Comments on: Tonight was all about Ben Wallace

By: gordbrown

gordbrown — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:05:36 +0000

Over the course of the season, good teams get the benefit of lots of calls and bad teams just don’t. That’s one of the reason lottery balls (beyond the obvious, it’s a lottery duh) are a mugs game. And there have been so many blowouts for the Pistons (both ways) that it hasn’t made much of a difference this year. But the play in which Stuckey was fouled, not once but twice, and wound up writhing on the floor really, really pisses me off. In a four point game, that was a four point swing. There’s no excuse for that. None. And we should all email David Stern and tell him so.

By: Marvin Jones

Marvin Jones — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:36:15 +0000

Not really, the opposing player waiting to foul him will be down there also so it will be 4 on 4, but you’re right about the rebounding.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:17:21 +0000

If you’re gonna leave him out of bounds, it’s a bad idea to have him on the court. You’re playing a man down. If you’re playing him, it’s so he can get the rebound, so he’s gotta go to the rack.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:14:50 +0000

There are always plenty of bad calls going both ways. Some games, it will be considerably worse for one team than the other, but over a season, it will regress to the mean (which is 50/50). However, everyone in the league gets T’d up for vehemently protesting a bad call. That is just not an acceptable action on a player’s part.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:09:35 +0000

Or because it’s always been his number, and when Wallace joined the Pistons, it was too late to give it up. So, since Wallace took a different number, Stuckey figured he might as well keep his.

For almost any low number, there will be a great player who wore it. Doesn’t mean a player today wearing the number is “on his dick” as you so incredibly crudely put it.

By: Marvin Jones

Marvin Jones — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:12:34 +0000

I questioned leaving him in also, but I understand his rational, what I thought he would do was let Ben inbound the ball and just stay out of bound, I don’t know if they could have still fouled him or not but Ben has done that in the past.

By: MrBlockedShot

MrBlockedShot — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:46:13 +0000

Mixed feelings last night. On one hand you had that special Wallace night, 3 point field goal included.You also had a contender in front of you,what makes all your efforts more valuable. And you had some good performances on Stuckey and Knight. Most of all it was a close game.BUt, in the other hand you had an off night from Monroe,some bad decissions if you want to win the game (Mr Frank,keeping Ben on the court against hack-a-ben is like comitting suicide against the Spurs in a close to the wire game).anyway, another losa to add to our draft dreams and we better put that one behind cos Boston is waiting for us…

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:24:31 +0000

Certainly, in general, this year's schedule has caused more tired legs/poor energy/etc. in some cases.

But inconsistent production from game to game has been a hallmark of Stuckey's career from the start.

By: D_S_V

D_S_V — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:11:18 +0000

“The frustration isn’t about his talent, it’s about his willingness to play with the same effort and energy level every night.”
Question: Do you think this season, moreso than others, the effort and energy level across the board has been very inconsistent? I’ve always tuned in to regular season basketball, and this season I’ve been able to watch more games than ever now that I realized I have NBATV. Now I can see other teams play 3 out of 4 or 5 nights, and man, by the end of that run I’ve seen plenty of teams play inconsistent basketball, poor effort, etc regardless of their Power Ranking. I’m just wondering if the compressed schedule/lockout shortened offseason is the reason behind this and that the Pistons are just like any other team that will have their off nights. It was great to see Rodney and the rest really get up for this game, but I just can’t expect that to happen on the third night of a back to back to back. Same with how much the Knicks turned Friday night’s Lakers game into a pseudo playoff game; that’s not a sustainable way to survive a team through this regular season (but boy, what a great game to see though!).

By: Tiko

Tiko — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:14 +0000

thats a damn shame. Stuckey should be ashamed to wear that number. shoulda gave it up a while ago. he only wears it cuz he loves Wade. time to get off his dick and be his own man