Comments on: Rodney Stuckey’s value around the NBA might be so low, Pistons won’t overspend

By: coach k

coach k — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:29:48 +0000

yall make some good points, but remember young players can improve their shooting. do I have to mention names here? anyway, I saw first hand Rodney’s new stroke from way outside the arc this summer, and he was money. If he can continue to put up a 1000 practice shots daily, and become a true perimeter shooter, then he’ll be a dangerous SG. and getting to the cup will be like taking candy from a baby…because defenders will have to get up on him. This will allow him to abuse smaller players with the shoulder and drive at will. Only question is how bad does he want it? Keep practicing!

By: Nananana

Nananana — Sat, 28 May 2011 05:57:28 +0000

First off before you go bash the fans and writers have you even seen his defense.. its horrible. Not to mention his jump shot % is terrible and he doesn’t distribute the ball at all. I’m not going to lie I was never a Stuckey fan and I never did see what Dumars supposedly saw in him but all I have to say is his attitude needs to change and he needs to work incredibly hard on his jump shot n defense and also passing.

By: BIG MARV

BIG MARV — Fri, 27 May 2011 23:24:04 +0000

Ok I put it like this… Im looking at a few teams that is deaperate for a SG and I mean winning teams such as Chicago, New York, Portland, Boston and mabey Orlando. That Rodney can come and start probaly make an impact. But like Dan said I wouldn’t pay top dollar to keep him if any one of of these teams want him then he can go. he’s not worth the $12 million per but I believe that Stuckey will be one of the top free agents out there similar to this years draft the free agent market is real weak. His New agent will sell him to make him one of the top free agnets out there. I think he will be “fools gold” to alot of teams but mabey Rodney will have a change of attitude if he know he goes to a team with the right coach and the right team.

By: garyo

garyo — Fri, 27 May 2011 21:51:56 +0000

I’m amazed at the lack of support Stuckey gets from Detroit writers & fans. Stuckey is by far the best player Detroit has. When he is in the game they outscore opponents. When he sits, they get beat. While he is not a great outside shooter, he is the only player ( except Prince at times) that can score at will. His defense & passinbg have improved greatly & he should have received some consideration as an allstar. He will in next few years.His problems w/ the coach show a lack of maturity, but he certainly isn’t alone in that department & the coach has so many problems w/ all of the players that it is obvious he has to go. The writers & fans ( if you can call them that) that trash him don’t appear to understand the game much.

By: Laser

Laser — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:41:22 +0000

taken for what he is, stuckey is a good player. people who say otherwise are either being foolish or just focusing on how we horrendously miscast him as a primary ballhandler and distributor and inexcusably put all our eggs– EVERY SINGLE EGG– in his basket.

it’s a crying shame that he would probably be a RAD sixth man and yet we haven’t got the personnel to start ahead of him and put him in that role. but it’s as simple as adding a solid starting point guard to play alongside rip with stuckey and bynum coming off the bench to wreak havoc, and the backcourt goes from horrendous to downright intriguing.

i’m just staunchly opposed to continuing this process of sacrificing the team at his altar. we’ve done way more than we ever should have to accommodate him in the hopes that he eventually realizes his elusive potential. his “potential” has basically cost us everything; if you’re going to overpay him now based on what he may or may not one day become, he you may as well just blow a hole in the ground and let the palace sink into the earth.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:42:36 +0000

Yeah, that’s team spirit. Hope he gets injured. He can be a difference maker. I think he needs a no nonsense coach

By: bball4224

bball4224 — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:03:55 +0000

I think we should let him find another team to refuse to come in for, refuse to shoot for (although i wish he did that every game), and get tired of the season for. If we sign him I hope he gets injured because seriously he frustrates the heck out of me.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:57:16 +0000

Gordon doesn’t need the ball to be effective. He was effective with and without it in Chicago. He has been ineffective with and without it in Detroit. Who knows what went wrong with him since Dumars signed him. But if both Stuckey and Gordon played consistently at levels they are capable of, they could be a pretty damn good backcourt.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:52:16 +0000

You just hit on my second biggest complaint about Dumars. He never wields leverage. And that means he tends to miss out on cheap talent. Granted, he managed to get cheap talent in Billups and Wallace. But that was primarily because they improved beyond what anyone could have reasonably predicted.
Kinda like the Pau Gasol trade looks less bad now that Marc Gasol has gotten pretty good. But it was still a terrible deal. The talent Memphis got back improved more than anyone imagined and it still ended up turning out, at best, fair for the Griz.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 27 May 2011 14:44:02 +0000

I think this is the first time I have agreed with Laser. In addition, I think our fans undervalue Stuckey. There is alot of blame to go around, but he’s still a young talented player. Right now he’d be a great 6 man… I also think he has potential to be more.