[font=arial,sans-serif]Wednesday, October 19, 2005[/font]
[font=arial,sans-serif]ASB, Preseason-style
MLive.com's resident hoops guru A. Sherrod Blakely stopped by our Pistons forum Wednesday night to sound off about the state of the team.
They reached the halfway point of the preseason schedule last night, dropping a home game to Dallas, 94-88.
On the Pistons' trade possibilities...
The guy that's most likely to be traded is Dupree, although the Pistons may start to listen to some inquiries about McDyess if Darko continues to progress the way he has.
More on McDyess...
Nothing concrete re: trading McDyess, but if Darko continues progressing the way he has, and someone approaches the Pistons with a really good offer in exchange for McDyess, I can't imagine why they wouldn't consider it. He's a great guy and has a killer fadeaway jumper, but Joe D. has made it clear that he will upgrade his roster if the opportunity presents itself, even if it means trading someone he really likes and cares for. He really liked Stackhouse, and he really liked Lindsey Hunter, guys that he played with. But when a deal was on the table that could bolster the Pistons, he didn't hesitate in trading either one of them.Again, I don't believe the Pistons are thinking about doing anything with McDyess now. But it wouldn't surprise me if they gave it some thought at some point this season.
On the way the reserves held their own against Dallas' starters...
The way the second unit battled with Dallas' starters was the most impressive part of tonight's game. It not only speaks to how deep this Pistons team is, but also how confident Saunders has to be if one of his starters goes down with an injury or has foul trouble. He's got a lot of guys on that bench who can make plays at both ends of the floor.
On the benefits of having Dale Davis around, even though he hasn't played much yet...
The playoffs, people. Dale is going to be used similar to Elden Campbell each of the last two seasons. The one difference is that Dale can do more than just guard Shaq.
On rookie guard Alex Acker's prospects of making the team...
Acker has a lot of potential, but they really should keep dupree. I don't think they will, but they should. If not, at least trade him to a team that will give him a chance to play. Because he knows as well as everyone else around Pistons land that if he does stay in Detroit, he won't see the light of day behind Delfino and Evans.
On the location of Rip Hamilton's "missing" jumper...
I think Rip's jumper will be just fine once the regular season starts. As for Tayshaun, he's had a sore left knee throughout training camp. I think you'll start to see Flip scale back his minutes some, just to make sure that knee doesn't become a problem that carries over into the regular season.
On reserve wings Carlos Delfino and Maurice Evans...
(Evans) is still trying to figure out how he fits with this team, which isn't easy when you consider Flip is using him with so many different combinations on the floor. Evans and Dupree are very similar, with the difference being Evans has a better jumpshot and is slightly better defender, while Dupree is just a tad bit better than Evans when it comes to leaping.[/font]
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It's feast or famine with (Delfino). He'll get a chance to play early on, but don't be surprised if Mo Evans starts gobbling up the minutes at both the backup SG and SF positions.
http://www.mlive.com/weblogs/beyondthearc
Bunch of stuff about Evans down the page too.
I bet Dupree goes to Clippers. They have no back-up swingmen other than Rodney White (SF), who made the roster. Dupree can play both SG/SF, so. He'd also be able to grow and get more time there. McDyess in trade talks is interesting.
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