| Re: Flip Saunders Quote Translator
It seems a lot of folks were excited by Juan Dixon's play at the point against the Clippers and would like to see him get a shot at some backup minutes. I count myself in this group.
Flip seems to be doing what he does best, though. Finding the negatives in his play so he doesn't have to work to try and get him some burn in that sick rotation(?) of his. To recount:
· Billups misses Clippers game
· Flip says Stuckey will start and will have to play "a lot because the only other PG is Hunter"
o He wouldn't even mention Dixon by name
· A reporter did ask about Dixon playing PG and Flip said he couldn't because (AJ fans say it with me) "he hasn't had any practice"
· DET did practice, according to all the papers, the 2-3 days they were in LA
· Flip had Dixon practice at the 2 guard spot
o If he's lucky, Dixon is 6'3 and 165 pounds - he should flourish in that role
Naturally, Dixon got about 25 minutes at the point against the Clips. I can only hope that this is another attempt by Flip to crush the collective spirit of Pistons fans everywhere. Similar to the time he said that the rotation was being shortened and AA was out only to have AA be the 1st man off the bench for the next 6-8 games.  |