Comments on: The Miami Heat have no answer for Austin Daye http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:50:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: MrBlockedShot http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/comment-page-1/#comment-60861 MrBlockedShot Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:57:29 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=9537#comment-60861 That's a good point about Monroe's horrible night.   Anyway I can't understand what happens to him. No excuse he had Anthony and Bosh defending him. Come on, Anthony is an above-the-average defender and Bosh is more offensive oriented, no way he was overmatched, at least in the offensive end. Monroe has not been able to develop a basic and consistent offensive skillset yet in my opinion. And what's worst, he has worsened it . He has been scoring inconsistently over the past games (not so much, but he always gets his tip-ins, layups and free throws). But, frankly, he's going backwards in terms of improving his offensive game. He has stopped shooting from 12-15 feet( so hesistant to that several times he loses the ball or travels), his footwork has been missing in action for decades and his post moves and hooks have been so limited and predictable. Do you remember that game against Milwaukee? Those 32p 16r? Oh My! it seems it has been a decade since that...Not to mention his deffensive game, dreadful and passive most of the times. It's clear he needs help inside and someone that complement his lack of athletism (Drumond? ..hopefully). Apparently bad news that he gets to see last minutes of some games from the bench, but if you're not playing good maybe that will help you to figure out how to play better next time and learn from your mistakes. That’s a good point about Monroe’s horrible night.  
Anyway I can’t understand what happens to him. No excuse he had Anthony and Bosh defending him. Come on, Anthony is an above-the-average defender and Bosh is more offensive oriented, no way he was overmatched, at least in the offensive end. Monroe has not been able to develop a basic and consistent offensive skillset yet in my opinion. And what’s worst, he has worsened it . He has been scoring inconsistently over the past games (not so much, but he always gets his tip-ins, layups and free throws). But, frankly, he’s going backwards in terms of improving his offensive game. He has stopped shooting from 12-15 feet( so hesistant to that several times he loses the ball or travels), his footwork has been missing in action for decades and his post moves and hooks have been so limited and predictable. Do you remember that game against Milwaukee? Those 32p 16r? Oh My! it seems it has been a decade since that…Not to mention his deffensive game, dreadful and passive most of the times. It’s clear he needs help inside and someone that complement his lack of athletism (Drumond? ..hopefully). Apparently bad news that he gets to see last minutes of some games from the bench, but if you’re not playing good maybe that will help you to figure out how to play better next time and learn from your mistakes.

]]> By: Daye and Knight http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/comment-page-1/#comment-60838 Daye and Knight Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:09:12 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=9537#comment-60838 Patrick couldn't be more RIGHT in this one...Joel Anthony...smdh Monroe needs to work on his defense over the summer and tonight shows he's not a finished product like most fans on here would like to think. The Sky is the limit for him and Knight to grow tho and I see the both of them getting better in time, especially Monroe if we get a Center in this draft and move Monroe to the 4 so he isn't getting beat up in the paint all the time. Side note: Gordon follows his 45 point outburst with 10 points and 7 TO's...dude is a joke lol Patrick couldn’t be more RIGHT in this one…Joel Anthony…smdh Monroe needs to work on his defense over the summer and tonight shows he’s not a finished product like most fans on here would like to think. The Sky is the limit for him and Knight to grow tho and I see the both of them getting better in time, especially Monroe if we get a Center in this draft and move Monroe to the 4 so he isn’t getting beat up in the paint all the time.

Side note: Gordon follows his 45 point outburst with 10 points and 7 TO’s…dude is a joke lol

]]> By: swish22 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/comment-page-1/#comment-60825 swish22 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:40:06 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=9537#comment-60825 It was a tough spot for a big performance. Returning off the west coast trip and losing that emotional game in Denver and playing without your most physical guard. A betting man would've been on the Heat here! It was a tough spot for a big performance. Returning off the west coast trip and losing that emotional game in Denver and playing without your most physical guard. A betting man would’ve been on the Heat here!

]]> By: frankie d http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/comment-page-1/#comment-60799 frankie d Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:31:29 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=9537#comment-60799 "In 38 minutes against the Miami Heat this season, <a href="http://www.pistonpowered.com/tag/austin-daye/" rel="nofollow">Austin Daye</a> is shooting 59 percent...." gee...you would think that a smart coach would imagine that it would be a good thing to play a guy who'd had that kind of success more than 8 minutes of gargage time, especially when your team was down by more than 20 points pretty early in the game. he'd had his best night of the year against miami, the team was down a bunch from the second quarter on, the team desperately needed scoring and the team's starting guard was out injured.  additionally, miami was inverting their guards, posting up shane battier on little will bynum and pounding the boards because of their huge size advantage.  with stuckey out, the pistons have a backcourt that looks like a bunch of midgets... but does larry "napoleon" frank try a guy who might just be able to help because of his size and because he's had success scoring against that team? no...of course not.  he'd rather play his pets - wilkins and wallace - in order to make whatever point he's trying to make. and he's rather bench his best player - which he's done a couple of times this year - to send a message, or for whatever crazy reason he benches his best player. what a lousy game coach.  an assistant who's a victim of the peter principle.  he doesn't have a freakin clue about handling nba players.  he's a bobby knight protege, and how many bobby knight proteges have won nba titles?  it's going to be a long 3 years. “In 38 minutes against the Miami Heat this season, Austin Daye is shooting 59 percent….”
gee…you would think that a smart coach would imagine that it would be a good thing to play a guy who’d had that kind of success more than 8 minutes of gargage time, especially when your team was down by more than 20 points pretty early in the game.
he’d had his best night of the year against miami, the team was down a bunch from the second quarter on, the team desperately needed scoring and the team’s starting guard was out injured.  additionally, miami was inverting their guards, posting up shane battier on little will bynum and pounding the boards because of their huge size advantage.  with stuckey out, the pistons have a backcourt that looks like a bunch of midgets…
but does larry “napoleon” frank try a guy who might just be able to help because of his size and because he’s had success scoring against that team?
no…of course not.  he’d rather play his pets – wilkins and wallace – in order to make whatever point he’s trying to make.
and he’s rather bench his best player – which he’s done a couple of times this year – to send a message, or for whatever crazy reason he benches his best player.
what a lousy game coach.  an assistant who’s a victim of the peter principle.  he doesn’t have a freakin clue about handling nba players.  he’s a bobby knight protege, and how many bobby knight proteges have won nba titles? 
it’s going to be a long 3 years.

]]> By: Mark http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/comment-page-1/#comment-60795 Mark Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:34:20 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=9537#comment-60795 Even though I think it was more MIA's team D that forced the ball out of Monroe's hands, I have a theory on why he may struggle other times against long athetic bigs. All he practices against are undersized bigs in Ben, Max, and Jonas. He never sees these long athletic shotblockers in practice. I feel good about Monroe's ability to adapt and learn how to be effective against anybody. And I think once we get that long athletic shot-blocker that we need, paired next to him, and he's practicing against said big everyday, I think it won't be long after that we see Monroe have figured out how to succeed against those types. This big man that we draft will not only make our team and Monroe better on the court in games, he will also make Monroe better by giving him a great teammate to practice against. Even though I think it was more MIA’s team D that forced the ball out of Monroe’s hands, I have a theory on why he may struggle other times against long athetic bigs.

All he practices against are undersized bigs in Ben, Max, and Jonas. He never sees these long athletic shotblockers in practice.

I feel good about Monroe’s ability to adapt and learn how to be effective against anybody. And I think once we get that long athletic shot-blocker that we need, paired next to him, and he’s practicing against said big everyday, I think it won’t be long after that we see Monroe have figured out how to succeed against those types.

This big man that we draft will not only make our team and Monroe better on the court in games, he will also make Monroe better by giving him a great teammate to practice against.

]]> By: Mark http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/comment-page-1/#comment-60793 Mark Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:26:44 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=9537#comment-60793 I thought Monroe got taken out because it was late in the 3rd, they were down by 25, and they have to travel to NY and play tomorrow night to start a 4 game road trip. Looked like it was just a rest thing, imo. I dont see where Monroe got abused by anybody on defense. Anthony had 6 pts and Turiaf had 4. He was 2-5, so it wasnt like was missing everything on offense either. MIA's D was just awesome, they were doubling everything and recovering in time. And also collapsing the paint around the basket. imo, thats why Monroe didn't get many shots. They tried to go to him at times, but MIA collapsed on him and forced him to pass. All they allowed on D were contested jumpshots. Thats why the perimeters got a lot of shots up. Monroe's not a jumpshooter so he didn't. I thought Monroe got taken out because it was late in the 3rd, they were down by 25, and they have to travel to NY and play tomorrow night to start a 4 game road trip. Looked like it was just a rest thing, imo.

I dont see where Monroe got abused by anybody on defense. Anthony had 6 pts and Turiaf had 4. He was 2-5, so it wasnt like was missing everything on offense either.

MIA’s D was just awesome, they were doubling everything and recovering in time. And also collapsing the paint around the basket. imo, thats why Monroe didn’t get many shots. They tried to go to him at times, but MIA collapsed on him and forced him to pass. All they allowed on D were contested jumpshots. Thats why the perimeters got a lot of shots up. Monroe’s not a jumpshooter so he didn’t.

]]> By: The Miami Heat have no answer for Austin Daye « PistonPowered | Night Clubs http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/comment-page-1/#comment-60784 The Miami Heat have no answer for Austin Daye « PistonPowered | Night Clubs Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:03:03 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=9537#comment-60784 [...] The Miami Heat have no answer for Austin Daye By Patrick Hayes • 10:35 pm • March 23, 2012 [...] [...] The Miami Heat have no answer for Austin Daye By Patrick Hayes • 10:35 pm • March 23, 2012 [...]

]]> By: Tiko http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/comment-page-1/#comment-60782 Tiko Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:34:32 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=9537#comment-60782 can we just tank the rest of the season by starting Daye and shutting down Stuckey and Tayshaun please? thanks... Patrick and Dan work your clout to get this message sent to the front office... can we just tank the rest of the season by starting Daye and shutting down Stuckey and Tayshaun please? thanks… Patrick and Dan work your clout to get this message sent to the front office…

]]> By: kamal http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/comment-page-1/#comment-60779 kamal Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:07:31 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=9537#comment-60779 Joel Anthony made 3 buckets.  This wasn't exactly Wilt Chamberlain out there.  The first two were within the first two minutes of the game.  So I won't say he was getting abused by Anthony.   Look, I'll be the first to admit that Monroe is a HORRIBLE defender.  However, when he's out, it's Ben and Jerebko or Ben and Maxiell.  Defenses now can sag off of our bigs and focus on the guards.   If this guy is our future, it can't be good for his psyche is he gets bench every if he's not having a kick ass game through 3 quarters.  Can't learn from the bench. Joel Anthony made 3 buckets.  This wasn’t exactly Wilt Chamberlain out there.  The first two were within the first two minutes of the game.  So I won’t say he was getting abused by Anthony.  

Look, I’ll be the first to admit that Monroe is a HORRIBLE defender.  However, when he’s out, it’s Ben and Jerebko or Ben and Maxiell.  Defenses now can sag off of our bigs and focus on the guards.  

If this guy is our future, it can’t be good for his psyche is he gets bench every if he’s not having a kick ass game through 3 quarters.  Can’t learn from the bench.

]]> By: Patrick Hayes http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/03/the-miami-heat-have-no-answer-for-austin-daye/comment-page-1/#comment-60775 Patrick Hayes Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:58:02 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=9537#comment-60775 <p>Seriously ... tonight was maybe the worst I've seen Monroe play since early in his rookie year. He's had a few bad games this year, but his defense was so unbelievably awful tonight.</p> Seriously … tonight was maybe the worst I’ve seen Monroe play since early in his rookie year. He’s had a few bad games this year, but his defense was so unbelievably awful tonight.

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