JackTalkThai wrote:Vampirate wrote:
Barnes
Grant
Bey
Heyes
Stewart
Casey
Detroit would be in trouble. Who’s going to run the offense?
Barnes as a 35 mpg point forward handling double teams around the perimeter all game AND defending the opponent’s best player? I don’t believe that would end well, at all.
Grant is an offense stalling ISO player. Hayes isn’t a scorer. Stewart isn’t a scorer. And Bey is solid at this point in his career, but consistent he is not. You don’t always know what you’re going to get from him but he definitely needs offensive windows created for him.
I would subtract 5-6 wins from the Pistons current record with that starting lineup. Just a bad mix.
This is actually not too far from what is happening tbh. He's already playing 35+ minutes and is being asked by Nurse to defend the opponents best player. It'll be interesting to see how he handles constant double teams, that one i'm not sure of.
As for the ball hogging bit, believe it or not, but the Raptors actually average less assists than the Pistons, we're 2nd last in the league. Your team isn't the only one with selfish players.
Bey sounds like Precious, who at the beginning of the year was a negative scorer.
I'll close by saying the constant double teams is a good point, however Barnes is probably one of the very few rookies who can handle it physically. Only Kuminga is in Barnes' tier in terms of a nba ready made body.
It should be noted of course that Barnes automatically becomes the Piston's best rebounder because Bagley sucks for his height.
