Comments on: Rodney Stuckey plays through injury, but that’s not his battle

By: A.T.

A.T. — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:18:44 +0000

I’m working on it now!…j/k lol

By: RyanK

RyanK — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:17:07 +0000

Okay, so Monroe isn’t entitled to a bad night? Lets ship him off! When he’s missing tip backs, lets count that as a shot attempt and hold it against him.

The fact that they are trying to create more on the perimeter is obvious. It does affect his stats and by absolutely no means does that make him an unreliable option.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:49:07 +0000

Oh man, sign me up. KL telling me how great I am at my day job and how much upside I have would get me through many a long day.

By: A.T.

A.T. — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:06:43 +0000

You know, I kind of wish we had our own personal “Keith Langlois” to publish nothing but positive rhetoric when the chips are down. How does the “Langlois Mr. Positivity” app sound?

By: gordbrown

gordbrown — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:58:56 +0000

Face it. Anytime Monroe goes 1-8 in the first 8 minutes of a game is gonna be a loss and an ugly one at that … and also the only players on the Pistons who are going to even post that are either Monroe or Stuckey. My concern is that it wasn’t really suffocating defense that was the issue. Monroe seemed lost and unable to move. I think he just didn’t have his legs under him or another way to put that is that he has dead legs. I’ve gone through that and its not a happy feeling. Hopefully, it was just one game and he’ll bounce back. Also I think the difference between a blow out and respectable was the three pointer that was blotted out. The only reason that was a turnover and not a shot was because Stuckey was clearly fouled. You would think the refs would be embarrassed enough not to make an issue out of that. So instead of being eight points down, the Pistons were all of a sudden 15 points down and there was a big letdown there. But mental toughness, they did go on to win the second half. Small moral victories and all that.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:39:30 +0000

But the Pistons were really lucky to get Monroe. Granted it only took one GM in front of them to be stupid. But odds are that that one had to be the Warriors’.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:42:56 +0000

getting me off daye’s bandwagon would be very simple.
if he gets consistent PT, every game, say the 20 minutes he got last year, and he still stinks, then i will be another one of those fans who calls him a wasted draft choice.
it is mystifying why the organization is not doing that. it makes sense, for their present and their future.
btw, new orleans is handling aminu very differently. he is in and out of the starting line up, yes, but he plays every game and is getting an average of 20 minutes a game. i’ve seen several hornets games and his minutes swing wildly, but he plays very game and averages a decent amount.
that is far different from what is happening with daye. daye has not played in about 1/3 of the games so far. and he is only averaging 11 minutes a game, which is even less than what he got in his second year. he looks like he is slowly starting to get out of his slump, so hopefully frank will throw him out there to sink or swim.
again, what is the alternative?
it is hilarious to see a guy like wilkins out there – who got about 6 more minutes than daye last night. the guy cannot play. he is even a horrible defensive player, which is supposed to be his calling card. any decent offensive player has a good/great game when he defends them.
bruce bowen he is not.
heck, he isn’t even ime udoka.
how the heck can anyone justify playing wilkins one minute when you have a young player like daye struggling to get PT?

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:20:44 +0000

RyanK, just look at the stats from yesterdays first half. He was 1-10 at one point. 10 shots in a half is enough touches for anyone not named bean bryant, who has elevated chucking to a science.

By: RyanK

RyanK — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:08:53 +0000

You understand they aren’t going through Monroe as much as they were before, right? That’s why his scoring is down, not because he’s an unreliable #1 option. I don’t want to waste time digging up stats that show he’s getting few touches…watching the game it’s obvious.

By: Jakob Eich

Jakob Eich — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:08:37 +0000

Rebuilding through the draft instead of getting random big men who may or may not score. I don’t see how Blatche is better than Villanueva. You are welcome!