Comments on: Lawrence Frank’s consistent message means Brandon Knight shouldn’t start yet

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:11:29 +0000

Well, Kobe was joining a playoff team and the Lakers had Eddie Jones, a borderline All-Star caliber player, at his position. The Pistons can’t claim those things with Knight. But I do agree … I would like him to start, but I would like it even more if he gets the starting job by proving that he’s clearly better than Stuckey over the next few games.

By: Art Pedroza

Art Pedroza — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:26:22 +0000

Kobe didn’t start his first year and neither should Knight – unless he earns it.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:18:46 +0000

Dude, Gordon is a catch and shoot player. He can iso, but doesn’t need the ball normally.

By: Micah Wels

Micah Wels — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:20:59 +0000

I see now Stuckey and Gordon won’t work because both need the ball in their hands to be effective. And now the offense is all about Gordon so bring Stuckey off the bench. It will make Knight grow faster and balance our rotation more. I do think Knight and Stuckey would play almost as good or better together but it needs to happen. Joe D these moves are killing our team its not the bad boys any more. We can’t have the microwave, Joe D and Isaiah like rotation here.

By: domnick

domnick — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:56:31 +0000

and another thing is… Jerebko… i think he should play SF instead of PF… and Tayshaun should be off the bench

By: domnick

domnick — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:40:03 +0000

another concern is lack of Bench production….. and right now…. Stuckey is 1-11 against BOS…. so i guess we need to put Stuckey off the bench

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:03:22 +0000

I would argue that Frank should have based his starting lineup on what he saw in practice, training camp, preseason, etc. If in those samples, Stuckey and Gordon were the best backcourt, they should be the starters until Knight proves otherwise. And as more reasonable Detroit fans have pointed out, playing time is way more important than starting.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:33:38 +0000

Why start Knight over Gordon instead of Stuckey? Gordon is averaging 19.5 points per game so far (even though its only two games). And I think the Pistons hope is to eventually make Knight a true point guard.

If you start Knight and Gordon, then Stuckey can come off the bench and fill in for both spots. Stcukey doesn’t have anywhere close to a good enough jump shot to be a full-time shooting guard. Not saying that Ben Gordon is any sort of long term solution, but he is here, getting paid, and relatively productive so far this year–keep him in a position that is working.

By: Joe Dumars

Joe Dumars — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:28:18 +0000

If he has 2 or 3 more like he had Wednesday, then yes he should start over Gordon.
Knight isn’t ready to start just yet. So far hes had 3 good games against the Cavs, and didn’t really play that great against the Pacers. Knight needs to build up a better resume than 3 good games against the Cavs and a bad one against the Pacers before hes ready to start.

By: dvs

dvs — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:52:56 +0000

Does it really matter if he starts so early in the season??
As long as knight is getting minutes i’m happy. if he continues to play the way he played against cleveland he will be starting soon enough.
Personally i think rookies should be eased into the game not just thrown straight in, especially when you have guys like stuckey and bg who are capable starters.
I’m definitely liking our Stuckey/knight/BG line up. regardless of who starts they fit together well.