Chad Ford: Pistons focusing on five prospects

I hope by “Jan Vesely and Kemba Walker” he actually meant to write “Kenneth Faried or trading out of the pick.”

I don’t think Gores would let Dumars completely tread water for three years, but I do think he’s willing to allow a long-term plan to take shape.

I think he was speaking more to CV and BG. To not give him a chance to make some changes over the next few years after being handcuffed for the last 2 would be a shitty move. JoD has made some mistakes over the past years, but also hasn’t been able to correct them. Who is to say he wouldn’t have realized his mistake with BG and CV and did something about it, had he not been stuck in limbo?

I think the message is that the plan is to stick with Joe, who does have a long track record of high levels of success, despite some really bad moves over the past few years. However, if there were further signs of crazy dysfunction, he would reconsider.

I am all with the obvious arguments that the past couple of years have been awful and that Joe deserves a lot of the blame. Still, how many general managers have won championships over the past twenty years? Maybe five or six? I agree that the more recent failures deserve close scrutiny, but don’t much honor the, “Hey, that championship was SEVEN years ago!” argument. Most franchises would kill for a championship in the past decade. Most GMs never come close to contending, much less winning. And Joe truly engineered that championship in a way that the Lakers’, Bulls’, and Celtics’ front offices never did.

The game and the formulae for success have changed since 2004. But I’d consider Joe as good a bet as anyone to figure it out. I don’t see a list of possible replacements that have every taken a team as far as the conference finals.

If the most talented player available is a PG, I think you have to take him. But I still hope we get the 76-year old Biyombo.

I thought about including him in my “nah, boo, meh” list above, but changed my mind about him pretty quickly. The 70% FG shooting is unreal… but it was done across 14 games with 15 minutes per on a team in Lithuania. The issue with Valanciunas is that it could be years until he can be relied upon to produce consistently and in a starting lineup. His foul rate of 8.3 PFs per 40 mins is Amir Johnson nasty. I’m not really big on Tristan Thompson, but I’m confident that we’ll get something of value out of him during his rookie contract. As for Valanciunas, he might not really hit his stride until his option year. It might be a tough sell for Gores, given that he wants to build value— and paying off Jonas’ contract might be a deal breaker, even with its relative inexpense.

I’m with you on numbers 3, 4 and 5.

I always like him and his attitude.

I like Biyombo and Faried. We need bebounds and I’m convinced they can bring them to us.

However no Walker please…

You forgot Empire Strikes Back.

except The Godfather II

I’ll take one a them red-headed Yolandas…

CON: the sequel is never as good as the original (except The Godfather II)

 and this one (at least to me)

Also—Gandhi II.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpNB2SoNfyg

CON: the sequel is never as good as the original (except The Godfather II)

Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

team that drafts him pays the max $500,000. Then Jonas would allocate a % of his rookie contract on a sliding scale based on where he gets drafted to his team in Europe. Supposedly his team is receptive to this as they’re really hurting for cash.

are you calling the likes of Tyson Chandler, Haywood, or Joel Anthony elite? on Defense? or Rebounding? smh…I’m sorry but they’re more average than elite. Game 3 showed Mike Miller handle Chandler on the boards a few times, which made me sad bcuz there was once a time I wanted us to get him.

Looking from the Finals perspective, an elite level scorer who can get a foul call when someone breathes in his direction is an absolute must for any team, especially if he does not come with limited defense.