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	<title>Comments on: The impact of Ben Wallace, according to Andre Drummond</title>
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		<title>By: Patrick Hayes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick Hayes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Well, he&#039;s maybe poison to fans who hate watching him. There has never been an indication that CV is a bad teammate or is some sort of bad locker room presence. I assume he&#039;s still on the roster precisely for that reason -- he has underwhelmed after the Pistons sign him, but he&#039;s well-liked enough that they&#039;re willing to give him another chance.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, he&#8217;s maybe poison to fans who hate watching him. There has never been an indication that CV is a bad teammate or is some sort of bad locker room presence. I assume he&#8217;s still on the roster precisely for that reason &#8212; he has underwhelmed after the Pistons sign him, but he&#8217;s well-liked enough that they&#8217;re willing to give him another chance.</p>
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		<title>By: jonathan</title>
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		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>good point frankie!

for the cost to amnesty CV and pay BB the minimum, that amnesty money spent brings in motivation (ben) while removing poison (charlie D#) from this roster 

Amnesty CV - Bring in Ben
keeps the lane closed and removes the willy nilly offense and who knows what lame brain poor me attitude that CV carries around


done and done
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>good point frankie!</p>
<p>for the cost to amnesty CV and pay BB the minimum, that amnesty money spent brings in motivation (ben) while removing poison (charlie D#) from this roster </p>
<p>Amnesty CV &#8211; Bring in Ben<br />
keeps the lane closed and removes the willy nilly offense and who knows what lame brain poor me attitude that CV carries around</p>
<p>done and done<br />
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		<title>By: Patrick Hayes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick Hayes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Someone who writes thousands of words a day had a TYPO? Well get the fainting couches! That&#039;s appalling. MoJo Drew, what do you think? http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mjddiswank.gif&lt;/p&gt;

When I said, &quot;I doubt you&#039;re qualified,&quot; I wasn&#039;t implying that I necessarily think we&#039;re good or bad at what we do. But even if we&#039;re incompetent, I still don&#039;t think you&#039;re qualified.

&lt;p&gt;But seriously, I have no issue with you thinking we&#039;re incompetent. Maybe we are. I just question why you repeatedly come back here. Seems weird to me.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone who writes thousands of words a day had a TYPO? Well get the fainting couches! That&#8217;s appalling. MoJo Drew, what do you think? <a href="http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mjddiswank.gif" rel="nofollow">http://cdn.ksk.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mjddiswank.gif</a></p>
<p>When I said, &#8220;I doubt you&#8217;re qualified,&#8221; I wasn&#8217;t implying that I necessarily think we&#8217;re good or bad at what we do. But even if we&#8217;re incompetent, I still don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re qualified.</p>
<p>But seriously, I have no issue with you thinking we&#8217;re incompetent. Maybe we are. I just question why you repeatedly come back here. Seems weird to me.</p>
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		<title>By: Holy Crow</title>
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		<dc:creator>Holy Crow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(Khris English) *cough, cough*
So its a deal? </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Khris English) *cough, cough*<br />
So its a deal? </p>
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		<title>By: Patrick Hayes</title>
		<link>http://www.pistonpowered.com/2012/10/the-impact-of-ben-wallace-according-to-andre-drummond/comment-page-1/#comment-85861</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Hayes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I doubt you&#039;re qualified.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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		<title>By: Holy Crow</title>
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		<dc:creator>Holy Crow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, if I win the bet you&#039;ll make me a contributing editor of this smelly blog?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, if I win the bet you&#8217;ll make me a contributing editor of this smelly blog?</p>
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		<title>By: XstreamINsanity</title>
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		<dc:creator>XstreamINsanity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, it is partially Ben&#039;s fault, but at the same time it&#039;s Joe D&#039;s fault as well.  As much as I love Joe D (my favorite basketball player, regardless of team, of all time), I don&#039;t like how he&#039;s going into this season. Take a look at this sequence of events.

Season ends (Players committed to: Stuckey, Prince, Monroe, Knight, Maxiell, Daye, Bynum, Gordon, Jerebko, Villanueva - 1-2 PG, 2-3 SG, 2-3 SF, 2-3 PF and 1 C [kind of, Monroe isn&#039;t a natural Center]).

Trade Gordon and Pick for Maggette ( 1-2 PG, 2-3 SG, 3-4 SF, 2-3 PF and 1 C)

Draft Drummond, English and Middleton (1-2 PG, 2-3 SG, 4-5 SF, 2-3 PF and 2 C)

Sign Viacheslove Kravtsov and Kyle Singler (1-2 PG, 2-3 SG, 5-6 SF, 2-3 PF and 3 C)

All players are committed to.  This isn&#039;t normally how most teams go into training camp.  That is the reason for camp invitees.  You allow yourself flexibility so that if someone doesn&#039;t pan out you&#039;re 1) not out on money for someone who didn&#039;t pan out and 2) you can sign someone without HOPING for a trade to free up spots.

And if you&#039;re wondering why there are many 2-3, 3-4, etc., it&#039;s because most of our players can play multiple positions, but no one position better than the other.  Knight is a PG who could be a better SG.  Maggette is someone who plays SF but can (and has) played SG.  The best option would to have left English and Middleton off contract until a few games into the preseason, not sign Kravtsov until we&#039;ve seen him play in preseason (preferably the full preseason), and then finish the roster.  Hoping for trades is a very bad way to go into the season.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, it is partially Ben&#8217;s fault, but at the same time it&#8217;s Joe D&#8217;s fault as well.  As much as I love Joe D (my favorite basketball player, regardless of team, of all time), I don&#8217;t like how he&#8217;s going into this season. Take a look at this sequence of events.</p>
<p>Season ends (Players committed to: Stuckey, Prince, Monroe, Knight, Maxiell, Daye, Bynum, Gordon, Jerebko, Villanueva &#8211; 1-2 PG, 2-3 SG, 2-3 SF, 2-3 PF and 1 C [kind of, Monroe isn't a natural Center]).</p>
<p>Trade Gordon and Pick for Maggette ( 1-2 PG, 2-3 SG, 3-4 SF, 2-3 PF and 1 C)</p>
<p>Draft Drummond, English and Middleton (1-2 PG, 2-3 SG, 4-5 SF, 2-3 PF and 2 C)</p>
<p>Sign Viacheslove Kravtsov and Kyle Singler (1-2 PG, 2-3 SG, 5-6 SF, 2-3 PF and 3 C)</p>
<p>All players are committed to.  This isn&#8217;t normally how most teams go into training camp.  That is the reason for camp invitees.  You allow yourself flexibility so that if someone doesn&#8217;t pan out you&#8217;re 1) not out on money for someone who didn&#8217;t pan out and 2) you can sign someone without HOPING for a trade to free up spots.</p>
<p>And if you&#8217;re wondering why there are many 2-3, 3-4, etc., it&#8217;s because most of our players can play multiple positions, but no one position better than the other.  Knight is a PG who could be a better SG.  Maggette is someone who plays SF but can (and has) played SG.  The best option would to have left English and Middleton off contract until a few games into the preseason, not sign Kravtsov until we&#8217;ve seen him play in preseason (preferably the full preseason), and then finish the roster.  Hoping for trades is a very bad way to go into the season.</p>
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		<title>By: frankie d</title>
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		<dc:creator>frankie d</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;... I remain steadfast in my belief that the Pistons need to find  a way to get Wallace on the roster.&quot;
patrick is absolutely correct and the move should be a no-brainer, considering the investment and gamble the team just took with drummond.
the insanity continues. instead of constructing a coherent team, with players that compliment each other and bring different skills and talents and plusses to the team, dumars is again loading up the roster and committing salary and roster spots to dead weight that will only marginally, at best, contribute.
CV or ben taking up a roster spot?
the question answers itself. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230; I remain steadfast in my belief that the Pistons need to find  a way to get Wallace on the roster.&#8221;<br />
patrick is absolutely correct and the move should be a no-brainer, considering the investment and gamble the team just took with drummond.<br />
the insanity continues. instead of constructing a coherent team, with players that compliment each other and bring different skills and talents and plusses to the team, dumars is again loading up the roster and committing salary and roster spots to dead weight that will only marginally, at best, contribute.<br />
CV or ben taking up a roster spot?<br />
the question answers itself. </p>
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		<title>By: Patrick Hayes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick Hayes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Only if my winning the bet would mean you quit commenting.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only if my winning the bet would mean you quit commenting.</p>
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		<title>By: Holy Crow</title>
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		<dc:creator>Holy Crow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Patrick take off the Ben Wallace beer-goggles, I&#039;d bet Big Ben won&#039;t play for the &#039;Stones this season, are you willing to bet that he will?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Patrick take off the Ben Wallace beer-goggles, I&#8217;d bet Big Ben won&#8217;t play for the &#8216;Stones this season, are you willing to bet that he will?</p>
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