Comments on: Kyle Singler, killer bargain

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:09:05 +0000

I also think that these guys will both look better when we’ve got better coaching and a coherent system. Right now it seems like very few people on this team understand their roles and I don’t see any overarching philosophy to help them.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:59:04 +0000

I like both Jonas Jerebko and Kyle Singler as versatile role players who aren’t going to hurt the team. JJ has taken a step back this year with Lawrence Frank’s insistence on playing Jason Maxiell but I hope that when Maxiell is gone he and Singler will form a very effective front court reserve unit being able to come in at different positions and contribute.

I regard both of these guys as assets though not foundation pieces.

By: MrHappyMushroom

MrHappyMushroom — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:30:27 +0000

Exactly. We’ve gotten pretty desperate these past few years. Guys like Will Bynum and Jerebko–who I like, as I do Singler–out

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:59:52 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with this. I just don’t know if there was any competition.

By: oats

oats — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:48:02 +0000

I don’t know, I thought with JJ coming off an injury that Dumars paid over market value for him. He’s a fairly limited second round player who missed an entire season before getting that contract. I thought we could have had him at closer to $3 million per year. I don’t actually know that that is true, and if $4.5 million was the going rate then I can’t complain about it too much because it was about the level he played at as a rookie. Still, it felt like Detroit was bidding against no one with that offer, so I get the point being made.

By: G

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:36:04 +0000

…since before ‘Jerebko’ there was Maxiell & Stuckey… Singler is exactly the type of player to fit into that equation. Nominally talented, shows promise but not extreme promise – the kind of guy that might someday average 12 & 6, and doesn’t exactly fit one position (Maxiell plays the 4, height of a 3, Stuckey was a 2 miscast as a 1, Jerebko waffling between the 3 & 4 spots, and Singler with his SG/SF situation).

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:08:00 +0000

Yeah, I think Singler’s ceiling is a little lower than Jerebko’s, but not much. But I’d never give him $4M/yr, not because he couldn’t realistically be worth it, but because there will always be some such role player wings available for less.

By: I HATE FRANK

I HATE FRANK — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:56:02 +0000

I agree about Jonas …before the Injury and Before Frank Jonas was on his way into the starting line up to replace Prince. His 36 per min stats were very solid … this season was a huge set back for Jonas

Singler is tricky, because there have been player like Singler on good teams and starting … Kyle Kover , shane Battier, Robert Horry, every spur to ever start that name
Wasn’t Duncan,Parker, or Manu …. (I’m speaking about speciality players)

So Singler does not have a high ceiling, but he is one of those guys that can produce when given the chance based on the system

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:15:14 +0000

I like Singler, but I liked him more at the beginning of the year than I do now. I just don’t think he makes enough of an impact as a starter. He doesn’t really do anything great, and even though he does all the little things, those little things really don’t have a big impact on the game or add up to anything big. His defense is OK, but nothing special to where he could be a lockdown defender. He seems to miss a lot of easy shots. He’s a good 3 pt shooter, but I wouldn’t really consider him a reliable 3 pt shooter. I just don’t know what he’s great at.

In other words, I kind of thought he could be the next Shane Battier, but I’m just not seeing enough on defense and from 3 pt land to believe that anymore. I do think he would make a great backup SF though.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:04:08 +0000

The thing is that if Jerebko kept playing like he had been, his contract would be about right. If he had improved, it would be a bargain.

I give Dumars a lot of flak, but betting on a guy Jerebko’s age to at least maintain his level of performance is a risk worth taking.