Four or five inches, and the Pistons would never have needed to draft Andre Drummond (and they would never have been able to, because they wouldn't have been in the lottery last year). Three inches on Jason Maxiell and he coulda been a contender too, instead of just the valuable role player he is. Look where it got him-four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, six-time All-NBA Defensive Team, the face of the Pistons franchise, and a max deal with the Bulls. Am I the only guy who watches him and wonders what the guy could be if he were just a few inches taller?īen Wallace, who cannot be matched for ability but whose game Maxiell's somewhat resembles, was two inches taller. Now hold on, before you get all hot under the collar, Jason Maxiell plays hard, is athletic, and honestly overachieves for his size.Īnd that's what's so frustrating. And who knows: maybe it'll light a fire under their (insert mother-unapproved expletive here). Five guys who have either run out the clock on fan patience and support from management, or for one reason or another, just get us cheesed.
It would be nice.īut they have five of them. It would be nice to say the Pistons don't have any of these players. Players who madden, who infuriate, who make you want to throw something at the TV set or onto the court and yell words that would make your mother gasp in shock. Players whom you sense have more to give but can't, or don't, give it. Players who flash potential but don't sustain it. It's about players paid to produce who haven't produced. 500 run over the last 42 games of last year-a run which would get them into the playoffs, were they to repeat it this season.īut this article is not about youth or promise or hope.
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This season is full of youth, of promise, of hope generated from a Detroit Pistons team coming off a.
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