Comments on: Former Piston Vernon Macklin signs with Turkish team

By: Doggie

Doggie — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:29:50 +0000

Vernon Macklins girl Brooke Bailey on Basketball Wives LA is SUPER HOT!!! I hope he doesnt become known for just having a fine woman and not develop his game. Wow, he was in the league and didnt improve over the summer? He wasnt playing much so instead of hanging out he should have been working on his fundamentals for his next job. Good luck young man. If you dont work, you dont eat.

By: Talan

Talan — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:59:05 +0000

Macklin did great in the D-League and did well in spot minutes in the NBA. The only reason we didn’t keep him was because we have a glut of frontcourt players. I’m sure he could of played himself onto an NBA squad if he accepted those training camp invites.

Kyle Singler just signed a 3 year contract with us. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up getting 15-20 minutes a night for us this year. Not a scrub.

We can’t always talk about our above average players, because we don’t have many. Even Miami Heat fans talk about Dexter Pittman.

By: gmehl

gmehl — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:52:07 +0000

Sebastian the way you worded your comment just came across very arrogant. I would like to think that i am very respectful of other peoples opinions here at pistonpowered but leaving a comment like ‘Singler and Macklin are both, scrubs’ to me is a wasting your and my time. The point i was trying to make was that Singler made the very wise decision to stay in Europe last season instead of coming and riding the bench like Macklin did. I by no means think either player is ever going to be more than a useful bench warmer but that wasn’t the point i was trying to make. If you want me to respect your opinion then at least show some respect with the way you word your comments because yours sounded like you were putting my one down. Personally i love talking about everything pistons and it doesn’t matter if it is about our star player or the 15th guy on the roster. Singler is on this team whether you like it or not so you might as well just get used to it and i say that with all the respect in the world :-)

By: sebastian

sebastian — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:49:48 +0000

gmehl, I respect your opinion and interest and likewise, I would like to have my opinions respected.
My point is, why are WE wasting both wasting time talking about a guy (Singler), who may be dressed in street clothes most nights or at best have his street clothes on underneath his warm-ups (again, Singler) and Macklin, a guy who has to go play ball on another continent.
Forgive me for repeating myself, but Kyle Singler and Vernon Macklin are both, scrubs.
End of story …
P.S. You should see my rec-League impersonation of Joe Dumars, circa 1986-90. I rule the courts, G!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:58:15 +0000

This is good news for the Pistons, as it leaves open the option of re-signing him next year perhaps, if we wanted, when we’ll likely have roster spots available. You gotta figure CV, Max, and Daye will all be gone. With only Monroe/Drummond/Kravstov/Jerebko (who’s a tweener), we’ll likely be in the market for another backup big next year.

Had he signed with an NBA team we’d probably not have a chance to sign him again. This way its kind of like we get an extra year of evaluating him to decide if we want to resign him. Sort of like we sent him overseas for a year to work on his game, and get to see what progress he made before deciding on him.

By: gmehl

gmehl — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:05:05 +0000

Why even waste your time commenting on an article about Macklin if you think he is a scrub?? Macklin/Singler might not be star players but they have at least both made it to the pinnacle of basketball leagues in the world. How far have you made it sebastian?? I will assume the local unisex Sunday league.

By: sebastian

sebastian — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:59:18 +0000

Singler and Macklin are both, scrubs.

By: gmehl

gmehl — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:21:02 +0000

So Macklin has basically made Kyle Singler look like a genius. At the time i was disappointed he decided to stay overseas last season but his call to do so has paid off in spades. If he’d of come over once the lockout was over then there was no guarantee that he would of played to showcase himself like he eventually ended up doing with Real Madrid. Hopefully Macklin can do the same and find a gig in the NBA sometime soon.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:43:15 +0000

I like this a lot. Vernon Macklin may have had a poor summer league showing – but more importantly he looked able to hold his own as a project last year off the end of the bench and did well in the D-League. His prior experience with the Pistons will give us a little bit of an “in” should he develop overseas.

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:38:24 +0000

Good for Vernon I hope he does well in Turkey and if he’s looking to come back I hope he gives us a call.