Comments on: Tom Gores wants to see the Pistons in the playoffs next season, but he’s not making threats

By: domnick

domnick — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:17:35 +0000

the loss of MAX and BIGBEN can be filled up so easily..
the only problem are the players who have been underperforming…

AUS Daye, CV and BG…

if they can be replaced by a player that can help us on Defense and Scoring then we will surely have a chance to make it on the playoffs next season…

change is necessary! we don’t want to wait and waste more time!

By: frankie d

frankie d — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:29:59 +0000

the owner is clearly stating that he believes that the current roster is good enough to get into the playoffs.
i agree with him.
if the coach had not become so caught up in the weird habit of burying players – CV, daye, macklin, bynum – and had instead tried to find a system, or systems that could use the talents of those players, the team could have been much better. this is a team, after all, that was horrible offensively, and all of those occupants of frank’s doghouse have shown an ability to contribute offensively.
it is the coach’s job to find a way to exploit the talent of his players, while minimizing their weaknesses.
frank did not do that with those players.
instead, he simply buried them and the team, imho, suffered for it.
gores is clearly telling frank that he expects him to take the talent on the team, as it is constituted now, and get it into the playoffs.
good for him.

By: Reaction

Reaction — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:25:42 +0000

Agreed… also I don’t think that the Pistons are anywhere near a playoff team caliber (at least one that won’t consistently get knocked out in the first round). I haven’t missed many games this year and from what I have seen they seem to be beating either teams that are tanking or teams that have one of their best players injured

By: brgulker

brgulker — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:42:22 +0000

The potential loss of Max and Big Ben is simply not being considered enough by the organization. Those guys have been huge for Detroit this year. I don’t think you can count on a lottery pick at #9 being able to replace both of those guys on his own. Of course, maybe we get a lucky bounce.

If Max stays, and we add another key piece via free agency as well, then the Playoffs might be possible.

But then there’s the issue of roster spots to consider as well. We can only add as many guys as we can add, and unless Gores is willing to bite the bullet on a buyout/amnesty to make room for a new piece, we might be basically standing pat.

I like where Gores’ head’s at, but there’s still a long way between A and B, IMHO.