[Inbetweengame]

Brandon Knight and Will Bynum isn't a good duo right now because neither one is a calming influence.

[zdwtr]

Knight gotta play in control. our point guard has to be the stabilizing force.

[Kstat]

Knight is fine when he's attacking. He's allowing himself to get trapped way too often.

[zdwtr]

work in progress. zzzzzzzzz

[Kstat]

say this for Monroe: the guy does not quit.

[Billl]

Monroe blows a layup. Gets pissed off. Goes down and steals the ball back, drive full court, and gets and and1.

[zdwtr]

Moose is the man!

[Inbetweengame]

I love it! What I don't love is my link failing me big time so I can't see Greg's hustle.

[Inbetweengame]

Now I'm watching Utah-Memphis?? Good game but WTF??

[Kstat]

Looks like Knight has been benched.

[zdwtr]

Get Bynum out please

[Inbetweengame]

Try Ben Wallace out at guard?

[Kstat]

For the record, I can understand why Knight got yanked, but Bynum has been every bit as bad at protecting the ball, if not worse.

I suppose it's better to take the rook out as a teachable moment...

[Billl]

May as well put tay at the point. At least he won't be turning it over.

[Kstat]

no, but that's because he doesn't pass it.

Tay's solution tonight has been to back andre igoudala down for 10 seconds and fire a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer.

[zdwtr]

Game like this reminds me of last season horror. As if we know we're doom to failure.

[ghandi]

They are beating anyone with a lineup of Bynum-Wilkins-Tay-JJ-Monroe..

[zdwtr]

Bynum unable to play within the system. just go to monroe on every posesion like in my nba2k. use lawrence frank as pg for all I care

[Inbetweengame]

Tony Allen (still on the Utah-Memphis game) is a example of the type of player we need to aim for. Huge defensive effort every game.

[Kstat]

LMAO holy shit Bynum sucks.

Is he throwing these passes to make Knight feel better about himself?

[Kstat]

Originally Posted by Inbetweengame

Tony Allen (still on the Utah-Memphis game) is a example of the type of player we need to aim for. Huge defensive effort every game.

Our players ARE giving defensive effort. The 1989 pistons would get lit up if they turned the ball over every 10 seconds like we do. You cant defend against that.

[ghandi]

That Orlando game seems so far away now......Feels like back to square one tonight...At least Monroe is playing well.

[zdwtr]

Michael Curry got this win

[zdwtr]

"That Orlando game seems so far away now......Feels like back to square one tonight...At least Monroe is playing well."

Our guards really causing this trouble

[Inbetweengame]

Kstat why argue about everything? I was just saying Tony Allen makes a good effort on defense and that I like that. Our effort tonight has been solid but poor shooting and turnovers have been deadly.

The Sixers are a good team folks. They've got depth, play defense and are listening to Doug Collins that's tough to beat but if our offense was a little steadier we'd be in the game so don't sweat it.

[Jeff Hause]

Originally Posted by Kstat

Yep. Philly can't stop him. Fortunately for them, the other 4 pistons on the court are stopping themselves.

Jonas 3/9
Prince 2/8
Knight 3/10
Daye 2/10

Thank God this guy named Kstat told me we didn't need shooters in the starting lineup, and we'd win with defense...

[Kstat]

....except I never said that.

[Mel Kiper Jr]

It's really hard for PG's to look good when your 2 best scorers are out.

[Jeff Hause]

Originally Posted by Kstat

....except I never said that.

Hmmm.... Let's see...http://detroitpistonsforum.com/forum...million-2.html (Stuckey re-signed: 3 years, $25 million)

Originally Posted by Jeff Hause

We need somebody in the starting lineup who can shoot...

Originally Posted by Kstat

The Bulls won 62 games last year starting 5 guys that didn't have great range...

Originally Posted by Jeff Hause

Thank God -- we're the Bulls! I can hardly wait to see Rose play! And our defense -- wow!!!

Originally Posted by Kstat

Aside from CV31, there should be 4 pretty good defenders in the starting 5. If we start Ben, there should be no weak spots. The point is, we can win games just fine without a shooter. Maybe not 62, but we can be competitive.

[Kstat]

We don't need a shooting specialist. Last night was about players missing open 16 footers they should have been making.

[DYNOMITE]

When we learn to dunk those 16 footers we will be fine. Shooting is over-rated.

[The King]

How did Knight look overall last night? I missed the game.

[Hobbs]

He didn't look good. There are turnovers and there are bad turnovers and he had several of the latter. They led directly to a couple of dunks for Philly. His shooting was horrible as well. He was left wide open repeatedly and couldn't hit.

Nobody except Monroe looked good though, so it's tough to judge too much with so few options for him to use. Hopefully he'll make some adjustments tonight. All a part of the process.

[The King]

Growing pains.

[Kstat]

It should be noted that Knight did a lot of things right.

He led us in rebounds with 9.

He generally looked good making shots at the rim.

He repeatedly found wide open teammates. They just kept missing.

He was pretty much error-free until late in the 2nd half.

[King Mob]

I don't know about him being error-free early. I was surprised at how often he lost track of Holiday in the first half, and by how easily Jrue blew by him early; although it's to his credit that he played Holiday tougher in the second half.

I was surprised to see he'd cobbled together 4 dimes. I've never seen a team miss so many uncontested jumpers and layups in my life. It's a wonder we broke 70.

[Billl]

Knight did not look good. His shot wasn't falling, but that isn't anything to be worried about long term. He was still getting into the lane and hitting guys for open looks - not bunnies, but open shots.

The bad part was he got rattled. They got physical and he started turning the ball over. It looked like he was rushing to "do something" before the defense collapsed on him. He's going to have to learn to accept the pressure and then make a play for an open teammate.

[mn3]

Originally Posted by Billl

Knight did not look good. His shot wasn't falling, but that isn't anything to be worried about long term. He was still getting into the lane and hitting guys for open looks - not bunnies, but open shots.

The bad part was he got rattled. They got physical and he started turning the ball over. It looked like he was rushing to "do something" before the defense collapsed on him. He's going to have to learn to accept the pressure and then make a play for an open teammate.

Knight is being allowed to learn on the court, and the best way to learn is to make mistakes and to have great coaching at every turn. I love what I see from him. Since we have a strong coaching staff and since he is a hard worker with high IQ, there's a strong chance that Knight's obvious high echelon talent will be realized in time.

As long as Knight and Monroe reach their potential over the next few years, whatever happens this season is o.k. with me. Sure, I'd like to see JJ, Stuckey, Daye and Gordon succeed too - but the key to our future is Knight and Monroe.