Comments on: Internal Improvement: Austin Daye

By: tarsier

tarsier — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:28:26 +0000

“he’s just plain mediocre at the three”

Do you know what mediocre means? It means average, not piss poor. And Daye’s play has been awful his entire tenure in the NBA. Prince is a mediocre three. It’d be fantastic if Daye were too.

By: say what now

say what now — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:26:52 +0000

try him at starting sf and see what he does with the mins. i saw him in summer league w mins and he was makin it rain. dudes gotta shot. pick and pop all day!

By: jerrific

jerrific — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:29:36 +0000

I agree that Daye’s attitude is holding him back. In fact, I think that is the key aspect of his game he needs to improve upon. He act’s like he deserves minutes, not like he needs to earn them. Far too often when he gets minutes he’s discouraged way too easily. He needs to learn to just go out there and fight. It seems to me that his negativity and lack of confidence hold him back more than anything. He could be a passable role player if he improved his attitude to be more like that of Will Bynum’s.

By: Tom Y.

Tom Y. — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:17:43 +0000

Europe, maybe, if he can find a good restaurant wherever he is.

Or he could probably dominate the D-League, which is still probably better than most 9 to 5 jobs.

By: Tom Y.

Tom Y. — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:15:00 +0000

You can’t “use his salary” to pay someone else. If you cut him, you still have to pay him, and someone else on top of that.

By: freywagg

freywagg — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:02:40 +0000

Not really. That experiment was with Daye as the starting power forward. This is significantly less stupid of an experiment, while still making little sense in the end.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:43:55 +0000

Agree with the above. I don’t see any value in Daye. You can’t run an offense through him like we used to do with Tay. He can’t seem to defend anyone at any position. He does have one year at 40% from three, but we was also only 41% overall that year. Meanwhile he shot 30% from three his first year and 21% last year. There is greater evidence that he cannot shoot than he can.

Also, he’s is far too emotionally unstable to play the deep bench position he’ll continue to occupy if he stays in the league. Even during the draft, he talked about how his good workouts were all about “feeling good at the time.” He isn’t talented enough for teams to focus on how he feels every game, and apparently isn’t any good unless really feeling it. For someone who will be lucky to see 5-10 mpg and lots of DNPs going forward, he simply doesn’t have the attitude necessary to be a contributor.

As well, he is a reminder of the mistakes that have plagued the Pistons these last few years. The focus on flawed offensive players over defensive talent. The idea of getting versatile positionless players, discounting how versatile they actually are. Lack of coaching and player development. Lack of long term vision and statement of roles. Daye may be able to salvage a career somewhere else, but there’s nothing to suggest he will succeed here, and plenty to suggest he won’t.

By: sebastian

sebastian — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:34:01 +0000

Let’s see: WE currently have two guys on OUR preseason roster who were drafted in the same Draft as day, Jonny Flynn (6) and T. Will (11).
Why not just cut Daye and use his salary to pay, Jonny Flynn or T. Will?

By: George

George — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:25:02 +0000

Daye is a man without a position, passion, or conviction. His NBA future is on the line and he hasn’t found any area that he is statistically AVERAGE at besides free throw shooting and shot-blocking.

By: RyanK

RyanK — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:51:47 +0000

I signed up for twitter one day while killing time at an airport. I follow some of the players on the team. I read Daye’s tweets and it boggles my mind what a negative attitude he has. From what I read on there, I would question his work ethic also.

Daye needs a trade ASAP. He needs to be someplace he can get time at small forward for an entire season. Here we ask him to play power forward and he just isn’t strong enough to do that. He might struggle to stay infront of small forwards in the league, but his superior length should help him recover.