Comments on: Did the Pistons let DaJuan Summers go too soon?

By: seo

seo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:38:14 +0000

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By: Mat

Mat — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:32:10 +0000

What would you do if you were in charge of the Pistons roster?

- Hold the lottery pick (if Pistons get it) & draft a big talented Centre 2012 Draft
- Trade the lottery pick in exchange for a young good potential Centre + a 2nd round
- Lottery pick + Villa or Gordon for a highly talented centre.

The reason I ask is draft picks can be hit or miss at the best of times. By trading for a young, established, high calibre Center, you already know what they are like, how they compete in the NBA. By packaging a high pick alongside a Villa or Gordon will either potentially free up cap or matching the salary but fitting an excellent talent with the same contract.

What would you do?

By: Papa

Papa — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:44:59 +0000

Detroit just ruins the young players but not letting them play. A first round draft kid isnt going to show what they got when they set on the bench like they usually do with Detroit. Knight and Monroe are exceptions. They are getting to play and are doing great. They there is Stuckey. Plays more then he should. One play. Take the ball up the middle and take on the whole defense, get decked and miss the shot. 4 offensive guys in the open. An oversized Iverson.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:59:04 +0000

exactly my point and what i’ve been pounding on for the last couple of years.
there are many reasons to develop your young talent beyond having that player become part of your own rotation. for instance, fans moan about the fact that the team doesn’t have many tradeable assets now.
well, one of the most desirable assets in the nba is a young player with potential with a cheap contract.
well-managed teams develop good young players, package them with draft picks and maybe a vet or two and put together good trades. there is always a market for cheap young talent. if you do not develop your young talent, your ability to make trades is severely hampered as most vets are going to have contract issues that make trading them much more complicated.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:23:23 +0000

Oh, I agree that Afflalo was worthy of more minutes and there were all kinds of signs both statistically and with his work ethic that he’d get better and better. There is no justification for giving up on him so soon.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:21:11 +0000

"Danny Ainge became a good GM."

I think most people recognize that Danny Ainge got incredibly lucky that Minnesota moved Garnett for less than they could've got elsewhere.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:18:56 +0000

It's not about Summers, necessarily. It's just that the team has had a problem with this whether they are winning or losing. The excuse for players like Johnson, Delfino and Afflalo not getting minutes was that the team was full of veterans, contending, etc. so they couldn't afford to play young players who could make mistakes.

It's not that Summers is any great shakes. I'm pretty convinced he won't be. But does anyone really know? The Pistons were bad the last two years. There was no reason for Summers to not get a chance at extended minutes in that scenario.

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Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:16:39 +0000

[...] Did the Pistons let DaJuan Summers go too soon? « PistonPoweredBy Patrick HayesDuring his unremarkable two year run as a member of the Pistons, DaJuan Summers had a reputation as a professional, hard-working player in a locker room that, to put it diplomatically, didn't always exhibit those same traits. Unfortunately for Summers, that good reputation never earned him a shot at consistent minutes. Now, as a member …. 2010 – Greg Monroe (future star???) 2011 – Brandon Knight (PG of the future??) All of this to point out that we have made a TON of mistakes. …PistonPowered [...]

By: Murph

Murph — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:45:38 +0000

I have to say, I’m not losing a lot a sleep worrying about how well DeJuan Summers is playing in NO. I mean, who on the Pistons roster should Summers have been getting minutes ahead of…beside Austin Daye? Even Damien Wilkins offers more than Summers.

I can see beating up Joe for not developing and releasing Afflalo and Amir Johnson. But DeJuan Summers?…come on.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:39:56 +0000

Chauncey was never, ever on the level of Dirk or Duncan and shouldn’t even be brought up in comparison to them. Look. the Pistons won a title in 2004 and for you to think that core could have kept competing is just crazy.
And the PG is not nearly so important as you make out since most of the teams that have won titles in the last two decades have not had a significant PG. Since Isiah won his two rings, here are the starting point guards, John Paxson, B.J. Armstrong, Kenny Smith, Ron Harper, Avery Johnson, Derek Fisher, Tony Parker (lall star but not superstar), Chauncey Billups (all star but not superstar), Jason Williams, Rajon Rondo (all star but not superstar) and Jason Kidd (way past his prime). Billups is the only player on the list who could that was even arguably the best player on his team but those Pistons were the most evenly divided team ever in terms of doling out win shares.
When I said the Pistons had Sheed, it wasn’t to cast him as the best player but rather the most irreplacable one because while the above paragraph proves you can win rings without a great point guard, the same analysis would prove that you can’t win without a great big. Their window closed when they no longer had a great big and there was nothing Chauncey could have done to change it. How many games is Nash winning now without Amare?