Q-TIPS:
This deal makes the Pistons better. What we have to analyze is who is going to be more helpful to the team down the stretch.
1. Dixon is a good team guy as was Primo. But you all wanted 10-15 mpg for Amir, and now you got it. JD will give good expirience to the Rip relief slot and the 5 minute Chauncey needs a break slot.
2. Anyway you slice it, Aaron and Rodney are 'rookies' and they will hit the playoff squeeze after the first round anyway. Dixon will give Flip a more confident presence in the playoffs. AA will have his time, but...
3. Flip HAS to win now!! He dosnt have time to play up Amir, AA and Rod when it's time to show. Sure, Stuckey will get his 15 minutes, but the 4th qtr will still belong to Rip and Shot. Which means...
4. Rip and Shot have got to let go of that dramatic ego of theirs and blow these teams like the Bucks away earlier than they do. I think there are games when the Pistons play'just' to see how they react in the 4th qtr, like they did vs Bucks Wed night. If they want to let the rookies get minutes, it's up to them. But I think..
5. Flip thinks the rookies have gotten a little full of themselves lately. Rod and AA have looked worse in the blowout games than the close ones. Hunter and Dixon will bring the intensity to the rookies rear-ends and get them to appreciate the 5-8 minutes they are going to eventually end of losing now.
Overall: as a 40 yearPiston fan, I truly believe that this was a nice trade. Like DomDeLuise as ceasar in 'History of the World, Pt 1'..."
Nice...Nice...Not thrilling..but nice".YouTube - Dom DeLuise in History of the World Part 1