Charlie is a contract year wonder. He still wasn’t good in Milwaukee, but his overall counting numbers looked good heading into free agency, so Dumars bit hard. Should’ve paid attention to the fact that Milwaukee didn’t even want to give the guy a qualifying offer to have the opportunity to match him on the free agent market. That, to me, was the biggest warning sign that Dumars completely ignored with the guy, not to mention all the advanced stats that said “stay away.”

“Charlie V has been playing off the bench since signing with Detroit”

This is Anderson’s first year as the full-time starter. He’s come off the bench most of his career.

“He plays as limited role, so you can’t expect 20pt numbers and 9rebs out of him”

I don’t expect that. I do expect him to come into camp in shape (something he’s done only once in three camps with the Pistons). I do expect him to make a passable effort on defense (something he hasn’t done in Detroit). I do expect him to rebound better than a guard when he’s on the court (something he has done a poor job of in Detroit). I do expect him to try and post up more than occasionally (he’s too often glued to the perimeter).

“It’s all about chemistry and role, that’s what some fans forget about basketball”

It’s also about effort and production. Villanueva plays with poor effort and his production has reflected that.

“Anderson has no post moves, and isn’t good at all on the defense end”

His defensive statistics say otherwise.

“The only thing Anderson has going for him is his cheap contract and he is 3yrs younger”

Those things, combined with the fact that he’s statistically superior to Villanueva, make him a much better and more valuable player.

I think they need to take a similar tact with Villanueva when he’s healthy. Let him play himself into shape for 10-15 minutes per game and hope that he can eventually contribute enough to form some semblance of value. And if he doesn’t, he makes the amnesty decision that much easier.

As for Summers, yeah, I think he probably earned more of a look than he got. Not much more, but by all accounts, he worked hard and was one of the more mature players in an overall immature locker room.

I don’t have much faith he would’ve turned into a productive rotation player though. Even in NOLA, he’s playing mostly out of necessity — Eric Gordon and Trevor Ariza have both been out and Aminu has been just a notch or two above Austin Daye (interestingly, a coach you seem to like in Williams is handling Aminu much the same way Daye is being handled this year as far as being yanked in and out of the lineup for poor play/defensive shortcomings). I have little confidence Summers is anything more than an end of bench guy, but like I said, I probably would’ve given him a little more of an extended audition before not bringing him back.

ryan anderson – fitness – talent – hair = charlie villanueva