http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/02/jason-maxiell-cuts-20-pounds/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Wed, 22 May 2013 23:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/02/jason-maxiell-cuts-20-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-50203 Birdman84 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:19:27 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/02/jason-maxiell-cuts-20-pounds/#comment-50203 So, contract year? So, contract year?

]]> http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/02/jason-maxiell-cuts-20-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-49764 frankie d Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:58:32 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/02/jason-maxiell-cuts-20-pounds/#comment-49764 maxiell is exactly the type of player monroe needs next to him. it would be nice if max was 4 inches taller, with better hands, and a better rebounder, but beggars can't be choosy. he's the kind of physical, "athletic" big man who can block shots (sorta) that monroe needs to play with. in fact, considering what max is doing now, imho, fesenko would work very nicely and be a nice upgrade. its similar to what is going on with lin and NY right now.   while it remains to be seen whether lin will continue to perform at anywhere near his very high level, there is no doubt that NY needs the kind of player lin represents. they need a pass first point guard who can run the pick and roll.  if lin cannot be that player, they still need to find that player.   the same thing applies with detroit and max. detroit needs a player like max.  they just need a better player like max. maxiell is exactly the type of player monroe needs next to him.
it would be nice if max was 4 inches taller, with better hands, and a better rebounder, but beggars can’t be choosy.
he’s the kind of physical, “athletic” big man who can block shots (sorta) that monroe needs to play with.
in fact, considering what max is doing now, imho, fesenko would work very nicely and be a nice upgrade.
its similar to what is going on with lin and NY right now.   while it remains to be seen whether lin will continue to perform at anywhere near his very high level, there is no doubt that NY needs the kind of player lin represents.
they need a pass first point guard who can run the pick and roll.  if lin cannot be that player, they still need to find that player.  
the same thing applies with detroit and max.
detroit needs a player like max.  they just need a better player like max.

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