how many times has gordon played and shot well and end up not getting back in the game for a long period of time (in term of real time), which just takes him out of any sort of rhythm he might have. and most definitely blasting him out of any zone he might have entered into @phayes

true, gordon needs to knock down open shots. but how many times has gordon played and shot well and end up not getting back in the game for a long period of time (in term of real time), which just takes him out of any sort of rhythm he might have. and most definitely blasting him out of any zone he might have entered into

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-16720 Patrick Hayes Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:07:02 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/#comment-16720 <p>@Jeremy:</p> <p>"Also, did I miss something a couple games ago when Q stopped playing Wilcox and went back to Maxiell?"</p> <p>Yeah, you missed something. Wilcox injured his groin against Phoenix, so Maxiell got his rotation spot back.</p> @Jeremy:

“Also, did I miss something a couple games ago when Q stopped playing Wilcox and went back to Maxiell?”

Yeah, you missed something. Wilcox injured his groin against Phoenix, so Maxiell got his rotation spot back.

]]> By: gmehl1977 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-16711 gmehl1977 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:14:36 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/#comment-16711 @Patrick/PCB (Comment 18) That little showdown between you 2 guys on comment 18 is why i love pistonpowered so much. Patrick saying like it should be said…Evil Hayes strikes again! Daye as good as he eventually might be one day still has to bide his time as does Monroe. If they don't then they will just end like a sliver spoon fed Stuckey. As Joe once said 'there are no sacred cows on this team'. No sacred cows except Stuckey that is (insert irony). Make the young fellas earn it i say! @Patrick/PCB (Comment 18)
That little showdown between you 2 guys on comment 18 is why i love pistonpowered so much. Patrick saying like it should be said…Evil Hayes strikes again!
Daye as good as he eventually might be one day still has to bide his time as does Monroe. If they don’t then they will just end like a sliver spoon fed Stuckey. As Joe once said ‘there are no sacred cows on this team’. No sacred cows except Stuckey that is (insert irony). Make the young fellas earn it i say!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-16697 Jeremy Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:23:47 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/#comment-16697 I don't see McGrady sticking around. He's doing everything right but he always seems to me like he's biding his time. He can often be seen chumming it up with opposing team's superstars. I'd like to keep him too, but I think he goes to a contender the minute he gets the chance. I don’t see McGrady sticking around. He’s doing everything right but he always seems to me like he’s biding his time. He can often be seen chumming it up with opposing team’s superstars. I’d like to keep him too, but I think he goes to a contender the minute he gets the chance.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-16696 Patrick Hayes Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:25:33 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/#comment-16696 @Tom Y: "We should probably trade McGrady – he should be very desirable to some contender" His contract is so small though, the return wouldn't be much unless McGrady is paired with another player, and I'm not sure that a contending team wants to take on someone like Hamilton or Maxiell just to get McGrady. Maybe a Prince/McGrady/Wilcox package could entice a team to make a deal. Honestly though, part of me wouldn't mind seeing Detroit keep him and trying to re-sign him to a two-year deal or so in the offseason. Maybe McGrady will have some loyalty to Detroit since the Pistons were the only team willing to gamble on him last offseason. And he certainly fills a role the Pistons currently have no one else capable of filling. @Tom Y:
“We should probably trade McGrady – he should be very desirable to some contender”
His contract is so small though, the return wouldn’t be much unless McGrady is paired with another player, and I’m not sure that a contending team wants to take on someone like Hamilton or Maxiell just to get McGrady. Maybe a Prince/McGrady/Wilcox package could entice a team to make a deal.
Honestly though, part of me wouldn’t mind seeing Detroit keep him and trying to re-sign him to a two-year deal or so in the offseason. Maybe McGrady will have some loyalty to Detroit since the Pistons were the only team willing to gamble on him last offseason. And he certainly fills a role the Pistons currently have no one else capable of filling.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-16695 Patrick Hayes Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:23:03 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/#comment-16695 @nuetes: "So how about Rip, Gordon, and CV each playing about 20 minutes a piece? Isn’t it great when your highest paid players aren’t any good? I think Kuester is finally starting to realize it." I would guess Kuester probably realized it a long time ago. No one who watches those guys on a daily basis could come to a conclusion that they're long-term answers as your top three. But I also think Kuester was obligated to do everything he could to make it work with those guys. If he weren't patient with them, it was likely it would've cost him his job, since that's been the pattern in Detroit. Dumars has routinely sided with players over coaches as GM, so I get why Kuester stuck with Dumars' big money guys for so long. @nuetes:
“So how about Rip, Gordon, and CV each playing about 20 minutes a piece? Isn’t it great when your highest paid players aren’t any good? I think Kuester is finally starting to realize it.”
I would guess Kuester probably realized it a long time ago. No one who watches those guys on a daily basis could come to a conclusion that they’re long-term answers as your top three. But I also think Kuester was obligated to do everything he could to make it work with those guys. If he weren’t patient with them, it was likely it would’ve cost him his job, since that’s been the pattern in Detroit. Dumars has routinely sided with players over coaches as GM, so I get why Kuester stuck with Dumars’ big money guys for so long.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-16693 Patrick Hayes Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:21:01 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/#comment-16693 @PCB: "Where is the article that says Ben Gordon or Rip should have been in the game instead of Austin?" Give me a break with this crap. You've been on here hyping Daye having "good games" when he shoots 2-for-8 and the team loses by 20. He's a good, intriguing prospect. I hope he continues to improve. Hamilton and Gordon have both been fringe All-Stars in the league for a while now. To say Daye, a player who has never scored 20 in a game, has earned minutes over them based on his body of work to date in his career is just you stumping for your son. In games like last night's, when Daye clearly, clearly, out-plays them, then yeah, keep him out there. there are plenty of other games, however, where Daye has disappeared or been ineffective. Give him an increased role when he consistently performs in the minutes he's given. I fully expect him to go out against Chicago and have a similar impact on that game. If he doesn't, the i expect you will be on here blaming kuester for that or some other excuse. He's like a son to you. I get it. There are a handful of players who I like so much that I constantly overlook their flaws. But at least I'm honest about it. I hope Daye becomes a really good player for the Pistons. Honestly, I'd much rather have him on the team than Hamilton and Gordon because it makes no sense to have high-salaried guys on a rebuilding team who are not capable of being No. 1 scoring options. But like it or not, they're on the team, and based on their careers vs. Daye's so far, they're still the better players, as much as I hope Daye changes that by building on this performance over the next few weeks. @PCB:
“Where is the article that says Ben Gordon or Rip should have been in the game instead of Austin?”
Give me a break with this crap. You’ve been on here hyping Daye having “good games” when he shoots 2-for-8 and the team loses by 20. He’s a good, intriguing prospect. I hope he continues to improve. Hamilton and Gordon have both been fringe All-Stars in the league for a while now. To say Daye, a player who has never scored 20 in a game, has earned minutes over them based on his body of work to date in his career is just you stumping for your son.
In games like last night’s, when Daye clearly, clearly, out-plays them, then yeah, keep him out there. there are plenty of other games, however, where Daye has disappeared or been ineffective. Give him an increased role when he consistently performs in the minutes he’s given. I fully expect him to go out against Chicago and have a similar impact on that game. If he doesn’t, the i expect you will be on here blaming kuester for that or some other excuse.
He’s like a son to you. I get it. There are a handful of players who I like so much that I constantly overlook their flaws. But at least I’m honest about it.
I hope Daye becomes a really good player for the Pistons. Honestly, I’d much rather have him on the team than Hamilton and Gordon because it makes no sense to have high-salaried guys on a rebuilding team who are not capable of being No. 1 scoring options. But like it or not, they’re on the team, and based on their careers vs. Daye’s so far, they’re still the better players, as much as I hope Daye changes that by building on this performance over the next few weeks.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-16692 Patrick Hayes Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:15:57 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/#comment-16692 @Tony: Yeah, I have to reiterate jk's comment. Why, exactly, do they need to keep Maxiell? He's been extremely unproductive for about two straight years now. I think he'd be OK as a situational player on a good team, but he has little use to a rebuilding team like the Pistons. @Tony:
Yeah, I have to reiterate jk’s comment. Why, exactly, do they need to keep Maxiell? He’s been extremely unproductive for about two straight years now. I think he’d be OK as a situational player on a good team, but he has little use to a rebuilding team like the Pistons.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/comment-page-1/#comment-16691 Patrick Hayes Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:14:03 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/01/austin-daye-and-greg-monroe-shine-in-pistons-win-for-present-and-future/#comment-16691 @jack: "It was great seeing both Tracy and Stuckey out there. I believe a playmaker like Tracy can help Stuck’s game in so many ways" I agree with you on this. Stuckey actually moves really well without the ball, we just never get to see that aspect of his game because he's always bringing it up-court. I think there are dimensions to Stuckey's game that many fans just don't know exist yet because he's only used one way by the Pistons. Stuckey will be a decent NBA player when he's with a coaching staff that realizes he has to be moved all over the place to take advantage of his versatility. I've always thought the best role for him would be as a third guard who can play a lot of minutes at both positions, depending on situations/matchups. @jack:
“It was great seeing both Tracy and Stuckey out there. I believe a playmaker like Tracy can help Stuck’s game in so many ways”
I agree with you on this. Stuckey actually moves really well without the ball, we just never get to see that aspect of his game because he’s always bringing it up-court. I think there are dimensions to Stuckey’s game that many fans just don’t know exist yet because he’s only used one way by the Pistons. Stuckey will be a decent NBA player when he’s with a coaching staff that realizes he has to be moved all over the place to take advantage of his versatility. I’ve always thought the best role for him would be as a third guard who can play a lot of minutes at both positions, depending on situations/matchups.

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