shangrila wrote:Johnlac1 wrote:I'm not a fan of either team, but after seeing both play a fair amount of times through League Pass, at this juncture, the Pistons are obviously more talented. But they're also better coached. With a better coach, the Bobcats might have won about five more games. Watching the Bobcat's stagnant offense is offensive. The Bobcats do have a lot of very young players with promise. Henderson, Mullens, and Walker all average double figures or close to it. Some of their other players are young and not without potential. Biyombo is only 19, but has had some impressive (though rare) outings. So let's say they either don't get Davis or their no. 1 refuses to play next year. The Bobcats have to go with the same players they have this year. How many games do they win? About 20-25. That's assuming that all their young players improve a minimal amount from now until next season which is in the realm of possibility. (I'm also assuming they get a better coach) With Davis, they might win 30-35 games. So how about the year after that with the present crew? Again without acquiring a top talent, they'll be mired near the bottom for an indefinite period of time. The Pistons have more talent and are a little better coached. Getting Davis and having a frontline with Davis and Monroe might be enough to get the Pistons in the playoffs. They'd still need another top flight player to contend for the title.
The Bobcats have a stagnant offence because their team sucks, not because of the coaching. Walker is the same low efficiency scorer he was in college, Biyombo blocks and rebounds and usually does little else, Henderson is a role player on a good team, Mullens isn't even ON a good team, etc, etc.
Blaming their record on coaching is a cop out. They suck. Everyone who thinks otherwise needs to take a real long look at that roster.
Do the Bobcats have a lot of good players? Obviously not. But they do have a lot of young players with potential. These same players have had some excellent games against decent teams. Recently Mullens had 31 pts 14 rbd game against the Bucks. Before that he had a few 20 and 10 games. After getting let go by the Thunder, quite a few "experts" said Mullens was worse than Scalabrini. He'd never do anything not even for a bad team. Now is Mullens a good player? No he isn't. He's still a poor defensive player but he is getting to be a decent rebounder and can score points. He's also blocked five shots in one game. But he, like the other Bobcat players are getting better. Will these young Bobcats become star players? Maybe not, but they're improving. And Silas is not a good coach. If they get Davis or even K-Gilchrist and a new coach, in two or three years they could be respectable. We shall see.
Dude Dwight was far better than Bismack as a rookie and for all we know Bismack is 23 years old. They're not even comparable. Bismack isn't even a good defender, he just blocks shots.
at all these people arguing whose **** stinks the worst.
