Comments on: 3-on-3: Player development

By: Max

Max — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:49 +0000

One thing though; let’s says, and I know the circumstances were a little different, Dumars gives a coach three small forwards including a rookie Tayshaun Prince, a veteran Michael Curry and a veteran Corliss Williamson and assumes the coach will make Curry the odd man out but instead, Curry starts?

By: ryan

ryan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:28:18 +0000

Blake’s circumstances were a little different because an injury kept him out of the game not a coach. If he’d sat him I think it would’ve been totally different. I think you raise an interesting point about him being a confident positive athlete though because that makes a big difference. Some guys will turn any situation to a positive like Arron Afflalo for example he didn’t get too many more opportunities than Austin Daye but he developed himself while Austin Daye really hasn’t and the difference to me is mostly on the mental side (obviously they have different skill sets too).

Also I’m definitely on board with Vernon Macklin playing more. He really can’t hurt us this year and he could potentially help a lot by developing into a rotation player.

By: Patrick Ryan

Patrick Ryan — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:49:49 +0000

I really liked Frankie’s point about how the GM’s actions can dictate whether or not younger players play or develop. I think that was definitely the case with Amir, Delfino, and to a lesser extent, Summers and Macklin as of late. At least Monroe, Knight, and Jerebko have gotten significant burn in their first two years, although that’s probably more out of necessity than design.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:49:40 +0000

Blake Griffin is on record that missing his first year helped his development by allowing him to watch and that he couldn’t have known the things he knew if he had played the season before, but maybe he’s just showing the psychology of a positive athlete by saying so.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:46:21 +0000

thanks for getting thorpe on-board. along with abbot and hollinger, he’s the smartest guy over there writing about BB.
i always make a point of reading his stuff.
agree 100% with feldman on dumars’ responsibility. basically, that’s been my view all along.
and in some organizations, the gm may share responsibility on those kinds of issues, as thorpe notes. but on the pistons, because joe d has dominated the franchise for so long, he’s the guy who calls those shots. imho.
either by edict or memo directly to the coach. (as in…memo to coach frank: play this guy more…or less…) or by his action, as in signing certain players that will be better than young players if only by virtue of their experience.
it’s joe d’s show. for better or worse.
larry brown was probably the only coach who had almost total control.
and maybe carlisle had more control than even flip, if only because joe d was still establishing himself and had not yet become genius in residence.

By: Dan Feldman

Dan Feldman — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:07:00 +0000

He’s also seventh on the team in minutes.

By: Steve K

Steve K — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:22 +0000

Has David Thorpe seen any Piston games this year? "David Thorpe: I always thought Jason Maxiell was going to be a solid and consistent rebounder and add toughness on defense. Maybe he would be that guy if given more opportunities." More opportunities? He's a starter.