Comments on: Andre Drummond should dunk everything

By: Victor

Victor — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:17:39 +0000

Glad you appdreciate some humor. That’s what I often try to bring on my comments. I don’t have anything else to offer anyway… =)

By: gmehl

gmehl — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:08:49 +0000

"It would be nice if one of the reporters could just get a straight hard answer from Frank about why he does not play Drummond with Monroe". This is how it would pan out if the question was asked... Reporter: Hey Frank, so why is it that you don't play Drummond and Monroe together?? Frank: Well i'll probably get fired for this but the real reason is because it would mean we'd make the playoffs and as you all know if we do that this season then we'll lose our draft pick which we traded to the Bobcats due to poor spending of free agent money on Ben Gordon.

By: Ozzie-Moto

Ozzie-Moto — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:05:46 +0000

Why Drumonds starting is important:
1: One of the reasons that it harder to get his time in with Monroe is that Monroe starts so they are out of sink, if you start out of sink then it harder to get their minutes together
2: Don’t under value your players to the other teams, refs, your own fans.. Confidence effects how things play out. You don’t want to over extend what you have in a players potential, OK error on the side of caution but if he already running with the ball don’t hold him back … some players get sort of “handled” to death .. they loose their MOJO …
3 Work on and feature you most devastating players together to set the tone … OK if you limit him in the first half minute wise but start him then have the minutes when it counts in then 2nd half.
4 People might realize that you realize you got something going and SHOW up to see you play
5 Play what you see as your wining hand in the future because where you are now is obviously not good enough …
Detroit has not been the spot fo natural stars. You like and mold the hard working or me against the world kind) So the organization sort of takes the “Shine” of them when it not really necessary.

By: I HATE FRANK

I HATE FRANK — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:59:26 +0000

I love it …. I call him Shaq2k …. Soon he is gonna learn that drop step dunk in a crowd…

By: DG

DG — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:30:10 +0000

“He’s not playing with Monroe either.” Too funny. predictable, but funny.

By: bugsygod

bugsygod — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:19:58 +0000

It would be nice if one of the reporters could just get a straight hard answer from Frank about why he does not play Drummond with Monroe. Drummond/Monroe is the future, they compliment so well now. I mean what is it?? For the last 4-5 games you can clearly see we are a better team when Drummond is on the court. He covers others mistakes and really clogs the paint and makes paint points that much tougher for the other team. “Coach Frank I know you said you wanted to bring Drummond along slowly, but isnt it time to adjust?” “Coach Frank it seems your team is better when Drummond is on the court with Monroe and thus gives your team a better chance of winning, you disagree with that?” “Coach Frank you realize the more you Dont play Drummond, it is just pushing you closer out the door?”

By: Victor

Victor — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:07:32 +0000

Wait a sec Pat, he’s not playing with Nash or Miller, but he’s playing with Monroe, a terrific passer for a big guy who made Chris Wilcox (!!!) play decently.

Oh, sorry about that … He’s not playing with Monroe either… What a shame.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:41:10 +0000

Exactly, getting in position to receive passes, catch them and quickly finish is a skill in itself. And on top of that, it’s hard for the Pistons to ‘spoon feed’ anybody since they don’t exactly have playmakers who are adept at drawing defenders and creating shots for teammates. It’s not like Drummond is playing with Steve Nash or Andre Miller out there. He’s catching a lot of difficult passes through traffic.

By: D_S_V

D_S_V — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 17:36:28 +0000

For all of Drummond’s ‘inadequacies’ on offense, he does not bog things down as much as you would estimate for a player who currently has no real 1 on 1/post up game, jumper, and general ability to score from outside of 5 feet. His increasing offensive awareness has been impressive and he commands respect from his defender when another Piston can penetrate the lane. Kelser is right that Drummond is often “spoon fed” his scores, but it takes awareness and a big body to make himself available in the first place, as well as soft hands to catch and finish – all qualities that Drummond has shown with increasing consistency as the season has progressed. Reminds me of the ‘Tyson Chandler Offense’.