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Jun 25, 2008 - 11:35 AM - by dba | For me there are two reasons to think about breaking up the starters.
- The current Pistons’ starters are among the least athletic in the league. No speed, no high flying, no ability to create a shot, and little clutch scoring.
- Perhaps the sense of complacency we’ve all felt won’t be dissipated just by the coaching change, and change needs to be made just for the sake of change.
I think the coaching change is enough for the latter. Notice has been served. But the open question is of course whether Stuckey, Johnson, and Affalo can provide quickness and the ability to create shots the team needs. That’s a lot to lay on young players. Maybe with another season of experience under their belts, but the team as currently configured (assuming a back up small forward appears somewhere), doesn’t get past Boston unless they take a step back. Maybe another ECF, but probably not a finals appearance.
So, that leaves making a trade. And, any trade has only four possible outcomes…
- Acquire a comparable or better player at the position traded
- Replace the traded player with a current bench player who doesn’t miss a step
- Acquire talent so much better at another position that the downgrade to a current bench player at the traded position doesn’t matter
- Take a step backwards
Below I’ll look at the big four and evaluate them based on these criteria. My conclusions are…
Billups – Can’t make the team better by trading Billups. He has to stay.
Hamilton – Can upgrade the team by moving Rip and he should be shopped.
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Mar 16, 2008 - 2:22 PM - by dba | Introduction
Enough of the 2007 / 2008 NBA season has elapsed for me to evaluate the best of the best by position and to put up a candidate for league MVP. The approach, like all things statsprocket-ish, is empirical (at least up to the end), statistical, and semi-complicated. Briefly, what I’ve done to rank players is described below.... [Read More] | |
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