Most Important Pistons: Top 7 Post All-Star Break
What’s Going on Pistonscast Posse?
John W. Davis here.
Let’s update my post from a few weeks, the Most Important Pistons: Post All-Star Break.
Remember, I’m not including our two Playoff whoopings. This is strictly the regular season list.
7. Rasheed Wallace- Sheed missed alot of playing time after All-Star break and honestly didn’t do his part when did play and that’s a major reason why we earned the 8th seed.
6. Rodney Stuckey- Oh where Oh where has our Super Stuckey gone. That’s the problem right there. The kid was crowned a Superstar before he truly proved his worth. Hopefully 09-10 he will take it to the hoop. HARD!
5. Will Bynum- I couldn’t really put him higher than Rip, Tay or Dice could I. He has played extremely well with the small amount of minutes he was given and the significant playing he has earned.
4. Arron Afflalo- You say, but John he hardly plays. I say to you when he plays we win nearly 75% of our games. At one point we were 17-6 when Arron got 15 mins or more. Arron replaced Rip in that starting lineup and showed us he can be a starter in this league. That’s a huge asset going into 2010 Free Agency.
3. Tayshaun Prince- I mean he’s Tay. For the most part he is consistent as it gets. I wish he gave us more but I am happy he hardly gives us less. Consistentcy is underrated.
2. Rip Hamilton- For a while it looked like Rip turned the corner. He honestly did. He was a dominated go to scorer without Chauncey and that was good to see. I wonder where THE CAPTAIN has gone in the playoffs?
1. Antonio McDyess- If anyone can debate him being the Most Important Pistons Post All-Star Break I dare you to pose your reply. Double after Double after Double-Double. He was drinking that Kool-Aid aka the Fountain of Youth!
Well that’s my list.
Peace,
John W. Davis
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7 Responses
Astrid April 23rd at 1:12 pm
I wish J-Max was higher. I know it’s not deserved, but that’s more down to minutes than anything else.
We have so much young talent and right now, I’d rather have them starting. They go after it…
I wish I’m half as energetic as Dyess when I’m at his age.
Darian April 23rd at 2:31 pm
I LIKE THAT A LOT!!! jmax doesnt get the time he deserves!
Ali Hassani April 25th at 2:19 pm
I totally agree that Arron Afflalo is the most underrated player on this team. Give 2 years and if he starts running off the ball more often, everyone will say he’s better than Rip (you can quote me on this one). Afflalo has a beautiful jumpshot, finishes extremely well at the rim (much better than Stuckey for that matter, which is why it drives me crazy that Stuckey doesn’t dunk - kinda hard to miss on those if you aren’t Yao Ming), and can create his own shot. Don’t forget he’s a gritty defender.
I really like our bench going into next season, and if Amir can put on another 15 pounds they’ll be almost as good as any starting lineup.
The starting lineup however has 3 major problems.
1. They don’t have a consistent 40% 3 point shooter. Either Stuckey needs to develop a three point shot or we a sign and trade for Ben Gordon etc but we need someone to be that go to 3 point shooter.
2. Stuckey needs to handle the ball more in the 4th quarter. Rip ran the point to a good degree in the regular season, but whenever we faced a good defensive team that only caused a bunch of turnovers and a low scoring output to cost the lead.
3. On top of not having a high quality young power forward (which most likely will be filled by Boozer as much as I hate to say it), I think that we don’t have a legit strong small forward. Tayshaun is extremely talented, but he always runs out of gas in the playoffs. He’s averaged 6 points over the past 2 playoff series (he had no excuse against not scoring on Paul Pierce last year, Peirce’s only advantage was strength as a whole he was a bad defender) and failed to contain his opponent defensively. Either he needs to start playing 30 minutes or less a game or we need someone similar to Ron Artest that is just as good as a defender but much stronger (note I realize that there’s no chance of Artest making the Pistons and never stated I wanted him here)
Deven aka (Pimp Scwalla) April 26th at 3:45 am
Right Ali! Stuckey needs to dunk. His around the rim finish definitely lacks explosiveness. Without the ability to explode, he doesn’t come close to the D-Wade comparison.
John W. Davis April 26th at 8:58 am
@ Ali Hassani I think you are a Pistons Insider. You must be Joe D or something your commentary is always on point!
Ali Hassani April 26th at 10:16 am
Thanks for the compliments, but I just try to be realistic. I would like to try coaching basketball or at least become a sports-medicine chiropractor (I turn 17 soon and am applying to MIT if that means anything to you guys)
Deven aka (Pimp Scwalla) April 26th at 12:28 pm
Actually one of our guests was an MIT grad.