Comments on: Game Day Pistons

By: duane

duane — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:35:07 +0000

Yeh great game…this team will never win a championship with gilbert …it is not about talent but about court smarts and his intelligence of the game. When gil is in the ball movement quits , too often is out of control, and he is not disciplined enough to close out games. This was true when he was healthy as well. Look at the difference when Boykins or Foye for that matter is in there. In fact the team does not flow well without Miller. For the first 8 games Gil refused to get him the ball. The guy goes 7 for 11 and is hitting over 50% of his 3′s and gil takes his normal 22-25 shots and only makes a third of them if he is lucky. There are better shooters and team players than gil on this team and I hope he soon realizes that….otherwise I hope coach sits him like he did tonite . Great to have AJ back right now his is the best overall player on this team closely followed by Miller.

By: M2

M2 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:55:36 +0000

Our season starts Wednesday….
Guaranty it!

(fingers crossed)

By: M2

M2 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:13:44 +0000

Fell asleep just after 3 am Paris time with the laptop in my bead, the Wiz up 5 & 5 to play…
Woke up to all of this?
Damn…

By: ToughLove

ToughLove — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:37:14 +0000

Maggicman seems frustrated also.Much too much talent for this mess.The pieces are there but we cannot put them in place.Can anybody out there tell me why……….

By: ToughLove

ToughLove — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:30:57 +0000

Hey guys,too bad nobody told the pistons that they were missing Rip and Tashan we could maybe have won one.lol…also I’d like to see jennings come to the Wiz and try to get 50 FROM THE BENCH!!!!!!!!!!!

By: maggicman11

maggicman11 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:26:06 +0000

as i said, we are what our record says we are.. a very bad team.. the question is why. if you think its cuz we dont have jamison your sadly mistaken. our team doesnt match up well with our system. Gil has become a liability with his selfish play. deshawn gives nothing more than oberto. nick cant buy minutes.. mcgee cant get more minutes than oberto??… and our best defender keeps our bench nice and toasty throughout the games. this is not going to be a playoff team

By: Gotabigboyoffense

Gotabigboyoffense — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:13:34 +0000

I want to make a suggestion. When any of our “bigs” jump out to protect against the pick-and-roll, they have to PLEASE stop the ball. Right now they are simply running out at the ball handler and then retreating as fast as possible to catch up to the “picker”…forget that, STOP THE BALL, someone else is responsible for the “picker”, that’s what rotations are all about.

By: Gotabigboyoffense

Gotabigboyoffense — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:53:48 +0000

@dcbutler357 – Word!
You have nailed it.
The thing is…I still think we have an excellent team. What we need is a quick hitting post player, or a player who can step-back and hit the long jumper…does #4 come to mind?

If AJ returns and we continue to lose, we are in serious jeopardy.

By: Gotabigboyoffense

Gotabigboyoffense — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:48:58 +0000

I’m sure that when some folks look at the box score they will conclude that Gilbert is improving; after all, he only had 2 turnovers. However, Gilbert is losing game after game for the Wiz with his non-existent defense. There is probably no guard in the NBA who doesn’t lick his chops when he brings the ball down the court and sees “0″ defending him. Gilbert doesn’t even pretend to be interested in stopping his man…he lets him go right by and hopes that some “big” will pick him up. Certainly the Pistons scored on 3 pointers (come on Charlie give us a break!), but the easy scores happened when Gil’s man went around him and drove the basket, or dumped it off for an easy shot.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would suggest this, but Flip, let Gil come off the bench for a few games. Maybe in addition to developing a little humility and team-play, he might decide to spend some enegry on “D”.

BTW, Gil’s lack of turnovers is only because Flip took the ball out of his hands and gave it to Earl.

By: jeffmalone1990

jeffmalone1990 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:03:29 +0000

OKC up 3 on the Spurs with 27 seconds to go