#11 Most Important Piston: Arron Afflalo (PLEASE EXCUSE HIS DEFENSE!)
Sheed on the Bobcats? Arron helping a future teammate?
What’s Going On World?
John W. Davis here. The Number 11 most important Piston in my humble opinion is Arron Afflalo. Some people are probably saying oh no J-Dubb his defense is so great and he has the jump shot to make it in the NBA. Yes that’s true but will he get the minutes to really contribute? I don’t think so. If this is the year of the Stuckey then Rodney will get minutes at PG and Backup shooting Guard taking minutes from Mr. Afflalo. We need Stuckey to play 25-30 minutes a game and there are only so many minutes that a guard can play.
-If Chauncey gets 32 at PG then Stuckey can only get 16 from the PG position.
-If Rip gets 35 then Stuckey can only get 13 from the SG position.
-Do the math and that’s 29 minutes for Stuckey (which he deserves to get) and I haven’t calculated one minute for Afflalo. So it will be hard for Arron to get more than 10 minutes a game.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Afflalo has NBA game. Is it NBA Starter game only time will tell. I do think with the right seasoning he could blossom like a Mike Redd did. I see some similarities in their games. I watched Mike Redd on Ohio State and he didn’t have an NBA 3 pointer. All of his success comes from hard work. All of Arron’s success with come from the same place, hard work. I know he works hard at defense and has proven to already be a lock down defender guarding anyone from Kobe to Lebron and holding his own. If Arron is every going to earn more minutes it will be because of his offense. I know its counter intuitive because defense wins championships. Yes it does but you also need to be able to score especially if you are earning those championship minutes at the Shooting Guard position.
Overall I look for much of the same from Arron. Strong tough defense. Hopefully he will not be scared to take that timely jumper, if that day ever comes we might not have to look far for a replacement for Rip Hamilton.
Peace,
John W. Davis
www.pistonscast.com
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2 Responses
Ryan September 7th at 8:27 pm
I like Arron, hopefully he will blossom into a big time player like Redd did as you said.
He’s only been here one year, so he has time to develop his game.
John W. Davis September 7th at 9:44 pm
Yes needs to be a killer of that bench on offense. He is already a killer on defense.