The problem with Flip is that he could never put it together off the bench. Start him, and he's a solid offensive player. Bring him off the bench for 15mpg, and he's flat out bad. On top of that, he doesn't have the size to defend the SG spot, so you couldn't consistently start him there. And no team wants to make him their starting PG, because he can't run an offense. You end up with the perfect storm of a theoretically great scoring punch off the bench, who can't play off the bench.

Stuckey solves a number of those issues. He's taller and stronger, so putting him in at the SG spot is no problem. Yet he can also play PG off the bench. I probably wouldn't want him as my starting point guard today, but he has played 5 NBA games in his career, and he's coming off a 2-month injury!!!. So, he still has a great chance at developing the extra nuances of the PG game that Flip never did. And even this early in his career, he looks more consistent than Flip has every been off the bench.

I'm not sure what some people expected from him this early. He's already helping us win games.