Comments on: Brandon Knight’s uphill climb as a top scoring guard

By: justme

justme — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:33:17 +0000

No way!!! Knight should NOT be our regular starting SG! Id rather trade him first. If theres one thing ive learned over the last 5 years its that we dont do well with undersized SG’s. Heres an idea: trade him along with Khris Middleton to OKC for Jeremy Lamb, Perry Jones, and the 2013 1st rd pick from Toronto. We get a bigger SG in Lamb, a good prospect in Jones, a second lottery pick in the draft, and OKC gets that ballhandling help they been looking for behind Westbrook. Also, Knight could be that 6th man type of player the Thunder will need for when Martin bolts this summer. Sorry folks but if we were going to put Knight at the off gaurd spot than id rather just do this. Too many Iverson/Gordon memories. UGH!!

By: DG

DG — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:54:52 +0000

If Will Bynum played the same minutes as Knight, he would be averaging 6.4 assists to Knights 4.4 assists. The issue with Knight isn’t only assists, though. It’s his high rate of turnovers. His assist/turnover ratio is very low for a point guard (1.5).

By: Clint in Flint

Clint in Flint — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:34:27 +0000

I don’t think anything is going to be fixed until you fix the coaching problem. The man has been the coach for 1 1/2 years and I don’t see any improvement, we are still so far back that you need a search party to find us.

By: Scott Free

Scott Free — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:11:41 +0000

Just a thought. If Calderone’s assists don’t go up near Toronto levels, will anyone here admit how hard it is for Brandon Knight to draw an assist from this squad?

By: DG

DG — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:05:24 +0000

It will be good to take a look at Knight as both 2 guard and perhaps 6th man roles with Stuckey manning the 2 guard spot. Then Frank should know if either or both guys need to go by the end of the year and what their strengths are on the Pistons. It will give the Pistons a better idea of how to spend their upcoming free agency money.

They really need to resolve the PG, SG and SF positions between Knight, Stuckey and potential players they may add via draft and/or free agency. Right now it looks like the most potential with existing players is at the SG and/or third guard positions. If Calderon proves that the offense does indeed flow better, as many suspect, with a pure PG, then they can either re-sign him or go after another PG via trade, draft (Burke, please – he is very efficient with low turnovers) or free agency. Then they probably need a SF that compliments the SG. Stuckey would function better next to a floor spacer, etc.

By: I HATE FRANK

I HATE FRANK — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:51:05 +0000

Not gonna defend knight…but I just dont agree…

By: Vic

Vic — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:48:04 +0000

I think knight has been a square peg in a round hole. Once he gets a chance to see how the square hole feels his efficiency will go up the last couple months of the season. He’ll be in better next year, because I think you put on some more muscle and focus on being a scorer over the summer.

That being said, you still gotta draft BPA at the guard/forward:

Round 1:
Mclemore
Porter
Burke
Mitchell
Oladipo

Round 2:
Carrick Felix
Adreian Payne
Andre Roberson
Nate Wolters

By: sloppy joe

sloppy joe — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:46:33 +0000

This move is going to expose Knight for what he is.

You all wanted to see how he could handle SG. Well I think we are going to find out that his struggles will continue. Knight is best suited on the bench or on another teams roster.

It’s not like Frank is going to exclusively play knight at the second guard slot. He will probably end up manning the point for 10 minutes plus a game, which is just enough time for him to get his fix of turnovers.

If we want to get back to contender level. Every starting spot aside from PF and C will need to be filled by players that are not currently on the roster.

By: Nick N

Nick N — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:32:59 +0000

I believe Knight will be a solid SG.I think the knicks are just his kryptonite LOL. I would rather see Knight shooting an open 3 than Stuckey.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:57:16 +0000

No problem. I do think Knight can be a little better with this move, if only because it seems to align better with his natural inclinations. That said, he’s a terrible finisher at the rim, and his outside shooting is in no way elite. 37% from three is above league average, but not even close to being a huge threat. Maybe with more shots and a more precise focus he’ll get a better rhythm going, but there’s little evidence to suggest it.

Current Brandon Knight is a backup combo guard at best. Perhaps he develops more in the future, but at this point it’s worth questioning if there’s any significant role he can fill. I think this experiment with Calderon is a very useful on in that respect. Knight was a bad PG and showed very little development this year. If he fails as a SG as well, it gives the team the authority to say they have no back-court spots earmarked and can draft/sign free agents without worry of overloading a single position.