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| Re: Today's Piston Pieces 7/15/09
Should Kuester Rent or Buy?
DJ - The Wages of Win Journal "Channeling Isiah" "If we focus on scoring, though, another story is told. Stuckey, Hamilton, Villanueva, Bynum, and Gordon are all above average scorers. Such a collection of scorers suggests that Dumars might now be channeling his inner-Isiah. Back in 2004 the Pistons won an NBA title with a leading scorer (Richard Hamilton) only averaging 17.6 points per game. Meanwhile, Isiah was building a team of scorers in New York that kept missing the playoffs. When we look at the team Dumars is currently assembling, one suspects that Isiah called his former back-court mate and said: “you know, a team of scorers really should win in the NBA. In New York we didn’t have the right chemistry. But I know you can create the right atmosphere in Detroit for this idea to work. Really.” Unfortunately for fans of the Pistons (and I am one of these), the Isiah model really doesn’t work. So the team Dumars has assembled is probably going struggle next year. The veterans currently on the roster only produced 28.7 wins last season. So even if Austin Daye is amazing and the team signs Wallace (and he is still productive), this team is still going to struggle to reach 40 wins (again, trading for Boozer might change this forecast some)." Should Kuester Rent or Buy? « The Wages of Wins Journal
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