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Originally Posted by Higherwarrior
Well then. I'm not high on him for 2 reasons(compared to average pistons fan):
Because you had to use the word "potential" over and over. To me, he has no more potential than Ty Thomas had a year ago (or JO 10 years ago to be fair). It's just a dangerous word to use. Stuckey could suck. Really. He may be a borderline starter for his career. I don't expect it, but sometimes people fall short of expectations. He may never develop a 3, he may never shoot better than 42% for his career.
And I'm not sold because I'm just not sure he's a point guard. I know the league is changing into one amorphous player and the era of the pure point is dead, but despite his propensity for the occational great assist he misses bits of the offense at times. Maybe that rythm comes with more playing time, but most of the greats (which is what some here are calling him) just have that spark from birth. I worry about his ballhandling, especially after the guy had to be pulled for Lindsey in that first game Cbill missed in the ORL series. Teams will find a weakness in a playoff series, and they will exploit it. Clutch shots are great, but he needs to have consistency as well.
Here's why I'd deal him. I'm a "the Doyle Alexaqnder deal was worth it" kind of guy. If we kept Smoltz he would have been great on a .500 team for a few years, then left as a FA. I say put all your chips on the table and go for titles now. We Piston fans are a bit spoiled. Titles are very, very rare. I'd hate to have an allstar pointguard manning our bad basketball team. The Grant Hill era sucked. If you have a chance to get a stud today, I say do it. Fuck the future.
That said I like him more now than I did at the end of the year, and liked him more after the playoffs than before they began....the season....summer league....you get it. He's growing on me. I don't hate the kid, I didn't start the thread to poop on him, I just want to know what value other people place on him.