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And you've gone off in the opposite direction. Bynum is no worse of a defensive matchup (or mismatch, as you say) than Atkins, he's actually light years better. The fact that Q refuses to start Bynum doesn't prove anything about his worth or ability as a player, it simply means there are other factors besides ability/production being considered. I think we've already speculated about what those things might be.
Fire Q. He's obviously no better than Curry.
Yeah, we have speculated it's because the franchise is hell bent on Stuckey being a PG.
But here's something else to consider, and y'all might not like it:
Maybe Bynum, in his current role just might be the SHIT! The Man! THE real sacred cow!
In his current role the guy is fucking amazing most nights and without him in that role we'd be pretty well fucked.
So, him not starting is not a slight. Like Mxy said - who cares who starts? Who closes or minutes played is far more important.
Chauncey was a Piston for a couple months before Stackhouse was traded for Rip.Quote:
Was he? Or was he pretty hit and miss until he landed the starting job when Terrell Brandon went down with injury?
Dude seized his opportunity and landed a good contract - on a different team that traded another ball-needing guard (Stackhouse) in order to allow Billups to play his natural game.
Did they ever play together, Mxy?
No, I don't think they played together, even in practice. My point is that Dumars didn't trade Stackhouse so Chauncey could play his natural game, which is how I read what you wrote. Joe specifically told the press that Stackhouse wasn't going to be traded after Chauncey was signed, in fact.
If anything, Chauncey was probably intended to be a complementary piece to Stackhouse (or Rip after the trade)... someone with enough guns so our SG wouldn't have to do all the heavy lifting while being triple-teamed due to our offensive woes. Chauncey exceeded expectations... lucky us.
BTW, Manu still comes off the bench. I think Bynum is in the perfect role for him. I think he should be playing more than 20 MPG (assuming everyone is healthy), so clearly you need to move Stuckey or RIP for a big to get the minutes right.
No Chris, clearly Popabitch is an idiot of a coach and prefers buffoonery over winning.
In my ideal world, we move Stuckey and Kwame for a legit young big. I don't think Stuckey and Bynum can play next to each other for long stretches (with neither having a decent 3 point shot). Or, we trade RIP if Stuckey can develop the range. Whoever has more value to get us a better center back. Then you sort out the guard rotation afterwards.
Rip can hit from the arc but he's not exactly a threat. If range is really the only problem, I don't see Rip solving that problem.