Originally Posted by ggazoo69

Not at all. I think Amir has tremendous upside, and I think he can help the Pistons. But I'm not fixated on Amir, constantly clamoring for him to get playing time. I'm more concerned with what's good for the TEAM, not what's good for one player. He helped the TEAM last night by coming in in the first half due to foul trouble. I was glad to see it, frankly. He has the POTENTIAL to make up a strong, bench contingent.

At this point, however, I'm not ready to say the guy's gonna be great. One thing I like, and Joe D has obviously learned, that this kid needs to get some burn when it really counts. Not just garbage time.