Crymson wrote:pistonsbball wrote:When I say culture I'm not talking about the team's play style or offense v defense, I more or less mean having a standard of playing hard every night. You can't just have a bunch of 1-3yr pros and expect them to figure it out themselves, you've got to have some vets who can go out there and set that standard. Having a high level of buy-in from the roster is usually the starting point to building a good team.
This franchise is in a holding pattern until we draft and develop some stars, it's highly unlikely we attract any top talent via trade or FA. In the meantime you need to get to work in fostering a good environment for prospects to develop. This hopefully leads to these young players not only becoming good players, but becoming winning ball players.
Playing hard doesn't matter if you don't play right. Torrey Craig is an offensively-challenged, defense-first player. We already have one of those in Bruce Brown. Why bring in another to gum up the works? I agree that some veteran leadership is necessary, but I'd argue that adding guys who do not play the way that's necessary to win games is not the proper course. Beyond that, every unnecessary veteran on the roster takes away a roster spot and minutes from a youngster who might ultimately have more value to the organization.
I question the validity of "buy-in" at this stage, given that the Pistons are still far off; into what are the young players going to buy? The rebuild? There is no culture right now; it's a rebuild. Players will come and go. Having the proper young talent, not a high level of "buy-in," is the starting point to building a good team.
You think having Bruce Brown and Craig in a rotation of 9 or 10 is gonna funk up the team? Does it really matter right now? You can fine tune your squad once you get somewhere close to competing. I'd rather have those two setting the tone then some streaky 38% 3pt shooter who doesn't play a lick of defense. Also, these guys aren't awful on O and Bruce Brown puts in work and is improving all the time.
Do you actually think there's good 2-way talent out there accessible to us now through FA or trade?
