Pistons Preseason 2012-2013

[Uncle Mxy]

That was quite the unijntended backflip. Hope Stuckey's ok.

[Uncle Mxy]

Nice almost 3P by Knight.

[Uncle Mxy]

BOOM THERE GOES THE BYNUMITE!

[Uncle Mxy]

Fuck me. That was too late?

[shags]

Bynum and Drummond seem to have a good chemistry. That's 3 lobs this game.

[Uncle Mxy]

Kid spilled pop all over my hoodie but we won and Dre is for fuckingREAL

[Uncle Mxy]

Gores managed to do his sideways headtilt evev when dancing with Hooper.

[Tahoe]

Thanx for the posts Mxy. I seriously felt like I was not there.

[Pharaoh]

Can we get a little more detail?

Dre looked impressive and...

[Uncle Mxy]

I can't type too well on my phone, as you can see.

I didn't see much in the way of defense by any of the guards. Our guards could establish their position and score almost at will (except for wide open 3P shots), and so could theirs. We just traded baskets, without a lot of conscious stops defensively (especially among the starters). The big defensive intensity came from Jerebko and Drummond, with some surprising hustle by CV of all people! Drummond influenced a lot of shots just with his presence. I really wanted to see him (and|or Slava) paired up with Monroe, but it didn't happen. He's got some work to do, but his instincts seem solid on the floor and he's already better than Max. Jerebko was exactly the sort of hustle you want coming off the bench.

Singler has the smarts, but I'm not sure he has the ability. Maggette continues to have the ability, but not always the smarts. If I could merge the two together, Tayshaun would be out of a job.

Moose was ok, but I wouldn't say he was great despite the numbers he put up. Once we established that the guards could score, they were feeding Moose and he was doing what he should. Defensively, he was "ehh"... For most of the perimeter defense, Tayshaun was the one defending Bargnani, who had one good score but was otherwise unremarkable. Knight and Bynum seem about comparable at running an offense -- get the ball to the big man, or score if yoy can't. It worked for them against the Craptors, but not sure how well that translates to someone who actually plays disruptive D.

Clearly, our 3P shooting needs work. We had all the uncontested shots in the world, and bricked them. That was the only reason the game was close.

Other random thoughts as I have them... am awake a little too early after a game.