Comments on: Should the Pistons let Rodney Stuckey go as a free agent and give the point guard reins to Brandon Knight?

By: i feel like blowing my fucking brains out each time rodney stuckey jumps to fucking pass, while he is already in the goddamn paint.

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By: Gregoire

Gregoire — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:34:28 +0000

Yeah sure you are right, but does Dwight Howard want to go to another team just to get to the Playoffs? Even with Dwight the Pistons aren´t a Contender, so he never would join them. At which Spot do you think the Pistons are better suited than the Magic? Point Guard? Nelson vs. ??? Brandon Knight? The Pistons don´t even know who their PG is –> Do you think Howard wants his Team to be dictated by a Rookie, who has yet to explore whether he is a PG or not? No way… Small Forward? Hedo vs. ??? Austin Daye? 2:0 Magic…Power Forward? The Pistons have Greg Monroe but would he be a nice fit next to Howard? Like with Brandon Bass it would not function. That would leave a comparison between Ryan Anderson vs. Villanueva. Both are Stretch 4s, but there is no worse defensive PF than CV in this League + it would mean that Monroe would have to come off the Bench. Split the Points if you want to but at the moment Monroe + CV are not better than Bass + Anderson, maybe in the future, but if Howard gets a Piston that would´t be good for Monroe…Shooting Guard? Ok, that one goes to the Pistons because Arenas is crap and doesn´t fit next to Nelson, but what about the Pistons? Is Stuckey the answer? No, he´s very good defensively, but on offense to me he´s one dimensional, just penetrating, no serious Jumper and no 3-point range…They have to get rid of Hamilton and give Gordon the Chance to play Starter Minutes for a whole hopefully healthy Season. We need 3-Point Shooter and it would be ridiculous to trade the only one we have. Thats 3:2 Magic!!! Never will Howard join this Pistons Team which is at the beginning of rebuilding…

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:59:19 +0000

Wow will wonders never seize. Pistons deal a potential all star in Knight, and a horrible contract to Indiana for nothing, and hope to land Howard in 2012. Yea but what do they get in return from Indiana in that deal. The only way that works is if we get expiring contracts. And loosing Knight for a Nene is not worth it. Sure if we get Howard. But why would he come here to make us a playoff team when he can make the Lakers/Celtics/Kincks sure fire contenders?

By: Saul

Saul — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:07:05 +0000

Gregoire you do realize that the very minute Dwight Howard signs with Detroit then we are a playoff team in the East. No way our roster is worse than Orlando’s this last half of the season and he got them to the playoffs.

By: Gregoire

Gregoire — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:10:25 +0000

Why should Howard want to come to a lottery-team?

By: neutes

neutes — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:52:09 +0000

Let’s just package Knight with Gordon and see if Indiana wants them. Then go after Nene. Sounds good. If no Nene then keep the money and go after Howard the following season. Why not? Go big or go home. Monroe and Howard. Looks good.

By: Jakob Eich

Jakob Eich — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:17:46 +0000

I’m all for giving Knight the opportunity as soon as he deserves it and starting Bynum in the meantime in order to develop Knight! Also, Dumars should really hire a veteran PG! Maybe in a sign-and-trade with Tayshaun Prince! I’m not saying a starting caliber PG, but one with a lot of experience and knowledge like Andre Miller for instance. I think it’d be a reasonable deal if you trade Tay for Miller and maybe a wing player or big man. Either way we could use a guy who can teach Knight how to run an NBA offense, I truly believe this is what made Stuckey go the wrong way. Dumars forced his mentor out too early before Billups was done teaching. There has to be a reason why Stuckey developed greatly in his first two years and then just stopped after Billups left. Re-introducing a veteran presence would really help in my mind. Trading Stuckey is the only option we have right now. I’d take Knight, Bynum, Gordon and Hamilton over Stuckey right now. I don’t say this out of loyalty to Hamilton and Bynum, Bynum is just a great player off the bench and Hamilton is still a great player with a better offensive game than Stuckey even at this stage of his career.

By: Laser

Laser — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:53:31 +0000

just looked it up, and i get it. like i said, i’m not a fan of throwing good money after bad, but the notion of having stuckey and prince walk away for nothing makes me puke. joe dumars has put us in such an unenviable position here that there are no “good” options left. i happen to think that having prince and/or stuckey at fair market value would be better than losing them outright. i consider both of them to be capable of contributing significantly to a contending team, and i think either one would be tradable as long as we didn’t spend out the nose for them. again, i would have traded both of these guys before we were left in this position. it’s all marginal decisions at this point; i just happen to think the worst case scenario would be to lose these guys for nothing.

i admit i’d also feel somewhat different if there was a chance joe dumars would ever get his comeuppance should this worst case scenario come to pass. if he became a pariah around here for what’s happened on his watch, rather than getting a free pass, i’d put up with a lot more. but to have him roll over ZERO (0) of his assets from when this team was elite and face no consequences would gall me to no end. if joe was treated in accordance with his recent performance, i’d care a little less about that last little tumble into the bowels of obscurity and disgrace. i just can’t stand to see this man throw literally everything he built here into the garbage and be viewed as a hero.

By: Laser

Laser — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:41:49 +0000

1) naw. i’d be happy to sign-and-trade stuckey. but as with prince, it would simply gall me to see him walk for absolutely nothing. these guys are our two remaining assets from long, long ago when this team had assets instead of liabilities. i just don’t think we can afford to let them walk. that’s all. and if we can’t execute a sign-and-trade, i think matching a competitive offer and trying to trade stuckey and/or prince is the best option we’re left with. but shit, i would have traded both of these guys already if it were up to me, so i’m just trying to make the best of a horrendous situation.

2) more or less. in the alternative, i’d be alright with bynum getting an honest shot at landing the starting PG spot (i just made myself LOL there). i’ve seen WAY more than enough of stuckey’s version of running an NBA offense for ten lifetimes. he’s had enough chances, and he’s a dead end at that spot. he makes better decisions with the basketball when he plays off the ball anyways. i’d much rather let knight start from day one and learn on the job. team isn’t going to be any good no matter what we do.

By: Dan Feldman

Dan Feldman — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:37:53 +0000

Are you familiar with the concept of a sunk cost?