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Detroit Pistons Injury Report: Injuries will happen sooner or later…

by John - posted Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

That’s the thing about any sport. You are bound to get hurt. You are bound to get nicked up. An injury is your bodies way of telling you I want to take a break. Your body is saying “I am going to hurt myself to force you to take that break”.

Tune into Episode 48, where we break down what the Pistons should do if Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince or Rasheed Wallace get injured. KNOCK ON WOOD!

Quick Summary:

-Chauncey Billups should be replaced by Rodney Stuckey and backed up by Lindsey Hunter and maybe even a little Juan Dixon. We also feel Tayshaun should get alot of the ball handling and play making duties.

-Richard Hamilton should be replaced by Arron Afflalo. We love his defensive and we believe in his jumper even if he doesn’t.

-Tayshaun Prince is a hard guy to replace. He does everything for the Pistons. We think that in general Jarvis Hayes should replace him but it all depends on the matchup. Sometimes Arron Afflalo should start to bring that defensive intensity. Even Walter Hermann should get a chance every once in a while.

-Rasheed Wallace we feel he should be replaced by Theo Ratliff. We love defense and so do you. So why shouldn’t one of the best shot blockers in NBA History start in place of Rasheed Wallace. If Sheed is out expect big minutes for Jason Maxiell, Antonio McDyess and even Amir Johnson the VALLEY BOY!!! You know we love you Amir.

We feel the Pistons can win with only 3 out of their Big 4. We even feel that any 2 of our top 4 players can hang with any tandem in the league.

What do you think? Hit us up on the comment section below!

DETROIT BASKETBALL!!!

-John

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Pargo for Affalo? We think not!

by John - posted Saturday, May 10th, 2008


Hey Pistonscast,

I was listening to your show when you were discussing Jannero Pargo.

Pargo was a very bad player this past year. In fact, he is clearly holding the Hornets back. I wrote this back in December:
Reviewing the Southwest Division

Part of the problem is Jannero Pargo. Pargo does only one thing well, hit free throws. Unfortunately, he only gets to the line 2.7 times per 48 minutes, which is below average. Other than the ability to hit a rare free throw, he’s well below average with respect to shooting efficiency (adjusted field goal percentage of 36%). Additionally, he’s also below average with respect to rebounds, turnovers, steals, and personal fouls. To illustrate how poorly he has played, if the Hornets replaced Pargo with a player whose WP48 was 0.000, this team’s projected Wins Produced would rise to 51 and the Hornets might be able to surpass the Mavericks.
And then I said this back in January.

The Best One-Two Punch in the Association


Although the totals are the same, there are some differences. Chris Paul has clearly improved upon what he did last year while Jannero Pargo is quite a bit worse. In fact, Pargo’s play is clearly holding this team back. If Pargo were replaced by an average player, or a player with a 0.100 WP48, the Hornets would be on pace to win 59games. Yes, Pargo stands in the way of this team rising to the top in the West.

And let me add this for Deven… the stats tells us that Dikembe Mutombo has been great the past two seasons.

David J. Berri
Associate Professor of Economics
California State University-Bakersfield
dberri.wordpress.com

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