Comments on: Piston of the Week: Greg Monroe

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:50:49 +0000

If Prince had really broken Wilt’s record, and on just 8 shots, I’d say it’s worth suffering through three bad games. But since that was a typo by rick, yeah, best to have Prince out of her.

That said, Prince is not garbage. He’s just worthless to Detroit who aren’t making the playoffs anyway.

By: MrCarter

MrCarter — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:45:42 +0000

I would just take the best player available and not worry about duplicating positions. That way, we have a valuble chip, and considering the bankroll we’ll have this offseason(and the changes we’ll most likely make) I think it’s just the smartest thing to do.

By: MrCarter

MrCarter — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:40:35 +0000

Hmm, sorry I’ve seen him play a lot and havent noticed that.

By: MIKEYDE248

MIKEYDE248 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:50:25 +0000

If you’ve ever watched a game most teams double or triple team him, because they know there aren’t any other threats on the team.

By: DG

DG — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:37:01 +0000

Agreed that he is playing well. Even like the all star we thought we’d see before the year started. He just has trouble with the athletic shot blocking bigs like Noah and Varejao. He can’t handle them. Which is yet another reason it will be nice to pair him with Drummond’s elite athleticism. Most of those guys don’t have the complimentary tandem that Monroe and Drummond might develop into.

By: I HATE FRANK

I HATE FRANK — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:53:46 +0000

I mean Prince went 8-8 yesterday and scored 118, but he is garbage according to some.

The in Previous 3 games befor the 8-8 shooting …. he shot 11-33….averaging 7.6ppg.. NUFF SAID!

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:42:43 +0000

Prince 18 and Daye 16! Prince slowed us down, Jose speeds us up. Big difference. Bring Big Ben back! He’ll be great for the young bigs, especially in practice.

By: Vic

Vic — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:41:25 +0000

I’ll give you consistent for Singler… But his defense makes him a backup.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:35:32 +0000

Sorry to break it to you, but there are perfectly reasonable explanations for what you are calling fickleness.

1) There are lots of different opinions. Even before, some wanted Prince out. Some wanted Max out. Some this player, some that. The same phenomenon occurs when a player’s fans get outraged that the player is first criticized for scoring a lot but not winning enough but then for winning but not scoring enough. They say the guy can’t win. Which is true. You can’t always please everyone. Typically these different criticisms come from different people.

2) The press for getting rid of players who aren’t part of the long-term core has been around for quite a while. And while we lauded the removal of Tay and Daye as part of that, really there were many of us who would have been happy all along to get rid of most everyone except Monroe and Drummond (maybe Knight, maybe Stuckey, maybe Singler, maybe English) if they could bring back any sort of decent assets. I loved that Dumars finally shipped out Prince, but I’ve been hoping he’d do the same with Max before then and since then.

3) It’s not really about fixing the team or removing the problem. Removing Max won’t make the Pistons suddenly a better squad. But he is a remnant from a former time and doesn’t fit in with the the Pistons’ team for the future. So moving him is just a way to hopefully get back an asset for no loss and to open up some play time fr the young guys.

By: jinzzy

jinzzy — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:21:15 +0000

I would rather get someone like James McAdoo . he can play Three and four ,plus He can be a great perimeter defender