and you didnt answer the question of who Cantenella replaced?  Because the answer is no one, this was a position added to the team. 

Nope. 100 percent no. I like Knight. I think is ceiling is ‘solid starter’ not ‘All-Star PG.’ I think he should look at those players because they understand how to use their strength and how to make up for a lack of quickness. Those are things Knight desperately needs to learn. Right now, he tries to attack off the dribble like he has the speed of a Rose or Wall type player, and as we all know, he doesn’t. That often leads him into making bad decisions or turning the ball over.

I think he can learn from the way those players play. I don’t think he’ll ever be as good as those player I mentioned. And again, that’s not an insult to Knight. Those are just really, really good players.

So you don’t compare knight to those guys, but based on what you see of knight those are the players he should study? Why? Is it because you think if everything goes right with knight those are players he projects to be?

And no, I absolutely did not compare Knight to those guys. Those are the guys he should be watching, but his game is nowhere near similar to them. He doesn’t pass well, he turns it over too much and he doesn’t use his body to draw contact. Those are all things that those three do exceedingly well and things that Knight has not shown a knack for in college for a pro. My point is the exact opposite of what you just said, actually — that despite being a big, less athletic PG, Knight is NOT really comparable to other big, less athletic PGs yet.

And as far as filling every roster spot, I’m actually OK with leaving a spot open if it is truly done to have some flexibility to add more players than you send out in a trade or to use it as a spot to audition D-League players on 10-day contracts at some point during the season. The Pistons, however, left a spot open so that they didn’t have to pay a salary. It was cost-saving. Honestly, I’m OK with that too. I understand why a team, especially an expensive team with bad attendance like the Pistons were last year, would look for ways to save some money. I just resent the fact that me making that statement, to you, means I’m calling the owner ‘cheap.’

No one made a conclusion about anything. The position remained open and they shuffled the titles/responsibilities of others.

Do you know what industry Gores made his fortune in? Private equity. I’m certainly no business expert, but do you know what many private equity firms do? They buy things, then they sell off assets or eliminate staff positions in order to increase profits. Do I think Gores bought the Pistons to do that? No. But I (and I assume Dan as well) also wanted to see clear evidence that they were not eliminating a position before making a judgement one way or the other. Gores has little track record as the owner of a pro sports team, and based on his business background, it was definitely a fair question to ask about whether or not they were going to fill that position.

“ His CONSISTENT statements that he will be engaged and spend money as long as it provides value.”

I don’t care about statements. I care about actions. This action, hiring a position, tells me more positive things about Gores than the dozens of P.R. statements he’s made.

“you nor Dan have spoken about the front office adding ken cantenalla from the nba league office.”

Yeah, we’ve totally never mentioned the team hiring Catanella. Except for the post we wrote about it:

http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/12/pistons-name-ken-catanella-as-director-of-basketball-operations/

I await your apology for your false conclusion.

“Lastly the reason it seems its me against you guys is because I AM A DETROIT PISTONS FAN!”

So are, I assume, most or all of the readers of this site. But they don’t act like you act in the comments. Even when people disagree with us, they don’t act like you.

“You guys write articles CONSISTENLY AGAINST the pistsons.”

The Pistons have been a bad team for three years. Writing that they’ve been a bad team is not ‘against the Pistons.’ It is a fact. If I was sitting here writing how excellent everything is and how great it has been to be a fan of this franchise the last three years and how every bad move the organization has made is totally justifiable, you know what would happen? No one would read this site because I would have no credibility. I express my opinions. I do it in an honest way. I’m not always right, but do you know why people read this site? It’s because Dan and I do our best to be honest in our analysis. That doesn’t mean people always agree with us, that doesn’t mean we’re smarter than anyone else, it just means we’re an independent source that covers the team and offers insight that, I think, some people like to read. And honestly, if you don’t like how we write, if you don’t think we’re fair, you are 100 percent entitled to that opinion. It’s the way you go about expressing that opinion that drives me up a wall. You are rude, you miss the point often and when it is pointed out to you that you missed the point, you only become ruder and more intolerable.

“I mention a comparison of him to chauncey billups (which many others have made the same) and you spend the rest of the day ripping knight?”
I wasn’t ripping Knight. I was ripping your opinion.

“You dont make comparisons but most human beings do, I ask you to compare knight to ANYONE, your response??”

There is no player I can honestly compare Knight to right now. There is no one his game resembles to me. He often tries to pull off moves that players like Derrick Rose and John Wall make, but he’s not very successful with that b/c he’s nowhere near the athlete those guys are. I wish he’d study bigger, less athletic PGs like Billups, Andre Miller or Deron Williams, because his body type and athletic ability are similar. But game-wise? He doesn’t really play like any of those guys yet. He hasn’t shown an ability to draw contact. He hasn’t shown an ability to be a low turnover PG. He hasn’t shown an ability to run a halfcourt offense or be a high-assist PG yet. That’s not me knocking Knight either. I just don’t think there’s he’s shown much of anything as a pro yet except for an ability to be a good spot up shooter.