Hoop Magazine Interview with Rodney Stuckey
by Fadel on Aug 4, 2010 12:15 AM EDT
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NBA players spend their offseasons differently. After a long grind and preparing for another, they all take time to chillax, but anyone worth the NBA uni they don make it a point to get some work in preparation for the upcoming season. In a series of offseason conversations we'll be having with NBA players, we'll see what some of them are up to between June and October. This week we talk to Rodney Stuckey of the Detroit Pistons.
With 16.6 ppg and 4.8 apg in 67 starts for the Pistons, Stuckey had a bit of a breakthrough third season for Detroit. Much like the man who drafted him out Eastern Washington University, Joe Dumars, Stuckey is a combo guard able to fill the basket or guide a team. With his less-than-stellar .405 field-goal percentage and 2.2 turnovers per game, Stuckey has some things to work on in both areas. He's putting in the hours this offseason to better areas of his game and promises improvement in '10-11 from himself and his Pistons.
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I like this part:
bq. What’s it like taking it to the hole against Ben Wallace in practice?
Ahh usually I’m on his team so I don’t have to worry about that [laughs]. But I’ll tell you one thing about Ben Wallace; he’s just a good guy. Last year was my first year playing with him. It’s crazy. I don’t know his situation and I don’t know if other teams didn’t want him or not, but the guy can still play, man. You guys saw last year. For how old he is, he’s grabbing 8, 9 boards a game and plays excellent defense. Why wouldn’t you want that on the court to help your team out? So I’m just happy to have him on our team because without him last year I think we would’ve lost some of those games that we won. It’s that fire and that work ethic. He’s just a good guy overall.
this is the part I like most...
There’s been talk of Chris Paul wanting to team up with a superstar. Are you a fan of this or do you think it hurts the integrity of the game?
I just think that’s probably what a lot of teams are gonna start doing now since they have the power to do it, I think why not do it. But yeah I think it hurts. I just think that if you’re one of the best players in the NBA I would’ve always thought that you would want to compete with the best players in the NBA. I could see you teaming up with like one superstar at the most. It’s just everybody trying to get on the same team is just too much. But that’s what you could do nowadays. It is what it is.
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by soufpaw on Aug 4, 2010 2:38 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
The elephant in the room, though, is his heart. I wish someone would ask him about it and if they ever figured out what was going on last season.
He'll probably answer what he always answers
That it was just a little “freak accident”
Where in the world is Trent Plaisted?
THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
Nah, that’s cool. I just want him to be healthy and have a successful year. Weird medical mysteries can be frustrating and distracting, especially when they’re related to your heart!
by garrettelliott on Aug 4, 2010 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
it is kind of the elephant in the room
but everyone seems to have totally forgotten about that night, it’s strange.
I don’t want add player does not have blue collar mentality,
even if he is great player. Piston should not quit your job. - OK from J
The way the team is set up
They will go as far as Stuckey takes them. I think he can’t settle with being average, and I hope he is putting in the right work to make this team and himself better. 2 thing he needs to improve are.
1Making others better, he is not consistent when it comes to getting assist. He will have a bunch of ok games and then a few good ones, Detroit needs to get great numbers from Stuck in the assist department on a consistent basis.
2He must become a more efficient scorer. He needs to get selfish with the ball at time too. No one on the Pistons staff requires to be double teamed. With his speed, strength, and penetrating ability Stuckey needs to draw more attention by scoring the basketball.
He seemed to have figured it out, and then basically someone swatted him on the back of the head
If you recall, he was hitting all of his layups in that span when Rip was out, but then apparently forgot what a charge is when Ol’ Skinny Bones returned. So maybe it’s been Rip doing the swatting, out of revenge for Stuck causing Chauncey’s departure….
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Aug 7, 2010 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions
I think the way the team is built now
RIP is causing more harm than good simply cause of his style of play. Even more than Tayshaun
I don't believe that at all
The 3 of them got along just fine in the 07-08 playoffs; in fact Rip made Stuckey look like a star when he started putting up 30 point games against Orlando.
I think it has more to do with attitude than ability at this point
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Aug 7, 2010 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Point #1
Agreed Keyser although I’d caveat it with my usual Stuckey defense which is in order for Stuckey to be consistent with racking up assists, his teammates have to be consistent in making the shot.
Stuckey can’t assist his teammates as effectively as we’d like if they’re all shooting below their career averages or at their career worsts.
So Stuckey needs to focus on what he can do to help them be better, and thats learning when and where on the floor his teammates are most likely to make the shot. Its learning the difference between one extra dribble to the hoop to draw the double and dis the ball to Ben Wallace next to the hoop vs. 4 feet away from the hoop. Or the difference between passing the ball to Maxiell 14 feet out vs. 8-10 feet out. So in that regard I’m hoping that he’s watching endless game tape of last season and looking at what few successes they had as areas of focus.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
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