Comments on: Damien Wilkins: Pistons have “indicated” they’d like to re-sign me http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:22:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Max http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/comment-page-1/#comment-63314 Max Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:44:12 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/#comment-63314 You place no value on continuity and reduce the concept of team to no more than the sum of its parts. I am not personally in favor of Wilkins being signed, but I also don't get very negative about who a GM signs to be 10th to 15th men.   Players like them can be worth more in the locker room or during practice than I will ever know so I don't even feel like I have the right to judge.   If Wilkins is signed it will also be, as with this season, an insurance policy taken out against the possibility of Daye and Singler absolutely floundering.   Singler didn't even arrive this year and Daye did absolutely flounder so there is nothing wrong with such insurance policies.  You have to play somebody.   It's not Wilkins fault that Daye sucked this year, You seem to want every player on the roster to be one of those high risk/ high reward guys but I think too many players like that lead to a team being like the Bobcats or Wizards. You place no value on continuity and reduce the concept of team to no more than the sum of its parts.
I am not personally in favor of Wilkins being signed, but I also don’t get very negative about who a GM signs to be 10th to 15th men.   Players like them can be worth more in the locker room or during practice than I will ever know so I don’t even feel like I have the right to judge.   If Wilkins is signed it will also be, as with this season, an insurance policy taken out against the possibility of Daye and Singler absolutely floundering.   Singler didn’t even arrive this year and Daye did absolutely flounder so there is nothing wrong with such insurance policies.  You have to play somebody.   It’s not Wilkins fault that Daye sucked this year,
You seem to want every player on the roster to be one of those high risk/ high reward guys but I think too many players like that lead to a team being like the Bobcats or Wizards.

]]> By: frankie d http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/comment-page-1/#comment-63225 frankie d Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:15:50 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/#comment-63225 so..the team should make decisions based on damien wilkins and his value to the team? sure, singler is an unkown quantity, but damien wilkins is a well known quantity and he is decidedly sub-par.  he is one of the worst regular rotation players in the league, a guy who can be replaced by combing d-league rosters. imho, he deserves zero consideration.  if the team has a space open the day before the season starts, thenf maybe he could be signed to a non-guaranteed contract, but to give a player of his caliber any more than that is extraordinarily poor management.  he's lucky to still be drawing an nba paycheck. so..the team should make decisions based on damien wilkins and his value to the team?
sure, singler is an unkown quantity, but damien wilkins is a well known quantity and he is decidedly sub-par.  he is one of the worst regular rotation players in the league, a guy who can be replaced by combing d-league rosters.
imho, he deserves zero consideration.  if the team has a space open the day before the season starts, thenf maybe he could be signed to a non-guaranteed contract, but to give a player of his caliber any more than that is extraordinarily poor management.  he’s lucky to still be drawing an nba paycheck.

]]> By: Max http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/comment-page-1/#comment-63208 Max Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:10:26 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/#comment-63208 The hell with Singler.  The last thing the Pistons should ever do is base their decisions on what some 2nd round pick who spurned a chance to play in the NBA thinks.   He is irrelevant until he actually decides to play professionally in this country and then proves something on the court.  Until then, the Pistons would do better to operate on the assumption that he doesn't even exist. Imagine if Dumars had decided not to get Rasheed because he'd be in Darko's way.  And forget Rasheed,  Imagine if he had built those rosters to have less depth in general in order to give Darko a chance.   Those who think that minutes would have magically transformed him into a better player are probably delusional.   Great players find their way to the court with no problems.  Good players eventually find their way.  If a player is so-so, his success might depend upon circumstances to a very large degree but why would a team form their plans around so-so players?   Any player who needs to gifted a chance is no better than a so-so player. The hell with Singler.  The last thing the Pistons should ever do is base their decisions on what some 2nd round pick who spurned a chance to play in the NBA thinks.   He is irrelevant until he actually decides to play professionally in this country and then proves something on the court.  Until then, the Pistons would do better to operate on the assumption that he doesn’t even exist.
Imagine if Dumars had decided not to get Rasheed because he’d be in Darko’s way.  And forget Rasheed,  Imagine if he had built those rosters to have less depth in general in order to give Darko a chance.   Those who think that minutes would have magically transformed him into a better player are probably delusional.   Great players find their way to the court with no problems.  Good players eventually find their way.  If a player is so-so, his success might depend upon circumstances to a very large degree but why would a team form their plans around so-so players?   Any player who needs to gifted a chance is no better than a so-so player.

]]> By: tarsier http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/comment-page-1/#comment-63170 tarsier Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:49:52 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/#comment-63170 Hopefully Wilkins is not resigned. however, there is no way that this exact same team would win only 25 next year. A) there will be 25% more games so 25% more wins would be the default assumption B) the pistons have definitely improved over the course of the season, so it would be more like the present team that is playing approximately .500 ball than the early season team who looked to be on charlotte's level. Hopefully Wilkins is not resigned. however, there is no way that this exact same team would win only 25 next year.

A) there will be 25% more games so 25% more wins would be the default assumption
B) the pistons have definitely improved over the course of the season, so it would be more like the present team that is playing approximately .500 ball than the early season team who looked to be on charlotte’s level.

]]> By: frankie d http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/comment-page-1/#comment-63161 frankie d Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:29:10 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/#comment-63161 glad you have a crystal ball and know for certain how the draft will work out and how detroit will handle its drafting duties. how about letting us all know who's going 1st, 2nd and 3rd so we can make a killing in vegas? glad you have a crystal ball and know for certain how the draft will work out and how detroit will handle its drafting duties.
how about letting us all know who’s going 1st, 2nd and 3rd so we can make a killing in vegas?

]]> By: steve battle creek, mi http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/comment-page-1/#comment-63154 steve battle creek, mi Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:40:22 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/#comment-63154 singler can be traded right?  like can be traded draft night?  pistons own his rights whenever he wants to come into the nba, i think?  so if fab melo is there late in the 1st rd and some team says "yea give us singler and a 2nd rd pick next year and we give you the 20th pick this year" we can do that right?  so i believe singler is an asset maybe??  SO WHO GIVES A DAMN WHAT HIS AGENT SAYS???   singler can be traded right?  like can be traded draft night?  pistons own his rights whenever he wants to come into the nba, i think?  so if fab melo is there late in the 1st rd and some team says “yea give us singler and a 2nd rd pick next year and we give you the 20th pick this year” we can do that right?  so i believe singler is an asset maybe??  SO WHO GIVES A DAMN WHAT HIS AGENT SAYS???  

]]> By: Mark http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/comment-page-1/#comment-63152 Mark Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:35:15 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/#comment-63152 Bring the whole gang back and lets win 25 games again next year! Yay! Bring the whole gang back and lets win 25 games again next year! Yay!

]]> By: frankie d http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/comment-page-1/#comment-63131 frankie d Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:14:17 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/#comment-63131 i'm sure that news is going to help motivate singler to sign with detroit and come in and "compete" for PT with a vet who is clearly the coach's pet. any competent agent would be very wary.... i’m sure that news is going to help motivate singler to sign with detroit and come in and “compete” for PT with a vet who is clearly the coach’s pet.
any competent agent would be very wary….

]]> By: apa8ren9 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/comment-page-1/#comment-63121 apa8ren9 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:12:17 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/04/damien-wilkins-pistons-have-indicated-theyd-like-to-re-sign-me/#comment-63121 I dont expect the Pistons to resign Wilkens, he was just there because Singler bolted to Spain.  With all of the changes we expect the Pistons to make, his position will be easily covered by the players they already have.  Not to mention with a real training camp, summer league and full exhibition games they will be able to find a young player next year that can take his 10 minutes a game. I dont expect the Pistons to resign Wilkens, he was just there because Singler bolted to Spain.  With all of the changes we expect the Pistons to make, his position will be easily covered by the players they already have.  Not to mention with a real training camp, summer league and full exhibition games they will be able to find a young player next year that can take his 10 minutes a game.

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