Comments on: Rip Hamilton sprains ankle in Pistons win

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:23:25 +0000

Kobe wouldn’t fit in with our style of basketball(hint, teamplay). It wouldn’t happen anyways, Kobe is all the Lakers have, we would have to trade all our best players for him and I don’t even want him here anyways. I would rather just lose than have Kobe here. I wouldn’t even take him for free, this is Detroit B-Ball, no sissies allowed.

By: Taco John

Taco John — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:35:31 +0000

There’s apparently lots of “biggest issues”.

By: Taco John

Taco John — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:11:31 +0000

I can’t believe I’m defending a Kobe trade, but that makes a lot of sense, if the salaries work. Might have to throw Nazr in there too.

As much as I love Rip, you wouldn’t have expected him to take on as much of ‘Sheed’s attitude as he has. The team is loaded with guys who can stroke it when set up. Rip might be exceptionally good at it, but what we need are guys who can get their own shots.

Kobe is also a go-to defender on guys like Wade and Lebron. Tayshaun can’t continue to match up with guys like them (and Deng as well) and provide any offense. Kobe would either share the defending load or take on the scoring load.

The rotation works well too. The only thing is that it would stunt Stuckey’s growth, since he and Kobe wouldn’t be ideal backcourt mates. I think you would see Hayes or Amir be first off the bench (huge burden on AJ too, another issue with this move). Stuckey would come in for Kobe, play with Billups and move to the point when Spellcheck comes in for Chauncey.

The biggest issue is the defense lost when the second unit frontcourt comes in. Obviously we would re-sign Webber, and maybe PJ Brown. At this point, Nazr becomes more difficult to include.

The biggest issue though, as much sense as this makes: I believe Kobe and Chauncey hate each other. Of any trade for a mega-star that has been floated, Rip/Maxiell/1st round pick/and throw-ins for Kobe makes the most sense, but I wouldn’t pull the trigger on that if I were Joe.

By: Diablo

Diablo — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:30:16 +0000

Rip and Maxiell for mr. ballhog….i dont think so.

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:22:21 +0000

Kobe is a sissy, he ain’t no badboy.

By: Rachel Ray

Rachel Ray — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:21:06 +0000

We should trade Rip and Maxiell for Kobe! we’ll be the next bad boys for real!!!!!

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:37:53 +0000

Someone else should sign Webber and then we trade Nazr and his fat contract for him. I don’t think Webber wants bench, but this late in his career without a ring he still might go for it.

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:13:00 +0000

Hehe, yeah I wouldn’t put them against most starters, but as a bench only lineup I think it would dominate. I’d still take Maxiell over Afflalo for now, but yeah I rather have Webber than Nazr.

By: Mike Payne

Mike Payne — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:19:36 +0000

Matt C:
I think Nazr, Amir, and Maxiell in the front court might be just a little too big. Problem is, none of these really have a terribly reliable shot from 15+, certainly not at 3 point range. I’d love to see a similar line-up:

stuckey-afflalo-hayes-johnson-nazr.

or at least put someone in there that can really distribute the ball, like chauncey running that:

billups-stuckey-hayes-johnson-nazr. deadly.

i’m not one for bringing webber back, but imagine:

stuckey-afflalo-hayes-johnson-webber.

think about all the inside dishes from webber to johnson… *growl*

I haven’t had this much fun postulating about possible bench lineups since, well, ever. go team.

By: PistonsGirl4Life

PistonsGirl4Life — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:37:40 +0000

Garrett wins this thread.

Sorry.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:07:50 +0000

Jarvis Hayes has a bullet head. Or so I’ve heard.

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:02:17 +0000

I just read that Gerald Fitch was waived today. I assume Dupree would be next, but Joe D can be hard to predict.

By: Matt C.

Matt C. — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:53:49 +0000

Hayes is looking better each game and with all these injuries the rookies are going to get plenty of playing time. Still waiting to see Amir play.

I’d love to see how a lineup of Nazr, Amir, Maxiell, Stucky, and Hayes does in preseason. Nazr and Amir would be nice for rebounds and post up action. Maxiell putbacks to slam down the ball on anyone who gets in his way. Stuckey to drive to the basket and hopefully drain some midrange shots. Hayes to drop 3’s and midrange jumpshots.

By: PDXPistonsFan

PDXPistonsFan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:11:55 +0000

I think wwe should all sprain our ankles a little bit, or take a kick in the calf in the spirit of solidarity. Seriosly, Arnie Kander’s assisant must be in a scheduling nightmare right now trying to find time for him to work his considerable magic on nineeen players at once. I wonder if he has to take into consideration which players are going to make the team and which will be cut when he decides who gets in.