1. The simple fact is that it takes a great deal of “work” to develop a proper understanding of the NBA game.

2. Unfortunately, the judgment of the Pistons’ coach was wrong, in this instance.

But many teams falter after making the big comeback for the simple reason that they are tired, their best players spent too long on the floor and in this case the Pistons were on a back-to back game having just played Orlando.

The situation tends to create match-up issues, rotations get screwed up, coaches make mistakes, and things just don’t work out as hoped. Coming back from 17 points down creates problems.

I’m sure the Pistons coach would like a do-over, but I’m also sure he thought he was making the right moves at the time.

1. Thanks for the compliment.

2. Although Mr. Daye may not be very strong at the moment, down-the-road, he has the makings of a highly effective NBA players, who’s a match-up nightmare for opponents.

Bargnani best make hay while the sun shines.

I think Daye might be the only NBA player that Bargs can push around.

Although I like Jonas, as well, he shouldn’t be used in critical situations just yet … given his lack of offense … against a player like Turkoglu.

Stuckey had a difficult night shooting the ball, but … as an effective PG, in the NBA game … he was still much better than Bynum last night.

If you do not see how this observation could be true then it’s because you are not paying close enough attention yet to the Defensive and Rebounding phases of the game.

i.e. What Bynum keyed last night … was another loss for the Pistons.

The key plays … or, in this case, mis-plays … of last night’s game were made by John Kuester and Will Bynum, not by members of the Toronto Raptors, who merely did their jobs by taking good advantage of what exactly Detroit’s coach and PG, at the time, GAVE them at crunch time.

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PS. From a purely basketball standpoint, there is nothing wrong with using Bynum [PG] and Stuckey [OG] together. The only problem for that combination comes about when they’re on the floor together with the composition of the Pistons’ current roster … and, how THAT serves to WASTE the talents of Detroit’s other better/best players, e.g. Rip, Ben, and Tay.

Thanks for the kind words.

Antoine Wright is an effective NBA player, if he’s used in a highly specific role. His best attributes are defending and rebounding at the #2/OG position.

It would be a stretch, however, to classify him as being particularly “good” at any one thing.

With this current Raptors team, I would elect to use him off the bench … exclusively, in a 3-player rotation with DeRozan [OG-SF] and Turkoglu [SF].

I also think that Stuckey sucked last night … Bynum led the charge early in the 4th, and I would have ridden him … but I would have run sets for Gordon, to be sure.

Bynum
Gordon
Jonas
CV
Wallace

So, essentially our starters - Stuckey, who again, played dismal basketball last night as he has all season.

Even so, the Raptors made some key plays late in the 4th — I think you might be underestimating the importance of that.