NBA Free Agency: Pistons cut Jake Voskuhl, Brian Hamilton and Walker Russel Jr.
by Mike Payne on Dec 21, 2011 2:46 PM EST
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And then there were 13. The Pistons have cleared the three training camp additions of Jake Voskuhl, Brian Hamilton and Walker Russel Jr. With the preseason over and Detroit's regular season starting on the 26th, the official roster appears to be finalized.
Detroit will start the season with two open roster spots that aren't likely to be filled in the days ahead. Some teams prefer to keep an open roster spot for late season acquisitions or to facilitate trades, but in the short term, nothing is imminent for Detroit.
Voskuhl, Hamilton and Russel Jr., we hardly knew ye.
The question remains if Greg Monroe and the 37-year-old Ben Wallace can manage all 48 minutes at the center position. Jason Maxiell is likely to round out the rotation at center, but beyond Monroe, Detroit is quite weak in the middle. Prior to the season, Wallace was considering retirement, noting the fact that he will need more time between games to rest up. Maxiell is also troubling, as he is both undersized and a defensive liability at center. Now that Detroit is down to a 13-man roster without a newly acquired center, the hunt for such a player should intensify.
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I could be totally wrong about this, but I could swear I heard/read an interview with Big Ben recently in which he said he felt confident he could play in the majority of games this year and be effective, as long as he wasn’t asked to play for long stretches at a time.
I could be wrong about this, and I can’t find the interview.
"With logic he attacks. With statistics he defends."
I couldn't find it either
but I remember him saying something similar, basically that he’d need more variance between playing time both in game and between games. During the back-to-back-to-backs this season, I’m not expecting him to play all three. We might not even see much of him at all on the second night of back-to-backs.
Yeah, I’m inclined to agree. I’ve been thinking 50 games out of Big Ben is probably realistic, given the schedule. That leaves us in a world o’ hurt at backup C.
"With logic he attacks. With statistics he defends."
Yeah, he was talking about how his minutes were mismanaged last season and he can still perform at a high clip as long as it’s in tiny bursts and he doesn’t turn to stone on the bench waiting.
by garrettelliott on Dec 21, 2011 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
66 games in roughly 120 days is not going to be kind to this 13-man roster.
My loins tell me trade’s coming…
This seems so obvious to me.
We need to make a run at Chuck Hayes.
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by Biz Markie Moon on Dec 21, 2011 3:53 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
If we don't get another Big Man
I will enthusiastically join the JDIAFI club. Just no excuse at this point.
Oh, and when you say “Maxiell is also troubling, as he is both undersized and a defensive liability at center,” don’t you mean to add “and an offensive liability too”?
not really
I just remember how horrible he was at center last season. Our defense was abysmal with him at the 5.
Numbers say he was much better at the 5
http://www.82games.com/1011/10DET11.HTM
Without a doubt, squats are a cure for everything.
by bearded thundar on Dec 21, 2011 5:50 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve mentioned this a lot lately, including in a conversation with you, but I’ll do it again— 82 games opponent PER and comparative PER stats are junk in the worst case, and should be taken with a grain of salt in the best case. How do they determine when a player is at what position, and how do they determine who a player is matched up with?
I’m operating off of defensive play-types in synergy, a visual breakdown from last year and the last two months of the season prior where Maxiell was heavily rotated at the 5.
I Liked The Hollinger Line
“Rapidly declining and rapidly expanding at the same time”
This is DBB, and this is what we do.
by V. on Dec 22, 2011 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
And the offense
was abysmal with him at either the 4 or the 5. Not sure if I mentioned this on this site, but he also used to be able to set picks (albeit getting his share of offensive fouls). But he seems to have lost that skill altogether.
Hey dude, this is so complicated topic though I first read about that three training camp additions whatever write very informative. I just wonder to get little piece of info start first season of training. Thanks!
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