Comments on: Jonas Jerebko guarantees Pistons will make playoffs next year

By: Kiya

Kiya — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:27:35 +0000

The pistons are coming back next year and they are going to the Playoffs I hope they win the whole thing next year

By: tarsier

tarsier — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:08:51 +0000

But again, those are factors that apply to every team in the league. If you want to claim Detroit will be better next year, you need to choose a line of reasoning that fits the Pistons but not every other team. Again with the whole zero sum game thing.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:34:45 +0000

There were hardly any practices this year and Frank tried to improve the team defensively more than anything. I strongly suspect we will see Monroe in the position of a full time offensive hub next season and as such, he will blow away what he did this year.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:21:44 +0000

Also, the really impressive thing about Indiana, why they have so much more potential that Detroit, is that only Granger, West, and Barbosa (barely) are making over $3M. The Pistons don’t have contract books that lovely.

By: Jodi Jezz

Jodi Jezz — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:18:16 +0000

I think the Pistons have a good team…We’ve been playing .500 ball since the 4-20 start…If Dumars can draft, sign in FA, or trade for a good Center, we’ll have a good chance of making the playoffs next season…

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:29:24 +0000

I strongly disagree that we can expect significant improvement for JJ. Moose and Knight are both liable to improve, but significantly? Who knows? Monroe in particular was steadily improving from the moment he started playing in the NBA until about this all-star break. Since then, he has totally plateaued.

Also, the rationale that you use (internal improvement from young guys plus draft infusion and savvy free agent signings) are used by fans of every team. But the NBA is restricted to a zero sum game. Not everyone can improve. And Detroit has cause to be expected to be pretty average in improvement/degradation. They have a pretty even mix of young guys, guys around their prime, and players definitely on the downside of their careers–both if you just look at the roster and if you look at who gets minutes.

Not to be too pessimistic. I expect Detroit to be in “contention,” as Langlois likes to say, for the last playoff spot. But try not to be too confident of strong progress.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:21:54 +0000

In a vacuum, an 8th seed seems totally doable. But who do you suppose would drop out to make that possible? I mean, Boston seems like an obvious choice. But we don’t yet know for sure if they will blow things up. There is also Orlando–if Dwight is traded before the season. But Milwaukee will also be looking to hop into any new playoff vacancy.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:18:20 +0000

It is totally conceivable that Daye would improve enough that having him as a 9th man or whatever would get the Pistons one or two more wins than they would otherwise get. It is also totally conceivable that one or two wins could be the difference between the Pistons making the postseason or missing it again. However, it is true that the concordance of these two possibilities is very unlikely.

By: Trent

Trent — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:07:36 +0000

I think its fair to agree that we can expect significant and continual improvement from Moose, JJ and Knight along with the same production we have seen out of Stuck in the mid-section of the year. This alone makes us playoff caliber. Add in some talent via the draft and some savvy free agents signings and i think we have a shot. There is a real chance for the pistons front office to be bald this off season. Cut/Trade Daye, Bynum, Wilkins, Russell, Prince and amnesty CV and continue to build with players of the same character as Moose and Knight. Not only are they talented but they are hard-working and modest, exactly what our city loves. We know there will be some good free agents floating around and all of sudden with a good young core coupled with the improvement in The Palace facilities and the winning traditions the Pistons is now and exciting place to ball.

By: kiya nieman

kiya nieman — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:49:06 +0000

they better make the playoffs next year because it has been to long since the pistons went to they playoffs and they better go next year because as a fan i think it has been time for them to go and they better play the best basketball they have ever played next year and then they might win a freaking championship next year