SVG Considering Lineup Change

[Blkbrd671]

Jennings
Dinwiddie
KCP
JJ
Moose

[MotownMadness]

I would wait and see if the message has gotten through to Drummond now after Stan calling him out before doing something as drastic as benching him. However I am kinda curious about maybe putting JJ at the 3.

[Blkbrd671]

I would wait and see if the message has gotten through to Drummond now after Stan calling him out before doing something as drastic as benching him. However I am kinda curious about maybe putting JJ at the 3.

Judging by SVG comments seems that its not a question of if. i am sure Dre knows 2 rebounds isn't goign to cut it

[MotownMadness]

I would wait and see if the message has gotten through to Drummond now after Stan calling him out before doing something as drastic as benching him. However I am kinda curious about maybe putting JJ at the 3.

Judging by SVG comments seems that its not a question of if. i am sure Dre knows 2 rebounds isn't goign to cut it

I really don't think he wants it too come down to that but Stan is definitely the kind of coach who will do it if Dre doesn't get his **** together now.

[DetroitSho]

Make an offer for Dorrell Wright. He's languishing on the bench for the Blazers with a manageable two year $6 mil contract.

10 year vet
Career 37% shooting from 3
Can probably give us a little something at small forward

Make a play for Wilson Chandler. He's got two years left on his contract (about $13 mil).

7 year vet
Career 34% shooting from 3
Can play the 2, 3, and 4
Higher skilled player than Wright (and all the small forwards on our roster)
Risk: health

Make a play for Jeremy Lamb and/or Perry Jones III

I think another trade is looming on the horizon. But more important than that, we've got to get a handle on this Drummond issue.

I actually like the Dorrell Wright idea and have been thinking it for a couple weeks. Wasn't sure if he was available or not.

[epheisey]

This team could be 70-12 and people would be complaining that we lost back to back games late in the season because Gigi Datome didn't average enough mpg....

Team goes 9-2, Drummond has ONE bad game, JUST ONE. And people are talking about benching him to teach him a lesson. That's a great lesson...do something wrong once, and you're punished before you're even given the opportunity to redeem yourself. I'm totally fine if it becomes a regular thing, but it was literally ONE game. He put up a double-double the game before, was a rebound off from a double-double the game before that, and was sick the first game of his "four game slump".

Let's hope Brandon Jennings doesn't have an off night anytime soon or the dude will be absolutely demolished around here.

[Blkbrd671]

This team could be 70-12 and people would be complaining that we lost back to back games late in the season because Gigi Datome didn't average enough mpg....

Team goes 9-2, Drummond has ONE bad game, JUST ONE. And people are talking about benching him to teach him a lesson. That's a great lesson...do something wrong once, and you're punished before you're even given the opportunity to redeem yourself. I'm totally fine if it becomes a regular thing, but it was literally ONE game. He put up a double-double the game before, was a rebound off from a double-double the game before that, and was sick the first game of his "four game slump".

Let's hope Brandon Jennings doesn't have an off night anytime soon or the dude will be absolutely demolished around here.

He actually had 2-3 bad games, but his last 2 have been most concerning. This next game is going to say alot

[BadMofoPimp]

People were complaining here on RealGM when the Pistons won 64 games during their championship run a decade ago, so what else is new?

[Canadafan]

Hope we hear soon that JJ is taking over our SF spot. Singler needs to come off the bench

[Snakebites]

The starting lineup isn't nearly as important as the finishing lineup. And Dre's been notably absent from that a lot.

We've been getting off to bad starts, even in games where we've ultimately pulled it together and won, our first quarters have been terrible. I'd be worried if SVG wasn't at least CONSIDERING a lineup change, whether he ultimately decides one is warranted or not.

[vic]

Hope we hear soon that JJ is taking over our SF spot. Singler needs to come off the bench

Either JJ or Jodie would be a good replacement.

Drummond definitely does not need to be punished for playing 6 games in 9 nights and being the engine of the team.

[MotownMadness]

This team could be 70-12 and people would be complaining that we lost back to back games late in the season because Gigi Datome didn't average enough mpg....

Team goes 9-2, Drummond has ONE bad game, JUST ONE. And people are talking about benching him to teach him a lesson. That's a great lesson...do something wrong once, and you're punished before you're even given the opportunity to redeem yourself. I'm totally fine if it becomes a regular thing, but it was literally ONE game. He put up a double-double the game before, was a rebound off from a double-double the game before that, and was sick the first game of his "four game slump".

Let's hope Brandon Jennings doesn't have an off night anytime soon or the dude will be absolutely demolished around here.

There's a difference between bad games and flat out not trying. I don't know why some of you have these two things confused.

[Redeemed]

This team could be 70-12 and people would be complaining that we lost back to back games late in the season because Gigi Datome didn't average enough mpg....

Team goes 9-2, Drummond has ONE bad game, JUST ONE. And people are talking about benching him to teach him a lesson. That's a great lesson...do something wrong once, and you're punished before you're even given the opportunity to redeem yourself. I'm totally fine if it becomes a regular thing, but it was literally ONE game. He put up a double-double the game before, was a rebound off from a double-double the game before that, and was sick the first game of his "four game slump".

Let's hope Brandon Jennings doesn't have an off night anytime soon or the dude will be absolutely demolished around here.

The team had one bad game in 11 outings. Drummond has had 4 consecutive games with no effort. He has tremendous potential that I would like to see realized. It would be a sad state of affairs if he becomes moody like Hibbert, when he could be a dominant force in the league. The coaching staff have to keep an eye on the dude just to make sure he doesn't lose interest or lose his fire.

Last night's game was a complete 180 from the previous four. I hope this effort/impact continues and even grows.

[epheisey]

This team could be 70-12 and people would be complaining that we lost back to back games late in the season because Gigi Datome didn't average enough mpg....

Team goes 9-2, Drummond has ONE bad game, JUST ONE. And people are talking about benching him to teach him a lesson. That's a great lesson...do something wrong once, and you're punished before you're even given the opportunity to redeem yourself. I'm totally fine if it becomes a regular thing, but it was literally ONE game. He put up a double-double the game before, was a rebound off from a double-double the game before that, and was sick the first game of his "four game slump".

Let's hope Brandon Jennings doesn't have an off night anytime soon or the dude will be absolutely demolished around here.

The team had one bad game in 11 outings. Drummond has had 4 consecutive games with no effort. He has tremendous potential that I would like to see realized. It would be a sad state of affairs if he becomes moody like Hibbert, when he could be a dominant force in the league. The coaching staff have to keep an eye on the dude just to make sure he doesn't lose interest or lose his fire.

Last night's game was a complete 180 from the previous four. I hope this effort/impact continues and even grows.

Ok. Like I pointed out. 1 game he was sick, played only 17 minutes, and Stan said as much for the reasoning. So to count that one is means you're searching for a problem that isn't there. The middle two games of this "4 game stretch" he managed to put up double-doubles (1 rebound shy in the one game, if you want to get nit-picky). Those games (14/9 and 10/14 or an average of 12/11.5) were still on par with his season average of 12/12.

Now, his game with 2 points and 2 boards was unacceptable. And for Stan to call him out after that, I don't have any issue. But for fans, and specifically this board, to try and extrapolate that one performance into a bad 4 game stretch is just a witch hunt. He responded appropriately. Which I think says the most.

[Phenomenonsense]

This team could be 70-12 and people would be complaining that we lost back to back games late in the season because Gigi Datome didn't average enough mpg....

Team goes 9-2, Drummond has ONE bad game, JUST ONE. And people are talking about benching him to teach him a lesson. That's a great lesson...do something wrong once, and you're punished before you're even given the opportunity to redeem yourself. I'm totally fine if it becomes a regular thing, but it was literally ONE game. He put up a double-double the game before, was a rebound off from a double-double the game before that, and was sick the first game of his "four game slump".

Let's hope Brandon Jennings doesn't have an off night anytime soon or the dude will be absolutely demolished around here.

The team had one bad game in 11 outings. Drummond has had 4 consecutive games with no effort. He has tremendous potential that I would like to see realized. It would be a sad state of affairs if he becomes moody like Hibbert, when he could be a dominant force in the league. The coaching staff have to keep an eye on the dude just to make sure he doesn't lose interest or lose his fire.

Last night's game was a complete 180 from the previous four. I hope this effort/impact continues and even grows.

Ok. Like I pointed out. 1 game he was sick, played only 17 minutes, and Stan said as much for the reasoning. So to count that one is means you're searching for a problem that isn't there. The middle two games of this "4 game stretch" he managed to put up double-doubles (1 rebound shy in the one game, if you want to get nit-picky). Those games (14/9 and 10/14 or an average of 12/11.5) were still on par with his season average of 12/12.

Now, his game with 2 points and 2 boards was unacceptable. And for Stan to call him out after that, I don't have any issue. But for fans, and specifically this board, to try and extrapolate that one performance into a bad 4 game stretch is just a witch hunt. He responded appropriately. Which I think says the most.

If you think I called his games bad or said he was in a slump because of the numbers he put up, you're sorely mistaken. He didn't have one "bad" game. He had one game worthy of a D-league scrub. It was abysmal. And prior to that, he had two games of play ranging from mediocre to lazy.