Morning Shootaround: 3-10 Pistons causing all kinds of distress
by Packey on Jan 17, 2012 7:01 AM EST
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PrintThe Pistons are on the road, where they've only won one stinking game this season, taking on the Houston Rockets tonight. Let's shoot the roundball rock around, nothin' but internet.
- The big story last night dealt with the Pistons' plane needing to make an emergency landing after a "distress call." Apparently there were "problems with the hydraulics operating the aircraft’s left-side landing gear," but it was never serious and the 44 passengers didn't even know about it until they landed safely. I'm not an aerospace engineer, but my wife's dad is as smart as one and he says that even if a major system failed, aircrafts have enough backups so that a single failure wouldn't pose any real problems. We have exclusive audio from the cockpit right before the safe landing.
ShirleySurely, there's a good joke in here about Austin Daye flying the plane from three-point range and everyone being safe because he can't hit anything from out there, right? Right? Someone smarter/funnier than me (anyone) want to clean/change that up for a laugh? Kthnx. [Really bad Daye stats from MrHappyMushroom]- Before the Pistons embarked on a two-game road trip, and four games in the next five nights, they held their first practice in 11 days [via MLIVE]:
- The Pistons are 26th in the NBA in FG-percentage (42-percent). Per mySynergySports, they're worst at scoring on Isolayshaun (32-percent), off screen (34-percent), and pick-and-roll ball handler shots (35-percent).
- Even if they don't mean it, the players are saying the right things this season: Rodney Stuckey says he would be just fine with a bench role:
- Vincent Goodwill reported on Twitter that Charlie Villanueva did not make the trip, so he will be out at least the next two games. Will Bynum is day-to-day, which sounds healthier than just being Daye.
"As opposed to trying to cure all your ills, you just put a couple things under the microscope," Frank said, then rattled them staccato, mostly related to shrinking the floor defensively though post digs, pick-and-roll defense, not chasing shot fakes, and "multiple efforts to get back into the play."
Offensive work focused on sets and reads, and pick-and-roll execution, Frank said.
"I think starting is only getting your name called at the beginning of the game," Stuckey said. "I'm just trying to help my team win." [...]Stuckey said he has "no ego" one way or the other. He said he's far more concerned with recovering fully from his injury, something that will only take time.
"Nah, I don't really care. If I start or come off the bench, I'm blessed," Stuckey said. "Whether I'm the sixth man, seventh man, I don't worry about that."
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If I Didn't Know Better
Goodshill is the spawn of our own MFMP…it’s clearly one of us…Goodshill follows DBB’s Twitter feed. Dresden should coach the fake account, his stuff is better IMO.
Goodshill is funny sometimes, but for fake Twitter accounts, no one touches @LebronJamesEgo (who has been pretty quiet this year, but he was killing it last season). The fake Bill Davidson account is kind of dogging it too. Someone needs to do a fake Kobe account, with a lot of bite to it.
I like V Goodwill a lot, but he’s going to learn the hard way that fans are fans, and only really understand things at a certain level. Combined with the fact that Pistons fans are not only brutal this year, but frequently funny while being brutal, I wish him luck trying to deepen the perception of Pistons fans. After all, it’s worked so well for me here too lol.
I’m looking at this year as a bust, it’s already shortened two months by the lockout, which I think in the end will turn out to be a blessing. We’ll get a high pick, draft a dominating big man, and start to look at our future develop. This year, we’ll crack a lot of jokes and bitch out Tayshaun and CV regularly. Next year, we can be a little more serious about things. I say better than 50-50 BK makes it as an NBA starting PG; from what I’ve seen so far, his learning curve is steep, he has no shortage of confidence, he can drain the NBA 3, and his numbers would be better if his teammates shot better when getting a pass from him. Between, him, Moose and JJ reverting to the 3, that’s a good start right there.
This is DBB, and this is what we do.
lol im not the goodshill account, though i do find it very funny
Im pretty sure its the dude who runs the WTFdetroit account, as the goodshill account popped up after their twitter battle the other day.
His mistake in my opinion was that he acted like no one else knew what they are talking about. He plays the “Im a writer y’all dont know shit” card a little much for my tastes. Im sure he gets trolled a ton but reasonable people want to talk with him about the pistons too and he treats them all the same.
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I’m not in the mood to explain to you how thinks work #blocked.
I don’t know him, but he comes off as a dick on twitter.
Fire Joe Dumars
I thought the point of fake twitter accounts was to be funny and/or ironic? The Goodwill thing is neither.
by garrettelliott on Jan 17, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
its funny if you have been following goodwill for awhile.
its very on the noce. or i just have low standards for amusement
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I agree. It’s only funny if you’ve been following goodwill for a long time. It’s a very … subtle form of satire that doesn’t make sense if the intricacies of VGoodwill’s twitter aren’t familiar.
"With logic he attacks. With statistics he defends."
Ahhh, well it’s good to know there’s a method to the madness then. I don’t follow Vince so that makes sense.
by garrettelliott on Jan 17, 2012 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
During one of the early games of the season, Goodwill tweeted something to the effect of, “Need to get the ball in our best shooter’s hands, my money’s on Daye or Knight.”
I replied indicating that Knight’s shooting percentages were among the worst of the team, to which he responded something like, “Shooting percentages don’t matter. I know he can shoot.”
At which point, I realized that Goodwill has no interest in actually having a conversation with him if you disagree. He’s just interested in asserting his opinion as fact.
To be fair, it’s probably a habit that he’s developed from getting tons and tons of hate, which I can understand.
"With logic he attacks. With statistics he defends."
naw its not boney, boney is closer to goodwills position on the pistons where its a rebuild and whatnot, he wrote an article about it over at need4sheed a few weeks ago. im almost certain its @wtfdetroit.
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But he’s here under a different handle or just lurks.
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by V. on Jan 17, 2012 6:35 PM EST up reply actions
There are millions of lurkers on DBB. I've seen them. They're watching us.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
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Has anyone in a position to know said about how long CV will be out?
“Sore ankles” doesn’t sound like the sort of thing that would keep you from playing for nearly a month, and yet. . . .
And I know, but he’s gotta be better than Daye.
Well, it's been roomered
that Charlie had off-season cankle surgery.
by TDP on Jan 17, 2012 8:22 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, the doctors enlarged his cankles to provide better support for his chunkiness.
by -PS- on Jan 17, 2012 9:19 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I hear the their gonna get him a hover round for use on the court.
it’ll allow for his same defensive output.
by madpoopz on Jan 17, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Blake Griffin looks a lot like Kris Humphries. Maybe I just haven’t been as involved in paying attention to the league this season, but it seems like the Griffin hype has died down. He’s still throwing down thunderous dunks, right?
by garrettelliott on Jan 17, 2012 12:51 PM EST reply actions
you really need to watch the games to see how impressive he is
He didn’t even dunk in the time I watched the Clippers against the Lakers but there was a moment where he caught the ball on the wing and was literally 2 feet above the rim before the defender even realized he’d gotten the ball.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
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Stuckey's o.k. with a bench role
Of course he is! He just got paid! He’s making 8 million dollars per year whether he starts or not. Who wouldn’t be happy coming off the bench for 8 million a year? Besides an all-star that is…
Someone with a competitive edge
Someone who cares about winning and not just getting paid. Someone who wants to constantly improve their game and remain relevant. Someone who wants to be around the league for some time.
The Pistons are lazy friggin bums.
It’s disgusting. Fire Joe.
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