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Stuckey out with a fractured thumb. Happened yesterday. Caught in a door jamb. Surgery Friday. That'll keep him out a while.

Sounds like a minimum of 6 weeks on the sidelines.

Caught in a door jam OWWWWW! That hurts like hell!! KCP your time to step up!!!!

Caught in a door jam? Jesus that sounds terrible

I guess this explains Singler starting tonight. I know people hate on Stuckey a lot be he is going to be missed early on. This is a significant blow for us considering our already shallow depth. Hopefully he makes a quick recovery. This could also be somewhat of a blessing in disguise by giving KCP a better shot of winning the starting SG job.

Prediction:

The Pistons will look to swap JJ for veteran guard. With an injury to start the season, the roster could use another guard instead of another PF.

Stuckey gets the pussiest injuries ever. Glad he's not playing.

The team will be better without Suckey, cant say i am very sad about this injury, for the backcourt rotation this was the best thing that could happen.

best news I heard all day!

he will not be missed

Eh, not sure this is as good as it sounds. It may open up a few more minutes for KCP, but I have a feeling it'll mostly mean more Bynum. Could also be that guys like Singler & Chauncey pick up a few extra min here or there as well. Not like KCP is suddenly head of the class. Cheeks is going to make him earn it.

If anything this could hurt our chances of trading Stuckey, which is what we should actually be rooting for. Obviously lots of time still, but missing camp and screwing up his conditioning & chemistry is not a good start.

YEAH!!!! awesome!

We are worse with him anyways

Cowology wrote:Eh, not sure this is as good as it sounds. It may open up a few more minutes for KCP, but I have a feeling it'll mostly mean more Bynum.

I doubt that tonight's game is very reflective, though.

wow, calm down guys. i mean, stuckey hasnt lived up to what some of us thought early, but he is solid in a smaller role. this will hurt. couldve been a good scorer in the second unit. hes better than bynum.. now if chauncey gets hurt aswell, which could be likely, we have to hope pope is ready, because if not, itll be singler in there at the 2.
i was starting to get worried pope was going to get buried, but this helps to atleast give a chance most nights. lets hope he can produce.

All the Stuckey hate is disappointing. He's a decent 5th starter/bench player who people had higher expectations for. It seems like the board has turned on him because he didn't reach those lofty expectations and did poorly under Frank. Get well soon.

This should create an opening for KCP to play more, I hope KCP capitalizes on it by playing well. Honestly, we wont miss Rodney.

I remember last season, when Stuck was injured-our bench unit started to play exceptionally well with Bynum-Singler-Daye-CV-Drummond and then Stuck returned and they went back to being subpar. Hope he takes his time returning.

I bet it was KCP holding the other end of that door

Last night mahorn said it happend when he was holding his kid and slammed it in a car door.

kurtis48239 wrote:Last night mahorn said it happend when he was holding his kid and slammed it in a car door.

Wonder if he dropped the kid! That hurts like a MoFo!!!

I didn't want him starting, but I really really dislike anyone on this board who is happy one of our own players broke his thumb in a car door while holding his kid.

Keep it classy Pistons fans.

bballnmike wrote:I didn't want him starting, but I really really dislike anyone on this board who is happy one of our own players broke his thumb in a car door while holding his kid.

Keep it classy Pistons fans.

+1.