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You are basing that on perception, not on reality. We took more 3s in 2005 than we did in 2004. That's fact.

In 2004, we shot 11.8 treys per game for 26th in the league.
In 2005, we shot 12.8 treys per game for 22nd in the league.

12 three pointers is just average for this team. Nothing to make a big deal about.

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last year look at when we shot threes. late in the shot clock or when we were down in games. or when sheed was just jacking them up.

last game chauncey shot a 3 3 pointers in a row and 1 was on a fast break. it was in the 3rd quarter too. the difference this year is that teams will have to check the 3 the whole game. we will also probably increase our 3 points attempted this year.

another interesting point for this game, chauncey was 4/6 on 3-pointers and the rest of the team was 0/6

People keep talking about it, bballjay, because they would like to see more of it. I don't mind the 3's, but I think there needs to be a mix. As long as the Pistons score in the low post, I'm happy. From your post, it sounds as if they're doing it. But I expect C-Note's three-point shots to go up significantly. If he picks his spots, fine. If he doesn't and starts relying on it too much, not fine.

The most comforting thing to me was the way our second unit completely reversed a lousy 1st half performance with a strong 2nd half. That kind of thing really builds trust from the coaching standpoint. I particularly liked the way that unit produced good shooting opportunities for Dice.

Whoever called Acker "SMOOTH" during the summer league, hit the nail on the head. He seemed quite unflappable when pressured.

as long as he's shooting 4-6 from 3 point land i would love for him to increase his amount of attempts. i don't think he would ever rely on it. the 3's he shot were basically wide open kick outs. he never really had to create to get a 3 off. if chauncey is wide open at the 3 point line i say let it fly.

the post ups won't be a problem this year. i think we will be in the post more often than last year. the bigs are all great passers. there seems to be a high low option in the offense that the bigs were working on yesterday. also there is a play where sheed throws an oop to ben. this year we will definitely be in the paint and getting fouled more because our movement in the paint is usually towards the basket. the bigs are not going to a specific spot and then fighting for position.

That all sounds good to me. I don't have a problem with C-Note taking some three's if they're open. Tay, too. He was deadly at UK. I'm always yelling at C-Note to take more of them in the fourth quarter. And you're right, we have some good passing big men. If they can break down the D in the post with some good passes (especially against slow-footed 'Zo and Snaq), I'll be a happy Pistons fan. Throwing some postups in there will be great if the mismatch is there.

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I would like for him to get fewer fouls but I can readily see why he is getting them at this point. He has been blamed for playing without passion and is trying to get more aggressive. And you probably remember that Chauncey said the other day that with Darko coming off the bench, he should be playing that way and "not worry about fouls".

I think he will not only get more knowlegable about when to be more aggressive and when not to, but also, he will begin to get some of the respect that other players get.

Interesting question, too, will Shaq be able to guard Darko. I guess it depends on how they call it when Shaq is not guarding Darko because he can't keep up with him. Kind of like Rip. You have to stay with them to be guarding them, unless the officials let you get away with it.