Comments on: Drag Race: Rodney Stuckey vs. Arron Afflalo

By: Youssif

Youssif — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:38:35 +0000

I know this doesn’t necessarily mean Afflalo is “better” than Stuckey, but I can definitely see Afflalo starting on a championship team one day. Not sure I can say the same about Stuckey.

I was in disbelief when they traded Afflalo for nothing, but figured Dumars saw more behind the scenes than I did on TV. Add that blunder as yet more fuel for us armchair GM’s who think we could do better ;)

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:47:35 +0000

Comparing Afflalo to Gordon is like comparing Holiday to Rose.

By: John

John — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:43:01 +0000

I voted for Stuckey over Arron. I don’t think Joe should have traded him because he would be an upgrade over Gorden, Bynum, and Rip (I think Knight will be better in the long run).

I voted that way because I think Stuckey has more upside. So far he has 3 coaches in 4 seasons, two of which Curry and Kuester who were in over their heads, while trying to learn to be an NBA point guard and that has to have held him back a bit. Arron had an advantage of going to UCLA, and then going to denver under George Karl who I’d take over flip and has been put in a better position to succeed. Hopefully Frank can do the same for Stuckey.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:14:22 +0000

Well, part of the way we come up with the matchups for these drag race write-ups is that they actually have to be two players Dan and I disagree on. Other than Jodi Jezz, I don’t think we could find anyone who would argue Ben Gordon over Afflalo at this point.

By: Murph

Murph — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:00:34 +0000

I had a hard time with this, but I voted for Stuckey.

However, IMO, a more useful comparison would have been between Aaron Afflalo and Ben Gordon, Afflalo’s eventual replacement on the team.

If that drag race had been conducted, I’m guessing Afflalo would have won by a huge margin.

By: bitabadaboo

bitabadaboo — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:37:17 +0000

And yeah I made some typos, but you smell me, so really think about it, yesterday is gone, and now the rebuilding begins, and tho Stuckey aint the super-star many hoped for, he’s a damn good young piece and the only link to yesterday worth keeping on this squad aside from Big Ben.

By: bitabadaboo

bitabadaboo — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:29:31 +0000

Frankie D that was a horrible thing to say, period. I will agree that having a three headed monster of Stuckey, Afflalo, and Knight would’ve been awesome, and yes in trading Aaron Jpe did screw the pooch, it’s a done deal so get over it. We still have two of them and lest we forget about another young super athletic strong guard by the name of Terrico White, we still may posses a trifecta of guards to be reckoned with going foward, that is if you fools don’t piss Rodney off with your yearning for coulda woulda shouldas. The sad fact is the minute he didn’t become Chuancey-like enough for you people you started ragging the poor kid and haven’t let up. well I am here to let it be known, the future starts here and now and in my estimation with Stuckey, Knight, and White we have Strength, Speed, and Athleticism out the azz, and that is without any development at all. Now imagine the possibilities with some encouragement, consistant coaching, and time to build chemistry……HMMMMM. If you don’t agrre than cool, but still no need to be underhandedly calling people stupid all that will do is drive prospects away…DUH

By: frankie d

frankie d — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:17:30 +0000

one other thing about stuckey that i actually hate to bring up, but it is just necessary to mention.
i wonder how smart stuckey is. if he was as smart as afflalo, with his physical gifts, god knows how good he would be.
but he did have that problem coming out of high school, where he couldn’t qualify for a major college because of academic reasons, and when you watch him play…well, intelligence just isn’t one of the things that comes to mind.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:13:56 +0000

agree with almost every word that P. Hayes has written on this post. have disagreed about other stuff, but you are absolutely, positively on target about these two guys.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:41:11 +0000

Eric Gordon is such a beast. Love watching that dude.