Look at this video, in the DL he played very fundamentally sound, however even there clearly could not overpower people as a good pf should be able to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmbfHPuH4mU
And if you look here, Amir found his meanstreak and if you look at his frame you’ll see he has been hitting the weight room.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_pR6AxRIzA

While he’s gone from lanky to skinny, that’s still not good enough to dominate. And for a person of his size and talents, to the least he should have been a consistent rebounder, such as Joakim Noah. The thing is he was not rebounding, he was not getting blocks, and he was fouling at a higher rate than Maxiell and Brown so its hard to justify giving him playing time in close games.

So instead of being down about a possible move like that, I would look at the upside, the same way I dearly hope that Dyess signs with Cleveland or LA this summer. As much as we need him here in Detroit, he’s earned himself a ring, and quite frankly he’s the reason why we even made it to the confrence finals last year with the uninspired play from Chauncey and Sheed in the first and second round.

If i’m wrong, let me be persecuted.

The bible says… all you need is faith the size of a mustard seed and god will take care of the rest!

Dont you believe in Amir that much?

That and also he’s too soft, but that generally comes with time, I doubt that Maxiell was always as aggressive as his is now (though I still think he needs to become a better defensive rebounder).

However, with all things in consideration, I’d rather see him traded than kept. We’re a team of too many role players, most teams only have 1 or 2 guys of Amir’s stature compared to the like 4 prospects with have on the roster alone (don’t forget about europe). Some of those guys need to be packaged as trade bait for this team to move forward, and with his cheap contract and athleticism, I don’t see why he would not be attractive to other teams looking to shed salary.

I like Amir and had high hopes for him. But Mr. Cotton is too damn soft for the bigger guys and two slow for the more athletic ones.

He had every opportunity to show what he can do. But so far, all he’s shown us is that he’s just not ready yet. So Amir, “we’re just not that in to you” anymore.

I don’t want to hear about the Pistons not developing his either. Amir has been playing under and learning from Sheed and Antonio. I remember a young player with lots of athleticism who sat on the bench after getting drafted out of high school and learned the game. He didn’t see consistent playing time until his 4th season and didn’t start until he got onto another team. He learned from a veteran post player with superb fundamentals. That player? Jermaine O’Neal. His teacher? Rasheed Wallace.

My point is that Amir has to step up and put in work and learn the game to earn his playing time. I just feel that the Pistons overvalued his playing ability. It is time for this experiment to end.