Comments on: Forget Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Austin Daye and Charlie Villanueva’s competition to be Pistons’ stretch four actually most important race of fall

By: ASwede

ASwede — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:54:11 +0000

Seriously, this is the funniest post I’ve ever read here – and I’ve read a few…

The stats are so overwhelming, and yet we keep these players. Doesn’t make sense.

By: CityofKlompton

CityofKlompton — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:14:29 +0000

Words cannot express how much I love this graphic. Secondly, words cannot express how disappograde this graphic makes feel.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:12:26 +0000

I agree. but primarily because players in any role without a superstar are a long shot to win it all.

By: Vic

Vic — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 02:29:51 +0000

True, but Dirk is a superstar, not a role player. And he won with a super mobile defensive center, if not an offensive one.
Kevin Love is a superstar, but he hasn’t won anything yet… Until he gets a mobile highly defensive center I doubt he’ll win.

A stretch 4 as a role in itself without a superstar – I don’t think it works.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 02:10:48 +0000

And CV ends the preseason 1-17 on the one thing he’s supposed to be good at.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:38:40 +0000

I do understand they are the exception, not the norm. And I would typically rather have a traditional four than a stretch four. But that doesn’t mean it can’t work. The best stretch fours in the league are Love and Dirk and you’re kidding yourself if you don’t think either of them could be the best player on a championship team.

By: Otis

Otis — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:41:31 +0000

My guess is only one of them (probably CV) suits up and neither is in the rotation for any significant stretch. Our rotation right now looks like a very predictable: Knight/Bynum, Stuckey/English, Prince/Stuckey, Max/Jerebko, Monroe/Drummond.

Calling Daye a four of any kind is a cruel joke, and the less said about CV the better.

By: vic

vic — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:40:36 +0000

Dwight Howard is a freak of nature, and the centerpiece of their offense AND defense. Not just big, but nimble, and scores easily on offense and changes or rejects everything that comes in the paint on defense. There’s about 1 of those centers every 20-30 years.
That’s why I say the stretch 4 is a non-position. It was based on 1 guy, for 1 team – Dwight Howard. And they didn’t even get a championship.

its fine though you don’t have to agree with me, that’s just my opinion.

By: sebastian

sebastian — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:23:29 +0000

Didn’t Gores add some, nerdy statistician to the Executive staff. last year? You would think that Joe, Gores, and the guy who heads the Pistons analytics department would have the insight to figure out where the dead weight on the roster exist and together find a way to rid OUR roster of such ineptness.
I bet the Nuggets, current management would find a way to flip trash into something worthwhile.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:20:17 +0000

Just wow.

And the only Pistons Tay is ahead of are those two and Kim English.