2013/14 Pistons depth chart

[BubblesTheLion]

Thanks, you guys!

I got this far...
Knight/Billups/Bynum
KCP/Stuck/Singler
Smith/Jerebko/Middleton
Drummond/Mitchell/Kojack
Monroe/Kravtsov/

then I too was driving.

[Koolaid]

billups/bynum
knight/kcp/stuck
smith/datome/singler/middleton
monroe/jerebko/cv/mitchell
drummond/kravstov

[Glenn]

You're pretty far down on KCP after just 3 summer league games. I see him getting 25 minutes a game.

I think it's going to be hard for Cheeks to move a rookie from a weak draft class in front of all of those vets right from the get-go, especially if you look at how they handled Drummond. I think he could be getting those 25 mins by the end of the year, maybe.

[Tahoe]

it'd be nice if that Italian cat could play the 2.

[Uncle Mxy]

it'd be nice if that Italian cat could play the 2.

I wonder what Sheed's nickname for him is.

[Vinny]

Sheed's DEFINITELY going to be humming the Mario bros theme song to him.

[TK]

I just discovered Jason Maxiell is no longer on the team.

[Tahoe]

PG ugh
SG ugh
SF Smith Singler Italian
PF Monroe Mitchell
C Dre Krastov

I guess I'd start Bynum at PG cuz he seems to be able to break the Ds down and for some reason Dre's guy always collapses and it give Dre those great touches in the paint. I hope CB still has some legs. I'd prolly start him at the 2 with whats on the roster now.

[Tahoe]

Mitchell is going to be good.

[Jethro34]

I read in the Detroit News that Cheeks wants Stuckey to be a leader. Sadly, I feel like the subtext there is that Cheeks is going to give him every opportunity minutes-wise to be that leader. The only way that changes is if Joe can move him before the season starts.
In my gut, I think Chauncey will be doing most of his work in practice, trying to turn Knight into a PG. I'm guessing Chauncey and Bynum each get about 15 minutes per game - Bynum exclusively at PG and Chauncey a little bit of both. I think Knight will get about 25, mostly at PG but sometimes SG. Siva gets mostly mop up minutes unless someone ends up in Cheeks doghouse (does he have one?)
As for forwards and center, I really hope Smith plays a lot of minutes at PF. I know Pope is a good defender, but I'm not sure if he can stick someone 2-3 inches taller in order to play a little SF, unless they're running some small ball.
Ideally between Smith, Monroe, and Drummond they are only on the floor together about 10-12 minutes per game, but almost always two of them are out there together. The minute any of them get into foul trouble, the idea should be to bring in a SF and have the other two manning the 4 and 5. If he can develop I would like to see Mitchell as the first 4/5 off the bench when it's necessary to pull one in, or in mop-up minutes. I wasn't terribly excited about him on draft night, but I'm starting to drink the Kool-Aid that suggests he could be Drummond 2.0.
I really don't ever want to see Charlie V, Middleton, Jerebko, or Kratsov play unless the game has already been decided. Singler should be the SF that comes in when Smith moves to PF.