Comments on: Greg Monroe’s brilliant offense, Pistons fade in loss to Golden State Warriors

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:40:56 +0000

Milicic was a way higher ceiling prospect than Daye though. Guys taken second overall in a historically good draft get more “prospect” leeway and hold value longer even if they aren’t producing than mid-first rounders like Daye.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:20:31 +0000

There is no reason why Daye couldn’t be flipped rather than wasted. Darko hadn’t shown much and the Pistons now have Stuckey to show for him.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:19:39 +0000

That’s a fair point.
But JJ is nowhere near as good at PF as Wallace is.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:19:50 +0000

agree 100% with daye comments. right on target. imo, it is likely he will leave here, land with a good franchise and blossom. maybe never a star, but a solid rotation player who starts sometimes. and he’ll end up as another wasted #1 pick.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:18:38 +0000

No use thinking about who should have been drafted instead of Daye because if they had drafted a great player like Lawson, they would have won at least a few more games and then they would not have gotten Monroe in all probability. Since I’d rather have Monroe, I feel like everything broke right to that point–Monroe is that good. Some teams stink for a decade before they get a real star to build around and it is usually isn’t an unusually skilled big man with high character. I’ve been a die hard Pistons fan since about 86 and they have never drafted an offensive big man of the caliber of Monroe and have probably never had one period since I’ve been watching.

By: gmehl1977

gmehl1977 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:09:32 +0000

This was in reply to Laser @ 11.36pm. I don’t know why it posted down here.

By: gmehl1977

gmehl1977 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:07:37 +0000

Seeming you mentioned Ty Lawson and the fact we should of taken him instead of Daye i thought i would post this article for ESPNs Chris Palmer's top 5 NBA most underrated. Feel the pain as you read the words 'best bargain in the game at $1.6 million per season'. The top 5 were Kyle Lowry, D.J.Augustin, Ty Lawson, Wesley Matthews and and Paul Millsap. This is the piece on Lawson: All Lawson has done is emerge as the best player on what looks to be a quality playoff team. Sure, he's benefited from the absence of J.R. Smith and Wilson Chandler by seeing his minutes increase -- up from seven per game last season to a career-best 33.2. But it's about more than floor time, as Lawson, like Lowry, is one of four point guards averaging at least six assists and 1.9 steals. "Shooter" is not the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of Lawson, but he's a career 50 percent shooter from the field and a solid 39 percent for his career from behind the arc, which is better than All-Stars Chris Paul (36) and Rajon Rondo (24). Of course, part of his overall field goal percentage is due to the fact that he gets a lot of quality looks at the rim thanks to fearlessness when driving among the trees. He's shooting 63 percent at the rim, but his 50 percent conversion from 10-15 feet is nothing to sneeze at. Lawson is doing all this while earning just $1.6 million this season, which could make him arguably the best bargain in the game.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:04:53 +0000

@ tarsier
you wrote:
Jerebko’s ill-fitting is a bit more pronounced because he is not as incredibly good.
so when does JJ get a chance to show how good he could be at the SF position?
how do you know what kind of SF JJ would be?

By: gmehl1977

gmehl1977 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:55:54 +0000

I sure hope so man. By next month i am sure we will all be looking in the direction of the draft for that little thing we call hope.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:35:33 +0000

good point about monroe chasing guards on the perimeter.
frank should have adjusted immediately. he should have switched defensive assignments.
i’m sure mark jackson was more than happy to have detroit’s best interior defender and rebounder hedging out on guards 25 feet away from the basket. in fact, it looked like he had monroe’s man, udoh, just hang out on the perimeter to specifically take monroe from the basket area. even if there was no pick and roll or screen happening.
just one more indication that frank is a bad game coach.
he has no feel for a game’s flow. no ability to make on-the-fly adjustments.
my guess is that he needs to look at the game film and then he’ll make adjustments.
the problem is that you can lose plenty of games by being so slow to respond.