Comments on: Piston of the Week: Andre Drummond

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:57:23 +0000

Such a trade would leave the Pistons’ cap situation virtually unchanged for next offseason. However, it would kill their cap space for the 2014 offseason. After that, all the contracts will be off the books so it will be irrelevant. Besides which, Monroe will be getting a big raise in 2014. So after that, it will probably be quite a while until they get cap space again anyway.

So, such a trade would be a natural fit with the BG trade. Both moves would go brilliantly with a strong free agent haul in the coming offseason. But both would look idiotic without.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:36:52 +0000

if memphis took that trade, you don’t think it’d be a good one? c’mon gay is an elite athlete with a good jumper who is just entering is prime so it’s not like he’s old and with the right drafting, the only thing we need out of our 3 is scoring. our 4 already has proved he has good vision and passing ability, our center grabs every rebound in sight. if knight can be developed into a passer (that’s a big if) or if we draft a big pass first pg (MCW), our team would be a year or two from contending with gay assuming drummond’s development continues well. I personally don’t think memphis would take that since they would be losing an elite talent for not equal pieces

By: Ozzie-Moto

Ozzie-Moto — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:01:37 +0000

Throw in the major Detroit Sports writers in general as well, I can’t remember them ever calling out the Team JD or any of the coaches … Mostly vague enabling fluff that never puts any blame on JD for the steady decline of the last 6 years …

By: Brady Fredericksen

Brady Fredericksen — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:28:53 +0000

jacob, I’m not sure you’re improving at PG if you were to swap Knight for Bledsoe. Both are guys who are still learning the position, and part of Bledsoe’s appeal is thanks — in large part — because he isn’t relied upon at all to be a PG, that’s why LAC has CP3 and, to an extent, Chauncey.

And complaining about Charlie V isn’t totally warranted. If Drummond is in that second unit and he’s going to float around the basket, you’re going to need a guy out there to space the floor (arguably the Pistons’ biggest problem) and CV does that.

jayknowball, that’d be a terrible trade because Rudy Gay is owed upwards of $20 million a season in two years. He’d be an absolute salary cap albatross considering he doesn’t bring any other all-star level skill outside scoring (sometimes).

By: Jayknowsball

Jayknowsball — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:16:26 +0000

Prince and stuckey for Rudy gay

By: MIKEYDE248

MIKEYDE248 — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:05:49 +0000

Not sure how true it is, but JD has always says that he leaves all the coaching decisions up to the coach. If that’s the case, the only blame we can put on JD is for him keeping Frank as the coach. We also don’t know how much freedom Gores is giving JD either. Looks like we can only blame all 3 of them until we see some changes.

By: bugsygod

bugsygod — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:55:56 +0000

I just think that we are going to be having this same conversation all year. Drummond needs to play more minutes! #dumb frank Just play him!

By: I HATE FRANK

I HATE FRANK — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:16:51 +0000

oh I blame Joe D too, but If he is allowing Frank to coach and develop the players…that falls on Frank…

By: DasMark

DasMark — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:15:56 +0000

Drummond would easily be a ROY candidate if his minutes jumped to 30 per. He’s already been more impressive than Anthony Davis.

Detroit needs an elite perimeter scorer now. Rudy Gay could be a good fit here, even through he sometimes struggles with consistency.

By: swish22

swish22 — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:00:59 +0000

Joe D is to blame. Stop hating on LF. Who knows what pressure JD is putting on him to play overpaid stiffs like CV. The roster is unbalanced. If you’re looking for blame to the horrendous start look no further than Rodney Stuckey and Joe D.