To answer the Evans questions, he has been pretty ineffective lately. He always hustles, but looks lost on offense. Except for his potential three pointers, he is basically playing the same type of game as Darvin Ham. Good hustle plays, decent defense, and average rebounding. I think that he could be best in a fast break scheme with Lindsay, Arroyo, Delfino, and Sheed. But I'm not ready to yank him yet. He was the MVP on his Euro team and he was good in the preseason. It may be that they are not running plays for him. Or it may be that he doesn't have the same confidence when he is surrounded by better players.

I agree with Lee on Dale Davis too. He's not adding much at all. Even if Darko is having a lethargic night, we would be just as well off. It has been 2.5 years now, and DMC has not been given the chance to lose a game for the Pistons. LeBron and Carmelo have been given 180 chances to lose games for their teams, and they are batting about .500.

At some point, we should give each of the rookies some experience. Not enought to hurt the team, but enough to see how they respond in a real situation. Of course Maxiel is going to shoot the ball in garbage time. I bet in a tight situation in a real game he would be too unselfish. And Acker should at least get a taste before Lindsay comes back.

But man, the starting five are really pushing themselves. They are motivated beyond belief. We really can't ask anything more out of them.