February 15th, 2014 at 9:35 PM ^
By .1 of a second!!!
February 15th, 2014 at 9:36 PM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 9:36 PM ^
Fire Dumbrowski!!!11!!!one!!!
February 15th, 2014 at 9:37 PM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 9:49 PM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 10:09 PM ^
Can we call it the Joe Dumars challenge?
February 15th, 2014 at 10:17 PM ^
Actually given how things turned out...there wasn't really a great pick to be had for Detroit. No one was a stand out and before we start sippin Michigan connection kool aid realize that Jennings has more than produced from the PG spot for the pistons and by stats has shot better than Burke while averaging 3 more assists a game.
February 15th, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^
So...you would rather have 2 pg's and no SG's of the future instead of a PG who is putting up better #'s than both Burke/Knight and Middleton who has done what again?
My friend drafting a local boy doesn't always work...just ask the Pistons about Cleaves, the lions about Rogers and so on.
February 15th, 2014 at 11:55 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 12:11 AM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 2:30 AM ^
Calling a guy shooing 39% from the floor and averaging 6.7 PPG a "SG of the future" is pretty ballsy, unless you expect the Pistons to suck for a long long time.
February 15th, 2014 at 10:40 PM ^
Id take michael carter williams
February 16th, 2014 at 8:36 AM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 8:32 AM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 11:19 PM ^
Haha, dude - Jennings is several years older than Burke, and makes about 15X Burke's salary. Strictly in terms of cost effectiveness, Burke is the significantly better option. Burke's salary instead of Jennings' is probably the difference in being able to resign Monroe or not.
February 15th, 2014 at 11:46 PM ^
Jennings is 3 years older than Trey and actually makes about 3x Burke's salary. But you know, facts.
Josh Smith's salary and general ineffectiveness could be the difference in beign able to re-sign Monroe or possibly needing to deal him.
February 16th, 2014 at 8:31 AM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 10:39 AM ^
Smith has all the talent in the world, and when he is playing the 4 he can do some really good things. Yes, he can rebound, pass, and block shots and gain steals. His counting stats look good. But his individual defense on small forwards has not been great. He's fifth, on the Pistons, in PER. He turns the ball over a lot. And that only thing he can't do, shoot, is a pretty big weakness. Teams give him jumpers all day because he's threatening to put up the worst 3-point shooting season in history at the volume of shots he takes.
February 16th, 2014 at 12:30 PM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 12:17 AM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 8:26 AM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 1:21 AM ^
I was going to write an actual response about how I believe your underlying premise is flawed, but insted here is the outline version:
- To bring Jennings into this discussion at all, your position necessarily is that a non-contending team should make draft selctions based on the team's needs.
- When you are a non-contending team, your needs are somewhere between everything and a bunch of things.
- Filling one need only fills one need. You still have many others.
- However, if you draft to acquire the most valuable asset (the best player available), you can use the higher value of that asset to satisfy more of your needs. For example, if the Pistons were to trade with the Jazz tomorrow, the Jazz would trade Burke to the Pistons for KCP and something else.
- That "something else" can be used to fill one of your non-contending team's many other needs.
- NBA Players are fungible so having having 2 point guards and 0 shoooting guards, per your characterization of what the Pistons would have had if they drafted Burke, is not an actual problem. This last point is especially true if Jennings is as talented as you believe him to be.
February 16th, 2014 at 8:17 AM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 11:34 AM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 11:59 AM ^
maybe you should just go back to lurking?
love,
jdon
February 16th, 2014 at 8:07 AM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 11:30 AM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
/s
February 15th, 2014 at 11:41 PM ^
Missed /s tag.
February 15th, 2014 at 9:46 PM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 9:52 PM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 11:53 PM ^
Yeah it is nice. I had to go back and re-watch the video to see it since I missed it the first time. Here's a pic for those of you who haven't seen it.
February 16th, 2014 at 1:03 AM ^
I don't think that block M is "regulation" size (too skinny). Brandon, aka Mr. Branding, would not approve.
February 16th, 2014 at 8:48 AM ^
February 16th, 2014 at 12:16 PM ^
I was wondering the same thing. 96 maybe? Not sure what it would mean though
February 15th, 2014 at 9:58 PM ^
Some footage is already up on YouTube, of course....
February 15th, 2014 at 10:08 PM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 9:59 PM ^
Damian Trillard is niiiiiiicce man. And Trey is dat dude, but you already knew.
February 15th, 2014 at 10:01 PM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 10:05 PM ^
With Hardaway's show yesterday (36 points 12-23) and Burke today in the Skills Challenge, it's awesome to see UM getting represented during NBA All-Star weekend. Those two are going to have great careers. Cant wait till 2 or 3 years from now when Nik wins the 3 Points Contest and GR3 wins the dunk contest.
February 16th, 2014 at 8:49 AM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 10:24 PM ^
February 15th, 2014 at 10:25 PM ^
Stephen Curry and Trey were both there tonight... Where's the pooint guard we drafted/kept instead? Oh right, Ricky Rubio's the worst shooter in NBA history. /cries
February 15th, 2014 at 10:29 PM ^
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February 16th, 2014 at 8:50 AM ^