Mejia is not any greener than Stuckey or Afflalo per se. I think his immediate future may be decided during the camp. I'm still inclined to think that he's going to begin the year at Fort Wayne, but we'll see. As far as Samb goes, he really isn't ready for the NBA. I would expect an entire season of him in NBDL to get stronger and more game experience. The guy only payed about 100 games in his career.

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I actually agree 100% with one of his posts and I ain't even been ingesting. Holy Pistons Posts

If Samb and Mejia are on the Pistons' roster come opening night, I'll give you your props. Samb is not ready for prime time. He does not have an NBA body and probably never will unless he forces himself to eat six meals a day and he lives in the gym. And you may be lending too much credence to what happens in Summer League. That's shallow water. The NBA is deep water.

Never said I didn't like Mejia or Afflalo. I just think Mejia won't play much in a Pistons' uni this season.

The summer league is really the best we got so far on Mejia. So what criteria are you making your prediction on?

Yeah, really, what's up?

He gained about 30 lbs over the last year. According to the official records he will turn 23 just before the season starts, so he is still young enough to bulk up with more weight.

Even with the 30 pounds that he gained over the last year, he showed in the SL that he can handle the extra weight without it reducing his mobility.

I don't think that it is unrealistic to think that he can add another 20 pounds or so. At 245 he would be a bit light, (most of the big guys now go 250 to 260), but it might be enough. We will just have to wait and see what happens.

Yea I see alot of bigmen coming into the league at 245.. I think thats reasonable to start getting some playing time

Stuckey'll be there in a Pistons uni because they need a backup for Billups but he'll make a bunch of mistakes. I'm basing this prediction on the fact that Dumars drafted him first. I trust Joe D when it comes to unheralded guards, since he was one himself. Afflalo was the Pac-10 Player of the Year and I've seen him play good defense. Mejia did not play particularly well against the tougher teams in the Big East. Samb? My proof is just looking at him. He needs to gain more weight. He shouldn't get any of Nazr's minutes until he's 245 at least, like buddha mentioned. What's wrong with Samb playing in the NBDL for a season?

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Cheikh has to learn how to use his new found weight that he has added over the last year.

Having weight and knowing how to use it are two different things. I would think that some of the things that the Pistons staff and Davison at FW will be working with Samb on are his feet positioning, stance and balancing, along with his use of his upper body in defending , at least I would hope so.

Shaq is not called the Diesel just because of his size, weight and strength, but because he knows how to use these assets.

For those of us who remember seeing Ricky play, we know that he had learned how to take full advantage of the extra girth in his posterior to clear people out and give himself a few extra inches of space on the floor, which was to his benefit quite a bit.

I truly do hate to rag on Mohammed too much while Joe is busy out there trying to trade the guy. But I will point out that the one thing you seem to be worried about-Samb being bullied around, is just an opinion, while we know all about Mohammed already.