Comments on: Piston of the Week: Greg Monroe http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Wed, 22 May 2013 09:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: MrHappyMushroom http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116157 MrHappyMushroom Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:47:37 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=12511#comment-116157 Probably no one else could have been the choice.   But I seriously hope that Greg watches that last defensive possession against the Bulls.  He gave up on the play and stood by the three point line watching Joakim Noah win the game for the Bulls.   Still love Greg, but if he's really what we (and he) hopes he is, he needs to take that play to heart.  That one play made it clear that Noah is a far superior presence to Monroe.  It's the little things that can turn a really good player into a great one.  Noah does them now.  Probably no one else could have been the choice.
 
But I seriously hope that Greg watches that last defensive possession against the Bulls.  He gave up on the play and stood by the three point line watching Joakim Noah win the game for the Bulls.
 
Still love Greg, but if he’s really what we (and he) hopes he is, he needs to take that play to heart.  That one play made it clear that Noah is a far superior presence to Monroe.  It’s the little things that can turn a really good player into a great one.  Noah does them now. 

]]> By: Venice http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116053 Venice Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:50:46 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=12511#comment-116053 YES! FINALLY! We really need to give Moose some credit. He's doing everything for this team to stay competitive. IF he can only have those players that will properly stretch the floor,Knight to finally learn to distribute, and finally make Drummond learn hook shot,Moose's field goal percentage will go up.We all know that the roster this season is so messed up and we better learn to stay up and let the YOUNGSTERS develop.It's part of the growing pains of starting a team who are in the league for about a year or two. YES! FINALLY! We really need to give Moose some credit. He’s doing everything for this team to stay competitive. IF he can only have those players that will properly stretch the floor,Knight to finally learn to distribute, and finally make Drummond learn hook shot,Moose’s field goal percentage will go up.We all know that the roster this season is so messed up and we better learn to stay up and let the YOUNGSTERS develop.It’s part of the growing pains of starting a team who are in the league for about a year or two.

]]> By: Quin http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116052 Quin Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:50:04 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=12511#comment-116052 And then the Celtics beat Miami. And then the Celtics beat Miami.

]]> By: frankie d http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116044 frankie d Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:31:27 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=12511#comment-116044 not so sure  remember, holliday was a real project coming out of ucla.  he'd never really played the point before, and was basically a rodney stuckey-type combo guard.  doug collins coaching has been crucial to his development into a top notch guard. (he still not your classic pg, but he's definitely improved a lot, in that respect.)  unfortunately, i don't see any evidence that kuester or frank would have been able to take a raw project like holliday and mold him into the kind of player he has become.  not so sure  remember, holliday was a real project coming out of ucla.  he’d never really played the point before, and was basically a rodney stuckey-type combo guard. 
doug collins coaching has been crucial to his development into a top notch guard.
(he still not your classic pg, but he’s definitely improved a lot, in that respect.) 
unfortunately, i don’t see any evidence that kuester or frank would have been able to take a raw project like holliday and mold him into the kind of player he has become. 

]]> By: frankie d http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116043 frankie d Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:27:54 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=12511#comment-116043 great question. think most observers would bet on pop taking maybe 7 or 8 out of ten games.  in fact, pop -or carlisle, or karl - could probably take the pistons roster, eliminate the non-monroe starters, and have the team at about the 45 win mark.  great question.
think most observers would bet on pop taking maybe 7 or 8 out of ten games.  in fact, pop -or carlisle, or karl – could probably take the pistons roster, eliminate the non-monroe starters, and have the team at about the 45 win mark. 

]]> By: vic http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116042 vic Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:27:52 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=12511#comment-116042 Ok so now Pistons definitely have the 8th seed there for the taking since Rondo is out... If your going to get in it, you might as well win it. Unless you want to see Miami create all their commercials with Pistons in the background, and watch Lebron and DWade get 7 dunks each per game... Joe D has to do two things now.    Trade anybody except Monroe and Drummond for Kyle Lowry. Get Monroe and Drummond playing together. If their going to lose their draft pick they might as well beat someone in the playoffs.  Kyle Lowry is a triple double threat from the pg position, and a defensive monster having his best year.  Ok so now Pistons definitely have the 8th seed there for the taking since Rondo is out…

If your going to get in it, you might as well win it. Unless you want to see Miami create all their commercials with Pistons in the background, and watch Lebron and DWade get 7 dunks each per game… Joe D has to do two things now. 
 
Trade anybody except Monroe and Drummond for Kyle Lowry.
Get Monroe and Drummond playing together.

If their going to lose their draft pick they might as well beat someone in the playoffs.
 Kyle Lowry is a triple double threat from the pg position, and a defensive monster having his best year. 

]]> By: frankie d http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116038 frankie d Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:13:27 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=12511#comment-116038 agree that a pg is the most pressing need. however, imho, the biggest issue for monroe is the incompetent coaching. remember, if stuckey had not insisted, he'd still be in the starting lineup, helping to clog the middle.  only stuckey's awareness has allowed the floor spacing singler to start and help make the team a more effective offensive unit. there are lots of small, subtle, but important tweaks the coach could make that would make monroe more effective.  it appears that he is slowly starting to do some of those things, but typically, it takes him forever to see problems and make appropriate adjustments. monroe has been the same player since high school.  had the same skills and the same deficiencies.  he didn't just forget how to score and pass.  teams have been doing certain very effective things against him and now it is the pistons' coach's task to come up with adjustments that put monroe in a position where he can start doing all the things he's been doing his entire bb-playing career.  agree that a pg is the most pressing need.
however, imho, the biggest issue for monroe is the incompetent coaching.
remember, if stuckey had not insisted, he’d still be in the starting lineup, helping to clog the middle.  only stuckey’s awareness has allowed the floor spacing singler to start and help make the team a more effective offensive unit.
there are lots of small, subtle, but important tweaks the coach could make that would make monroe more effective.  it appears that he is slowly starting to do some of those things, but typically, it takes him forever to see problems and make appropriate adjustments.
monroe has been the same player since high school.  had the same skills and the same deficiencies.  he didn’t just forget how to score and pass.  teams have been doing certain very effective things against him and now it is the pistons’ coach’s task to come up with adjustments that put monroe in a position where he can start doing all the things he’s been doing his entire bb-playing
career. 

]]> By: Ahmed http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116035 Ahmed Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:58:24 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=12511#comment-116035 Good news for the Pistons! "The Celtics announce Rajon Rondo has a torn ACL and will have season-ending surgery" - Bleacher Report. Share! Good news for the Pistons! “The Celtics announce Rajon Rondo has a torn ACL and will have season-ending surgery” – Bleacher Report. Share!

]]> By: Brady Fredericksen http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116029 Brady Fredericksen Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:07:25 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=12511#comment-116029 I see where you guys are coming from with Monroe not being as productive in some ways as Drummond, but you also have to take role into mind. Monroe has to try to defend one of the other teams best post guys, score and distribute if guys are looking for shots — from what we've seen thus far, all Drummond has to do on court is block shots, rebound, set screens and roll. Having to be the focal point of an offense with limited weapons around you along with everything else Monroe has to do for the Pistons to even be competitive has to be noted. That's the mental aspect of having to juggle everything opposed to limited things with Drummond. I see where you guys are coming from with Monroe not being as productive in some ways as Drummond, but you also have to take role into mind. Monroe has to try to defend one of the other teams best post guys, score and distribute if guys are looking for shots — from what we’ve seen thus far, all Drummond has to do on court is block shots, rebound, set screens and roll. Having to be the focal point of an offense with limited weapons around you along with everything else Monroe has to do for the Pistons to even be competitive has to be noted. That’s the mental aspect of having to juggle everything opposed to limited things with Drummond.

]]> By: ryan http://www.pistonpowered.com/2013/01/piston-of-the-week-greg-monroe-2/comment-page-1/#comment-116026 ryan Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:21:54 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=12511#comment-116026 That's not even close because of the coaches involved and the fact that no on the other side can defend Andre Drummond but he can mess things up defensively for a lot of them.   That’s not even close because of the coaches involved and the fact that no on the other side can defend Andre Drummond but he can mess things up defensively for a lot of them.
 

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