Comments on: Most Important Pistons: Top 7 Post All-Star Break

By: Deven aka (Pimp Scwalla)

Deven aka (Pimp Scwalla) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:28:29 +0000

Actually one of our guests was an MIT grad.

By: Ali Hassani

Ali Hassani — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:16:31 +0000

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)

By: John W. Davis

John W. Davis — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:58:28 +0000

@ Ali Hassani I think you are a Pistons Insider. You must be Joe D or something your commentary is always on point!

By: Deven aka (Pimp Scwalla)

Deven aka (Pimp Scwalla) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:45:17 +0000

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.

By: Ali Hassani

Ali Hassani — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:19:03 +0000

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)

By: Darian

Darian — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:31:32 +0000

I LIKE THAT A LOT!!! jmax doesnt get the time he deserves!

By: Astrid

Astrid — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:12:14 +0000

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.