Now Charlie Villanueva is Taking His Frustrations Out on Twitter

.. the most recent post on Pistons.com is a ‘lottery update’ on how most of our upcoming games are not winnable.

Hit the weightroom, show some effort, hit the low post and the boards and then you will deserve to play.

At this point, I don’t even care if CV plays D. If he gets a chance to play again, I just want him to unleash a barrage of unstoppable offense. He was brought here to score and he hasn’t been scoring at all. Maybe it’s a product of our weird offense, but he needs to just let loose and play his game. We know he can’t play D so I don’t even want to see him try right now. I just want him to do something.

Earn that cash or go change your last name to Dampier or some shit.

I respect Joe D so much, that I will keep my mouth shut, just needed to vent a little

Keep your mouth fucking shut and do something on the basketball court that in some way warrants your multi-million dollar contract. Until you do that, you don’t get to vent via the pussiest form of social media. Total vajeen.

charlie should quit basketball and just move next door to the kardashians. his whole twitter schtick just makes him seem like a reality show wannabe.

Yo I’m sooo swisted right now hahaha I’m about to take off on this plain but I can’t wait till u come to LA imma show u a good time promise

and…

every1 I’m twisted (mad) right now but when I’m in LA imma work myself to death to try and get myself right for next year

I think, unless there’s some bigger issue, CV should play. He’s going to be on the team next year — he’s not going to be traded. And he’s going to get minutes next year, because we’re not going to pay him that much to not play. And it’s not as if he’s this super – seasoned vet, like Rip or Tay.

I’m willing to cut him some slack re scoring because the team has been so banged up this year, and we have a weirdly unbalanced roster even when everyone is healthy.

Having said all that, this is all depressing.

in an effort to give more minutes to Summers and Daye. If so, I’d be ticked off too. As Toledo Joe stated, he should be playing, he is part of out future whether some of us like it or not.

And I’m pretty tired of all the CV hate. He’s a fine player who’s been dealing with constant injuries. Plantar Fasciatis kept Joakim Noah out for a month, and made Tim Duncan look mortal a couple of years back when he had it. Give him a break. He’s also stuck on a craptastic roster that is just lacking in balance. And then there’s the whole issue of limited team chemistry due to all the other injuries that took place this year. Add to that Kue’s C/C+ grade for his coaching abilities, and it’s no wonder why guys are struggling. CV, as a defensive liability, should be starting alongside Ben to better compensate for his lapses. Likewise Jonas should be coming off the bench to provide that energy kick we’ve been lacking. And what kind of offense if Q calling? He’s simply using CV to set screens and punt triples. Why aren’t there drawn up plays to get him going early inside?

CV’ was looking fine early in the season as a starter. When Rip was out, the team offense was more balanced. CV was getting the ball inside and given the green light. He put up good numbers. 16pts 6rbs 46%FG in nearly 30 minutes.

Let him get healthy. Let Joe fix this roster. And let Q figure out how to maximize players strengths while at the same time minimizing their weaknesses.

JJ is apparently moonlighting on a sketch comedy team….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDxNM5br3Gk&feature=channel

Also: hilarious picture of Q. Looks like he’s telling CV off.

to fire Kuester, I can totally see Joe’s trigger finger getting ridiculously itchy these last few days.

still don’t, without Dirka Dirka he’s a turd, probably.

derka derka

muhammad jihad!

soy el hombre vaaaaaaaaagggggggggggiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaa

Even Tay was laughing.

The one thing I have liked about Charlie V since this summer is his attitude about the game in general and about being in Detroit in particular. I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt for that reason.

Yes, he’s not a very good player. He’s played worse than even the most pessimistic predictions (ouch), but his attitude and demeanor have been great in spite of it all. I’m guessing that if he resorted to venting on Twitter, he’s probably pretty upset, and he’s probably got a pretty good reason. I’m not saying his actions were appropriate, just that we don’t even know what this is about yet. I’ll hold off on judging it ’til we do.

What ever happened to venting to just your friends and family? Venting in public on Twitter is dumb . People who read your Twitter are not your friends and family.

I spoke to one Pistons source who tells me that practice yesterday turned in to a bit of a bickering-fest, with players and coaches involved (not unusual) and John Kuester even got so frustrated that he allegedly punted a basketball. This season has been a disaster and everybody knows it, and the front office is finding out right now who is mentally tough and who is not. Tough times can bring out the best and worst in players and coaches, and I’m sure the evaluation process gets magnified even more during a long losing streak. It is funny how there are certain players on this roster who are consistent.. consistent in that they are always complaining and sulking about the coach, no matter who it is.

Matt Dery of 97.1 The Ticket and a H/T to Need4Sheed

I added the emphasis on Kuester punting a basketball. I’d like to hear more context, but I don’t like the sound of that if it’s true – though it would be really funny to see.

I follow @CV31 on twitter and he has been a lot less active this year. I don’t know if it is because of the situation of a horrible team or if he was told to tone it down.

BTW: this is my first log in to the new site. What the hell?