Comments on: New York Times: Detroit Pistons could surprise next season

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:14:18 +0000

Darko has had plenty of chances to “redeem himself”. By now, he is what he is. A very limited big man who can contribute somewhat off the bench–basically by being big.

By: gmehl

gmehl — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:39:43 +0000

Did you just ‘slap’ the Slap Dog?

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:50:15 +0000

By ‘situations’ I meant individual situations, not team situations. Both are high upside/high red flag prospects who came in with expectations that may or may not be realistic.

By: G

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:18:05 +0000

Disagree. The biggest difference between Darko & Drummond is the team. The ’04 Pistons won the NBA title, this iteration will be fortunate to make the playoffs. The expectations and concerns are similar, but the situations are very different.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:03:11 +0000

Your trolling was bad enough when you were only using one screen name.

By: Slap Dog Hoops

Slap Dog Hoops — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:43:36 +0000

Hopefully the Pistons will utilize drummond better than they utilized Milicic. What happened to Darko was plain wrong. He never got a chance to play in Detroit which probably ruined his confidence. Hopefully he will redeem himself in Boston. The Pistons will still suck however.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:39:30 +0000

Just as you are a defender of your causes, I like to think of myself as pit bull on the side of the Pistons. But to my above point, I always thought respecting their punch was the least you could give the Pistons as their success in both great eras was principally based on toughness and defense.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:36:43 +0000

Never happy.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:36:27 +0000

He’s not a gamble in the sense that they may have missed out on a franchise player at taking him ninth. But their situations — huge, huge upside mixed with some red flags — is fairly similar.

By: sop

sop — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:31:00 +0000

Drummond isn’t nearly the gamble Darko was because:
1. he has played in college and high school in the US and speaks English
2. Weighs a lot more than Darko did.
3. WAS PICKED NINTH not SECOND
4. The 2012 draft isn’t as loaded with superstars as 2003