Comments on: As McDyess goes, so go the Pistons

By: McDyess may stay on the bench | Detroit Bad Boys

McDyess may stay on the bench | Detroit Bad Boys — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:20:17 +0000

[…] off the bench anyway, so it’s probably a wash. Plus, even after starting the entire season, McDyess still tends to defer when playing with the other four starters, so keeping him aggressive is a good thing. (As would be […]

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:08:20 +0000

So what do the hot spots tell us.

That for us to have a good chance to win Dyess has to get a lot of layups or dunks during the game, with that one exception.

So what does that tell us.

When Chauncey or Rip are able to break down the defense and get the ball inside and when we are aggressive going to the basket we have an excellent chance of winning.

I believe this is a mantra that Flip has been shouting all season. Makes sense to me.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:29:34 +0000

I think people seem to forgetting how much it helps to have five guys that can score instead of just four. Dice doesn’t take the ball to the rack, so if his shot isnt falling and say rip drives and dishes to dice, if his shot isnt falling he passes out and it resets the offense late into the shot clock. The overwhelming majority of oue offense is predicated on jump shots and if they arent falling we can get into some trouble. I wouldnt say that dice has exceeded expectations… I think he is right about where most thought he would be. Dice’s major contribution is defending bigger guys that max can’t and getting rebounds. I think our best bet is too keep dice’s mins down a little bit with him playing the majority of mins, a healthy portion for max, and a little for amir. Especially depending on the matchup. Against younger teams like the sixers a little less dice a little more max and amir. More speciically if he is having an off night. If his psyche is indeed a little fragile then maybee we should make a little more effort to increase his touches/confidence early in games. If him and tay are scoring are team is really tough to beat.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:56:41 +0000

last season dice’s fg% dropped from 53% in the regular season to 35% in the playoffs.

i understand that he sticks out with the starters because he’s the least offensively effective, but I think he’d be more of a problem coming off the bench. the starters can compensate for his lack of scoring, the bench doesn’t have that luxury. besides, other than shooting slumps i think dyess has exceeded expectations this year. how many double doubles does he need to get?

By: Sauce1977

Sauce1977 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:23:18 +0000

The starting minutes haven’t made him that effective. He seems less effective. He was much better beating up on the opponent’s 2nd team.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:33:39 +0000

McDyess is nothing more than a secondary offensive option…and a not very good one at that. He doesn’t create his own shots, doesn’t score off of rebounds/putbacks and apparently, according to the shot chart off of jumpers either.

The Pistons go, as the other players go offensively.

By: Detroit Dreshaj

Detroit Dreshaj — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:38:53 +0000

There’s no question about it, Detroit plays much better when Mciddy Mackidy is on game. However, you cannot discredit the players that are tediously setting up catch-and-shoot perimeter shots for him. Prince set Antonio up for a few shots of the sort in Game 2, and it looked to be almost as much work as making the 15ft jumper itself.

I’m not taking away credit from McDyess, when he “turns it on”, the Pistons play much better. Obviously so, seeing how he’s arguably the weakest starter. I’d love to see the intensity continue, as well as the great defensive stops that he put to use in Game 2.