Comments on: Pistons wisely used tier system to draft Brandon Knight

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:57:58 +0000

haha

By: DoctorDaveT

DoctorDaveT — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:01:10 +0000

“LOL!”
I noticed you did not cite where you got that abbreviation from.

By: Bygdygod

Bygdygod — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:35:54 +0000

Lol! Thanks for the support dude!

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:06:06 +0000

Do you understand when it is and isn’t appropriate/necessary to give credit to/cite someone? Common knowledge need not be cited. And this is friggin’ sports site. Most people who like the Pistons enough to find PP and read it will know and understand the concept of tiered draft systems.

But, Dan, if you post this article in Better Homes and Gardens, then it may be worth considering the advice of bugsygod. It would still be unnecessary, but at least his comment would have a modicum of merit.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:00:34 +0000

If I were a coach, I would have players practice shooting free throws at a particular angle because it can really help them improve their form, even though ti feels unnatural at first. This is not my original idea, but I don’t have to give anyone credit for it because it is just me saying that I would do things such and such a way. I am not claiming to have invented it.

And the zone defense was also a great analogy. Because probably a comparable percentage of people have heard of zone defense and tiered draft boards.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:51:49 +0000

And who should they have picked (bearing in mind that nobody was gonna take Faried in the top 10)? The only other particularly good option, who was a real candidate at 8, was Kawhi Leonard. And it is way too soon to tell which of those will be the better player.

By: bugsygod

bugsygod — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:40:12 +0000

LOL! thanks for the support dude!

By: bugsygod

bugsygod — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:29:33 +0000

Furthermore, on your troll comments, Im sorry for being “mean” and/or you not liking my harshness in my comments. I am a LOOONNGGG time Pistons fan and you two seem to think the organization has no clue what there doing. When in fact they are one of the 5 most successful franchises in the NBA! Outside of the prior 2yrs with the ownership change, they have been very aggressive in trying to build a winner! They do have 3 Championships…!

By: bugsygod

bugsygod — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:24:55 +0000

AGAIN.. My point, if you look at my FIRST comment, i said Chad Ford AND the Detroit Pistons. In Dans first paragraph, he says he would use a Tier system if he was running an NBA team. NOoo mention of other successful nba teams or chad ford, just Dan’s idea to use Tier System. So im just saying reference where you got the idea for Tier system! As i added my second comment of suggestions for better wording below. So if someone did not know about the tier system, they may think that Dan came up with this idea from that first paragraph.

By: DoctorDaveT

DoctorDaveT — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:51:22 +0000

Patrick & Dan,
since it’s your site, do what you want: ban him. Most of the rest of us don’t like it either.