He looks like he should try baseball.
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...that Joe Dumars made to sound like a god.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zekyl
Stuck is going to be fine. Give him some time.
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Originally Posted by Tahoe
Really? You want to equate Stuckey's difficulties to Darko's?
Not exactly (nice try!), but I'll equate the "don't worry, everything's going to be fine" sentiment, though.
Maybe Stuck isn't quite ready to run the point, score by driving, score with jumpers, play D, etc. Some can do that right away, others it takes a lil time.
Stuck has shown signs of being able to do all those things. iirc, Darko didn't even see the floor til year 3?? Or did he get some cigar time in year 1 and 2?
Stuck is playing when the game is on the line and not doing terribly. He might not be living up to some peeps expectations but he'll be continue to improve. He just needs some more time.
What "nice try"? You are the one who made the ambiguous statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glenn
Darko and Stuck are totally different. Their attitudes were night and day. If I were to compare Stuck to any Joe D draft pick it would be Max. Both have shown they can contribute off the bench, but may or may not ever make the leap to full time starter. Both are tweeners of sorts but give %100 out there.
As far as Amir, I agree that one is on Joe. We didn't set the bar high, Joe did.
He's playing how I expected right now, I expect him to do better than this as the season goes on, and that's better than I expected when we picked him, so I'm fine with this.
Yeah, I'm not drawing that on the court comparison, I'm just playing with how familiar the whole "he just needs time, don't worry" rationale sounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by WTFchris
Nice try Chris!
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Pistons' Stuckey struggling since Iverson's arrival
by A. Sherrod Blakely
Saturday November 22, 2008, 12:10 AM
AUBURN HILLS -- When the season began, expectations were high for Rodney Stuckey.
He played great in the playoffs last year and followed that with a strong summer in Las Vegas on Detroit's summer league squad and later as part of a select group of players that helped prepare Team USA for the Olympics.
But with great expectations comes the great burden of living up to them.
And Stuckey, by his own acknowledgment, has not done that this season.
"I'm struggling right now," he said. "But I'll find it, though."
The "it" is his game, which has been inconsistent since the Allen Iverson trade.
In the games Stuckey played this season before Iverson's debut, he averaged 10.5 points with 14 assists and six turnovers.
His numbers are not nearly as impressive in the six games he has played with Iverson.
In those games, Stuckey averaged 6.5 points per game and tallied more turnovers (16) than assists (13). That includes a five-turnover, zero-assist performance in Detroit's 98-80 loss at Boston on Thursday.
"We're a different team now," said Detroit guard Richard Hamilton, who, like Stuckey, also is working through struggles since the trade. "Everybody is trying to find their niche, their rhythm and find what they can do to help this team. It's not just one person; it's everybody."
Stuckey's efforts to get back on track have been hampered by a dizziness spell Nov. 9 and sore wrists from a bad spill in Phoenix on Sunday.
But he is quick to dismiss both of those as explanations for his recent struggles.
"I just have to play," Stuckey said. "It's to a point now, I'm just thinking a lot instead of just playing like I did last year. I just have to go out and play."
Only by doing that can Stuckey regain the form and consistent play that made him one of the league's top rookies a year ago and a player the Pistons say is a key to the franchise's future.
"Stuckey, he'll be all right," Pistons coach Michael Curry said.
Stuckey is just pressing way too hard. I think that the "heir to Billups" thing is effecting him. He has too feel some pressure and at the same time, has to deal with a new teammate. Add this to his being overconfident and in my opinion, overrated, and it does not bode well. I think that he needs to be sat out a few games. Let his ego come back to earth, let his wrists heal, and let him think about the situation. I think that it might get him back on track.
Anyone else think that Stuckey, along with Dice, is the one who is making this team go right now? Without him, I think we'd be in a world of hurt. If he keeps up this level of play, which I fully expect, we're suddenly contenders again, in my opinion.
Fixed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Atticus771
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15 PPG and 9.5 APG since becoming the starting PG 3 games ago is pretty solid. Oh, and %65 from the floor and 5-7 on threes are not to shabby either. Also 6 steals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Atticus771
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Originally Posted by Glenn
Stuckey and Flip's physical games are similar, but Glenn takes no account of what's upstairs. Probably because he has nothing upstairs.
The only time Flip passed is when his shot was so off it landed in a teamate's hands.
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Originally Posted by Fool
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Originally Posted by Valter
We should revote this bitch. I'd bet not as many peeps will be likin him.
Stuckey has found his jumper. Next he needs to find some defense.
He's a great compliment to AI. Big, strong PG that can make any defense pay if he isn't respected.
That could be the best backcourt in the NBA by the playoffs if its allowed to grow properly.
Too bad he's a SG.
And a Flip Murray clone, at that. :(
What was Cbill? We won with him.
A-ha, you seem to have found out about me and your mother, eh Raybeck?Quote:
Originally Posted by DrRay11
I think he was a Libra (born Sept 25).Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
Slower than Stuckey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
So what do you guys think is going on?
concern troll
I don't know what peeps feel about the Pistons ability to develop players, but we are fucking this kid up with all these lineup changes.
What Tahoe said.
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February numbers (7 games)
PPG 9.9
RPG 3.4
APG 3.7
T/O 2.1
SPG 0.4
BPG 0.1
FG% .360
FT% .778
3FG% .333 (only 1/3)
PF 3.7
MPG ~29
Sorry, I don't have his PER, which is all I would have really needed.
You cunt.
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Originally Posted by LDB
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Jack (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.): What is wrong with Stuckey? He has been terrible the past few games.
Langlois: There’s no easy or obvious answer, Jack. He says he’s fine physically, but he’s almost certainly feeling extreme fatigue because there just isn’t that pop to his game. I recall one dynamic move in each of the San Antonio and Cleveland games – both coming early in those games – and then not much after that. There is no real concern for Stuckey long term, but everybody will breathe a little easier when he puts up his next 20-point, 10-assist game.
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Tracy (Boston): I understand the Pistons are playing this year for the development of Stuckey, but ever since his Player of the Week award it seems other teams have figured out how to defend him. What if Stuckey is not going to bounce back?
Langlois: He’s a young player – a young point guard, working with a veteran team, with proven scorers at his sides – who’s hit a tough stretch, Tracy. No one believes he doesn’t have a bright future. Check back in a month.
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Boris (Troy, Mich.): If Stuckey doesn’t have the first-step quickness and ballhandling skills of Isiah, what does that mean for his future? Is he more of a Dwyane Wade-type guard being forced to play the point?
Langlois: Stuckey is closer to Wade in style than to Isiah. Wade is a little more explosive and obviously has a more consistent stroke with deeper range at this point of his career. I’m not ready to say Stuckey will put himself in MVP discussions someday, so I’m not putting him on Wade’s level, just saying that his style more closely parallels Wade’s. There’s a little Deron Williams to his game, too. But right now, Stuckey has to start playing more like the player we saw in December.
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Stacy (Mechanicsburg, Pa.): Is Rodney Stuckey physically OK? In sideline coverage of the San Antonio game, you could clearly hear him tell Michael Curry that his “legs are tired.” Curry said he would put him in for short spurts only. He just doesn’t seem like himself and it appears to get worse with each game.
Langlois: Didn’t catch that, Stacy. Sometimes TV viewers are more advantageously positioned than reporters sitting courtside. Stuckey has steadfastly insisted he’s fine, but there’s no question his body looks sapped. He’s not taking the ball to the basket with the same explosion he was a month or so ago. They hoped the All-Star break would refresh him. The good news is he’s 22 – chances are he’ll bounce back pretty quickly.
Wade doesn't have range.
not the truth like people have billed him up to be.