Comments on: Let’s try something new with Andre Drummond

By: Ozzie-Moto

Ozzie-Moto — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:25:31 +0000

Comparisons aside I’m not as worried about having high expectations as I am in over protecting and underutilizing him. Say what you will about Darko, Amir, A Affallo, and Dalfino but all turned out to be more valuable players after we shipped them off then they ever were for us. There a # of factors, OK none were so good that they demanded more playing time and respect but part of that was the way we used them. Darko was part traumatized by L Brown and having such a deep team he sat a lot but when you do that to a high pic it under minds their confidence and tell the league and refs that they aren’t good enough to get do respect. Amir got no respect from the ref what so ever and by the time we did try and start him it was to late. AA was the worst he actually played very well for us and i say was and is better than stuckey. He defends better and is better shooter as a 2 (Stuckey was never a point) anyway I understand that we can also pic these players apart but other teams seem to do a much better job of getting more out of younger players. Let him get his feet wet yes there be mistakes but we not winning a championship any year soon so get the players in the line up you see for the future and let them play … I say someone say well he will be behind all these players and we could not possible not start J Max at power forward REALLY J Max is SO good and Such a Key player that we have to let a potential star play sit a lot this year so we can protect J Max .. this can’t rock the boat mentality is what has killed the pistons the last 3 years …..

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:15:17 +0000

I got tears in mah eyes. Maybe he should strive to be CV31. According to Joddi Jezz HE is our best player and should be starting over Monroe Probably. OOOPS!!!

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:38:40 +0000

Thanks Tom .Y Thats what I was trying to get across. {But he wraps great passes behind his back, dribbles real well and has some nice jumpers in those videos. That has to at least suggest he has the ability to do stuff like that in the NBA.)

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:54:08 +0000

Good to know that I’m not the only one who considers offensive ability and ppg to be synonyms (or even that offensive contributions just boil down to efficient scoring and setting up teammates).

By: 1298ty

1298ty — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:41:30 +0000

*rimshot

By: torchlord

torchlord — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:36:53 +0000

If he even gets compared to shaq in the same sentence someday we will be one hella happy pistons fans.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:16:39 +0000

“I think Drummond could eventually be an offensive Theo Ratliff”

Like a Theo Ratliff who tells dirty jokes?

By: gmehl

gmehl — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:42:55 +0000

Damn you tarsier you i was going to say the same thing in defence of Ben. Offensive rebounds are like gold in basketball. It lets your shooters relax and get there shot going if they miss a couple. Ben was really good at tapping the ball back towards a team-mate to get another shot. I am going to miss that gong when he has ‘officially’ retired.

Speaking of Drummond and his free throw shooting it will be interesting to see how he handles the hack-a-drummond. If he wants to be in the game at the end then he is going to want to lift that to at least 60% imho.

By: Sam Bowie

Sam Bowie — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:18:09 +0000

Every “failed” draft pick gets a Rodney White mention.

Wasn’t Greg Monroe “Rodney White” before he proved he was more valuable than others that his naysayers wanted? Who did we want that year? Cole Aldrich?

Cole and Sullinger’s numbers their final years in college were similar, with Sullinger reportedly having herniated discs in his back now. Cole can’t beat out Nazr for 5 foul trouble minutes.

You always take upside, especially from the Big East. I think Drummond could eventually be an offensive Theo Ratliff..at worst he could be Jason Collins lol

By: Tom Y.

Tom Y. — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:17:51 +0000

It isn’t just the dominance, it’s how he does it. If he was just dunking all over smaller guys and blocking shots I’d say yeah, that doesn’t say much about his skills. But he wraps great passes behind his back, dribbles real well and has some nice jumpers in those videos. That has to at least suggest he has the ability to do stuff like that in the NBA.