There goes the season and the playoffs.

Spot minutes I can live with, but back in the rotation. Are you kidding me?

1. Who will fall out of the select 12. My guess it will most likely be AA, because he and Hunter are pretty redundant, though it could be Herrmann or Brezec. With AJ's progress I don't see Herrmann or Brezec getting any playoff minutes unless there is an injury or if they are on the bench during a blowout so it could be one of them.

2. Will Hunter be the first guard off the bench during the playoffs? This would not surprise me.

3. How many minutes a game for Hunter? My guess is about 10. Figure 40 minutes for Rip and 35 for C-Bill during the playoffs leaves Stuckey with about 10 minutes per game in the playoffs.

Spot minutes for Hunter I can live with. Back in the rotation would be total disaster.

Hopefully McKrapsky meant the word rotation to refer to Hunter being included in the 12 and not really in the rotation. I will not watch any games with Hunter in the rotation. Hunter can no longer break down the defense. Our offense is a disaster with him in it.

Am I over reacting. I sure hope so.

Hunter go away. Please.



Pieces are all set for stretch

My wild guess is that Lindsey will frighten his enemies with traps at the end of 2nd and maybe 3rd Q and it is enough. Sometimes it helps.

Spot minutes for Lindsey?...big deal. Makes sense if we want to use him in the playoffs. And I think he will be needed at times in the playoffs.

He is more like a insurance policy in case of rooks can't handle PO pressure. And it seems that Lindsey, in addition to oppnents, frightens buddafan too.

Spot minutes.

Don't kid yourself.

Go back and read your Pistons history.

Hunter was the guy that replaced Zeke

Hunter played alongside Joe D. when Hunter first entered the league.

Hunter and Joe D. have been the best of friends for over 15 years.

This move is a Joe D. not a Flipper thing.

I expect Hunter to replace Stuckey as the 1st guard off of the bench.

This will be a friggen disaster.

Make no mistake about it.

You, over reacting? No, never.

Hmmm ... not sure what to think about this. Have to see how it all plays out. Perhaps Stuckey and Hunter can be a crippling trap combo much the way Hunter and Mike James were.

Looks like AA could be the odd man out for now.

Hunter hasn't played in months and could be needed come playoff time. Not sure what the big deal is. Assuming Murray isn't traded I wouldn't be surprised to see him get some gametime closer to the end of the season too.

Awesome. Great to have Lindsey back. This will allow our rookies to be fresh for the playoffs.

As I said in a different thread a while back, I think this probably comes down to who gets the minutes between Lindsey and AA. We've seen that Lindsey can still be useful for ball-hawking D against backup point guards and opportunistic scoring in the open floor, just so long as he doesn't have to be the primary backup ball handler to CB (which inevitably destroys the offense). And with Stuckey rounding out as the main backup for running the offense, Lindsey's strengths as a crafty vet can possibly make more of a difference, which we've seen in the wins so far this season at Boston and at San Antonio.

AA does good things off the bench as well, and he's probably more versatile as a defender than Lindsey because he's bigger, but what he brings is pretty similar to what Lindsey can do. So who do we think will be more reliable in the playoffs, in what will probably be more of a spot minutes role than a regular rotation thing anyway--the crafty vet or the solid but still inexperienced rookie? For this year's playoffs, it makes sense to have Lindsey still there as an option.