No D-League for Walter Sharpe

Sharpe on the Pistons rather than the D league is a no brainer. It is just as much about him playing solid minutes with us rather than Herrmann as it is about structure.

Sidebar: I was hoping McCosky would get a job for this coming season with ESPN. ESPN can use someone with his specially gifted hoops insight and writing skills.

I’m curious as to why we haven’t read or heard any news about how Sharpe is doing with the narcalepsy problem. I would think that if he was proving out as ‘cured’ by his medication then it would have been mentioned.

I mean… if he’s got it licked then he has the potential to be a very big star. Narcalepsy must be debillitation as all hell, but he still managed to become a 2nd round draft pick in the NBA. That has got to take tons of either determination or talent. I’m hoping talent.

So what is it? Is his former affliction a total non-issue now?
Any insight would be great.
-T.

wow … I butchered the word “debilitating”.
How much to get the webmaster to edit that?
phuk-it

the guy played just 40 games in four years of college >>

Those 40 games of college experience are about what Beasley and Mayo and Love have.

I forgot Greg Oden has all of 32 games of college experience.

And about that Samb, sure would be nice if he could play this year.

Still remember the glimpses he showed vs. LA.

I always love it when Alex posts on this board.

Good thing we have a need for young back-up guards at the 1-2 positions. That’s clearly a need that the Pistons are left wanting, aka, not wanting whatsoever.

“Those 40 games of college experience are about what Beasley and Mayo and Love have.”

Touche. He still needs “basketball hours” — his development is undeniably behind the rest of his high school class (ie, Afflalo, Josh Smith, Dwight Howard, DJ White, etc.)

Matt Watson should get invited to the Acker family outings. There are 247 mentions of Alex Acker in the archives of DBB and the vast majority are positive. Apart from actual friends and family of Alex Acker I don’t think there are any group of people in the world who has better wishes for Alex Acker than DBB readers. I doubt his agent gets Acker more good press than this blog. But if Acker makes the Pistons, plays on the second unit, and some winter night gets torched by the likes of Chris Quinn or Royal Ivey even Acker’s best friend should tell him to pick up his D. In short, don’t sweat the criticism Ackerbackers. And congrats to Alex Acker on making the preseason roster.

I don’t see his playing more than Beasley, Love, or Oden over a three year period as much of a positive given that he’s 2-3 years older than them and as much of an unfinished product. This is probably good for Sharpe, but it doesn’t seem like he’ll get that many minutes unless he clearly outplays the other Walter, which doesn’t seem likely.

Sorry but to my way of thinking neither Josh Smith nor Dwight Howard have much basketball development.

Howard is big, strong and can jump. That is it. He can’t shoot, pass or defend other than on the low box.

Smith can run and jump but can’t shoot nor handle the ball.

Neither of those guys are basketball players. They are physical freaks who use their extraordinary physical gifts to compensate for their almost total lack of basketball skills.

In my opinion. Walter Sharpe will be the backup small forward. What is the point of play Walter Hermann if Sharpe is apart of your future?

Sharpe is versatile and his ability to do alot on the court will go well with the Bench Babies and the occasional minutes with the Big 4.

John
www.pistonscast.com

It’s going to be real tough for Sharpe to be the back up SF and get consistent minutes. For one, Tay is going to play at least 32 minutes a game which would be down from his career average. Also, Curry has stated that Stuckey is going to play 30 mpg and he’s a huge Afflalo fan, so in order to give all of the guards enough minutes he’s going to play Rip and Afflalo a decent amount at the back up SF.

With 144 minutes available per game at the PG, SG, and SF and with Rip, Tay, Billups, and Stuckey all getting 30+ minutes a night, that’ll leave about 18 minutes a night left which I would assume would go mostly to Afflalo.

I can’t see Walter Sharpe getting any more minutes than Walter Hermann. Hermann has been on the team longer with more to offer than Walter Sharpe, IMO. Only because we and Charlotte know what exactly Hermann is capable of and can do on the court when given a shot. And with Sharpe being an “iffy” player, I don’t think he will be given a serious shot at the back-up SF (atleast not this year). I’m personally excited to see both players play but with Hermann’s defensive skills I can even see him steal some minutes from the 4 spot also.

If Sharpe gets 8-10 minutes most games that will be fine with be. See the thing is Sharpe can play 3 positions on the court. Sometimes I think he will just find his self out there playing not necessarily at a designated position. Having a 6’9 240 guy is going to go along way especially when he shows that he has a fire lit under him.

If Curry believes in Walter Sharpe then Walter Sharpe will believe in himself.

Sharpe was essentially our 1st round pick. He will mess well with more experienced players because of his overall talent level so he wont be a liability out there.

He also isnt a spaz like Walter Hermann. That style of play only gets you so far. (Mark Madsen.)