A few thoughts:

Curry sucks at calling plays out of timeouts. They usually always fail.

40% FG and 78 total points is not going to beat any team.

Tayshaun w/ just 4 points. Wow.

Stuckey and/or Curry waited too long for him to take over offensively.

Curry’s rotation is a joke. No Bynum or Afflalo at all. 38 minutes for McDyess and Sheed is ridiculous while Maxiell was so key in the 4th but played just 15 minutes. And then Curry takes him out. What?

Just look at the boxscore: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=290130008

Why even bring in Kwame and Herrmann if they’re not going to play? And why did Curry start Amir to play him just 5 minutes?

They played well but not good enough to beat a team like boston, it wouldve been a good performance against a weaker team. The defense was solid (most of the time), Maxiell played great and i love the way he nearly layed out kendrick perkins. Overall it was a good performance even though the pistons never had the lead. This team is nowhere close to championship status, mainly because they are inconsistent not that they don’t have the talent. I’m crossing my fingers for a deadline move by Joe D.

Can u imagine Stuckey and Amare on the same team.

“Stuckey to Amare for alley-oop, Stuckey to Amare for alley-oop,
Stuckey to Amare for alley-oop!”

Sounds kinda like

“Paul to Chandler for the alley-oop,
Paul to Chandler for the alley-oop,
Paul to Chandler for the alley-oop!”

Man just think about that!

My man, I need to get up on one of these podcasts with you guys. Sounds like too much fun.

Stuckey can score but I’d like to see his assists numbers go up, even though he shares a backcourt w/ AI.

It should be a great chance tomorrow night to see the first battle of Stuckey vs Rondo (as starters). Stuck has to be careful since Rondo is arguable the best defensive PG in the league.

And no, I don’t think Stuckey is ready to dominate every game. Or even that he needs to. I mean, he’s only started 30 games in his short NBA career. But he is doing a great job at PG.

As for Sheed, yeah he got 20-10 the past two games but he played 40 minutes each game to get it. No way should he be playing that many minutes. And one game was against Minnesota, not a team exactly known for its defense.

Another thing is that 1/2 of Sheed’s shot attempts are 3’s. Yep.

And if he can get it done when he wants to, why didn’t he want to against Dallas?

Sheed’s inconsistencies on both ends of the floor have me slightly worried for the Pistons’ future. Looking at the roster, they’re pretty much set 1-3 w/ Stuck (22 years old), Rip (almost 31) and Tay (28). And there’s Affalo too.

But look at the bigs: Sheed and Dyess are the best but they’re both almost 34 and will both be Free Agents after this season. Amir is still raw and foul-prone. Kwame is a big body but seemingly nothing more. Maxiell is the lone bright spot, but is he starter material?

Not to mention that none of those guys are centers either. Looking back, the AI trade wasn’t bad in that the Pistons shouldn’t have traded Chauncey, it was that the Pistons needed to get a solid big man in return instead of another All-Star
SG.

Can you imagine a Stuckey/Rip/Tay/Sheed/Chauncey Trade Big Man lineup?

rasheed is gonna be the same ol same ol…. rasheed one night roscoe the next.

I think Iverson can get going against Ray Allen. I’m wondering is Kwame will start against Perkins? That is the right move since Sheed knows how to play KG.

If we rebound and play D, we can pull that upset against Boston.

As for Sheed: He plays big against guys he respects and good teams. I expect these next 3 games for him to keep playing well.