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Originally Posted by Warthog  saunders was quoted after the game stating that he and joe talked and that joe wanted to shorten the rotation for the time being to make sure stuckey the backup G minutes (at the expense of afflalo for now), so he'll be ready for playoffs. |
I can deal with that (if it's temporary), but i don't think it's necessary. There are still enough min left over for AA if Rip plays less. But that would require playing Stuck/Afflalo together so i can see the hesitation at times.
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i haven't seen stuckey hurting us defensively though...i thought he's been a very solid defender, and the turnovers aren't a big deal right now. stuckey said after the game he still is a bit tentative in deciding when to attack the basket, and 2nd-guessing himself at times, but he'll get over it. and i believe that's true - the way chauncey was penetrating tonight, i thought stuckey could've killed toronto the same way.
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He seems to have trouble getting through screens and sometimes gets blown by/loses his man requiring the defense to have to collapse. It's not an all the time thing, but something i've noticed the past few games. The turnovers don't bother me all that much. He's a rook. I'll give him leeway.
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oddly at the palace tonight, they sung the national anthem like 10 mins before announcing the lineups, which was pretty strange. there were quite a few raptors fans, and they started to chant "let's go raptors" in the 4th, but a sheed dunk and and-1 quickly shut them up. the family in front of us, i'm pretty sure they were from toronto (no team apparel either way) because the dad was clapping when the raps scored, and then when his kid cheered along with pistons fans he kind of made his kid stop heh. |
LOL