http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/12/austin-daye-talks-about-his-summer-working-out-with-kevin-durant-kobe-bryant-and-others/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/12/austin-daye-talks-about-his-summer-working-out-with-kevin-durant-kobe-bryant-and-others/comment-page-1/#comment-39664 frankie d Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:19:36 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=8340#comment-39664 i just think that daye needs to play.  you can just watch him on the court to see that confidence is a big thing with him and constantly jerking him around in terms of minutes does nothing for his confidence.  as a shooter also, he needs to know that he can miss a couple of shots but still have a chance to make up for a couple of misses. the proof of that was in this preseason.  being able to start seemed to really give him lots of confidence and while he obviously still needs to work on lots of stuff, he made scoring almost 20 points a game look easy. he needs to get a regular 25-28 minutes a game, with about 12-15 shots a game, and he will be fine.  i hope he gets a shot.  i have to say i hated the pick when joe took him, as i watched him at gonzaga when he was in college and thought he was extremely soft.  but he obviously has skills and is, imho, an elite-level nba shooter.  any near seven foot guy who has that one skill needs to get PT.  the weaknesses in his game can be worked on, but having a shooter like him on the court opens up everything for everyone else offensively. he needs to play. i just think that daye needs to play. 
you can just watch him on the court to see that confidence is a big thing with him and constantly jerking him around in terms of minutes does nothing for his confidence.  as a shooter also, he needs to know that he can miss a couple of shots but still have a chance to make up for a couple of misses.
the proof of that was in this preseason.  being able to start seemed to really give him lots of confidence and while he obviously still needs to work on lots of stuff, he made scoring almost 20 points a game look easy.
he needs to get a regular 25-28 minutes a game, with about 12-15 shots a game, and he will be fine.  i hope he gets a shot. 
i have to say i hated the pick when joe took him, as i watched him at gonzaga when he was in college and thought he was extremely soft.  but he obviously has skills and is, imho, an elite-level nba shooter.  any near seven foot guy who has that one skill needs to get PT.  the weaknesses in his game can be worked on, but having a shooter like him on the court opens up everything for everyone else offensively.
he needs to play.

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