Comments on: Greg Monroe could make 130 straight shots and still trail Andre Drummond in field-goal percentage

By: max

max — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:12:24 +0000

I think the Pistons should somehow get a true point guard who can facilitate the offense and an athletic wing player, may it be a sg or sf who is an all-around player. Drummond’s offense right now mainly comes from lobs/accurate passes or misses, as he doesn’t have a go-to post move yet, and rarely demands/gets the ball in the post. Without a true pg his production will suffer. I’m not knocking on BK7…. but until he evolves into a true pg who can run the team better and commit less turnovers, the team will not progress much, even if by some miracle they manage to qualify for the playoffs. And I believe, as of now, monroe is still the best big man on this team overall than drummond, but of course he’ll eventually get to the point in his career that he’ll be better than monroe. When these two eventually start together later this season or next, the other 29 teams better watch out…..

By: kaneda

kaneda — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:35:41 +0000

This whole discussion about which big we should build around is a little ridiculous. We should build our team around Monroe and Drummond, at least for the near future. Right now they should be the only 2 unmovable players. Come next season when both will be starting we will have a better picture of how they work together, and then it will be easier to entertain the idea of who could potentially be moved. Monroe will need to work on developing his 16-18 ft shot so he can fit in perfectly with Dre.
I really feel that the only way we trade Monroe right now should be for Kevin Love. Obviously you can’t compare Love to Monroe, but giving up Monroe, at this point, for anyone else is a true risk for this team going forward.
Since Memphis is looking to dump salary, if there is a way we can trade for Rudy Gay by giving up Prince, Maggette and maybe Daye or Middleton/draft pick we should pull the trigger.

By: Dan Rafferty

Dan Rafferty — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 03:20:12 +0000

Monroe sure looks dominant tonight!

By: David

David — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:39:03 +0000

Ridiculous. How about if Monroe makes his next 130 shots and drummond has to take 130 shots in the next 10 games while going up against opposing teams starting centers, playing 30+ minutes a night, and playing next to mostly jason maxiel and tay. How would Drummond’s fg percentage compare to Monroe’s?

I’m not saying Monroe is a better player. Nor that Drummond is.

I will say that Monroe is a DAMN good player. And over 2.5 years now.

The issue and question is not who is Detroit’s best player. It’s who are detroit’s 3 – 6 or 7th best player? Who’s worth investing in? And who’s not? Because Monroe and Drummond TOGETHER are a bright, awesome frontcourt future.

By: Revken

Revken — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:49:08 +0000

We don’t have to make that choice, just like the Spurs didn’t have to decide whether to build around Robinson or Duncan. We have two big men with potential to be very good if not great players. It would be foolish to trade Monroe for overpaid and/or injury prone players.

By: Stuckey and Whoever

Stuckey and Whoever — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:01:27 +0000

Its like the stat above 130 straight shots to match Dre %. Well if Dre took as many shots as Monroe..different story. Dre will still shoot better than Monroe when he gets his minutes, but right now you cant say Dre is better than a guy who is playing double the minutes. Do I like Dre’s game better than Monroe, yeah right now I do. Do I think Monroe has over achieved a bit so far in his career, yeah I do. But until Dre plays at least a season with 30+ min a game too tough of a call to make.

By: Stuckey and Whoever

Stuckey and Whoever — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:54:42 +0000

Love has said he is trying to go some place where he can win. Unless we make huge improvements no dice, and Love is like Larry Bird 2.0 without helping his team win.

By: Stuckey and Whoever

Stuckey and Whoever — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:52:23 +0000

Dido
I think he is right there as the best power foward

By: Big Rick

Big Rick — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:37:01 +0000

Starting from this point forward who would you feel more confident in building your team around…..Monroe or Drummond????

By: I HATE FRANK

I HATE FRANK — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:06:21 +0000

not disagreeing with you, but we need an explosive game changing player…NOT saying you wrong…

But there are no Rudy Gay quality players in Free-Agency this summer, and non that would likely want to come to Detroit…

Not knocking Greg, but we will end up overpaying him anyway…and everyone knows it…

Gay is more of a Answer than Greg is….