Game 40: Celtics @ Pistons

[Goldtop]

Anyone who watched dre tonight should have their questions put to sleep about who is better now and will be in dre vs davis.

For me its simply, I watch Davis and he just looks like another player on the court. He doesn't stand out. Whereas Drummond's presence is felt every min he's out there on both ends.

[pistontr]

now frank should find new role for stuckey. bynum should play 25+ minutes

[mercury]

Nice... have you ever been experienced
Roll over and let Will take over.

[menten]

good win, but stuckey needs to GTFO. he almost managed to give the celtics the lead in the 2nd and did nothing offensively. hes redundant with bynum out there. trade him for reddick

btw i believe this was the first time in 200 attempts that monroe won a jump ball at the beginning of a game. congrats

[Brapman]

Dre has a good ft motion, I think he can get to the high 60s in ft % just off that

Yeah I feel the same. I think he can get up to 70+ because he has pretty good form already and shoots it soft most of the time.

I agree. I think he's very calm when he shoots FTs - he looks confident and still up at the line, not all twitchy and jiggly. He's smooth. It's all repititions with Dre.

He also has the softest hands of any center I have ever seen.

I know this is early, but I think Drummond can be better than Howard ever was. I'm looking forward to seeing him play next fall, after a long spring and summer of hard work. If he makes big strides this offseason, that will be a huge clue as to whether he has a chance to join the company of the super-elite centers in NBA history -- a category I do not put Howard in. IMO, that joker never took his game seriously enough - he never became a great offensive player.

[scrop32]

297 lbs

?

Blaha was talking about talking to Dre before the game and that is what he said he weighed as of today.

did he get fat or something?
i hope he added beef

[smith2373]

Celtic fan here.

Man I swear you guys own our souls

The Pistons dominate us every time we play them. I would be mad but I actually like the Pistons and your players. I love Drummond though. I think he'll be the best player from the 2012 draft in his prime. Would trade any combination of players on the Celtics for him.

[Rekindled]

did he get fat or something?
i hope he added beef

Or steroids? Hehe.

[sfballa13]

Drummond is clearly 2x the player Monroe is and that is evidenced by him putting up the identical stats in half the time

Drummond is dedicated to improving but now it's on the Pistons to HELP him improve

That means getting him a proper big man coach aka Bill Laimbeer

[Goldtop]

Celtic fan here.

Man I swear you guys own our souls

The Pistons dominate us every time we play them. I would be mad but I actually like the Pistons and your players. I love Drummond though. I think he'll be the best player from the 2012 draft in his prime. Would trade any combination of players on the Celtics for him.

We're becoming your "Utah Jazz". I think we've beaten the Jazz like 1 time in the last 10 yrs lol.

[DetroitSho]

Drummond is clearly 2x the player Monroe is and that is evidenced by him putting up the identical stats in half the time

Drummond is dedicated to improving but now it's on the Pistons to HELP him improve

That means getting him a proper big man coach aka Bill Laimbeer

Since when did Laimbeer become a big man coach? And better yet, a better one than Rogers? I'll never understand the desire to NEED Laimbeer in this organization. Rogers is doing a great job with the guys.

[bballnmike]

Great win. Was at the game, my first this season, and it was a lot of fun. Pretty much every time Bynum brought up the ball, my brother and I would predict a Drummond ally oop off a pick and roll, and we were usually right lol. Those two have such great chemistry.

I'll be moving to Virginia in February, but I'm def gonna try and see this team live a few times before I go. Especially with the cheap tickets you can get on stubhub. The crowds at the palace are getting better (although there were a decent number of C's fans) and the Pistons have been putting on a good show lately. Busta Rhymes at halftime Tuesday too

[scrop32]

Celtic fan here.

Man I swear you guys own our souls

The Pistons dominate us every time we play them. I would be mad but I actually like the Pistons and your players. I love Drummond though. I think he'll be the best player from the 2012 draft in his prime. Would trade any combination of players on the Celtics for him.

We're becoming your "Utah Jazz". I think we've beaten the Jazz like 1 time in the last 10 yrs lol.

i think the last time we beat them was 8 yrs ago scoring less than 70 points?

[DetroitPistons]

Drummond is clearly 2x the player Monroe is and that is evidenced by him putting up the identical stats in half the time

Drummond is dedicated to improving but now it's on the Pistons to HELP him improve

That means getting him a proper big man coach aka Bill Laimbeer

Roy Rodgers has been marvelous with our big men. I hope he is our big man coach for a very long time.

[Jodi]

Good overall win tonight Pistons!..I wish we would have played like this against the Knicks last week...I don't know whats going with Stuckey game lately, but he needs to get it together quick...

[princeofpalace]

Monroe and Drummond looked really good together! Great win

[MrBigShot]

297 lbs

Just wanted to bring this up again...if he's at nearly 300lbs as of now, that confirms the shaq-like physique comparisons. He's at that weight and still insanely quick and athletic. Nobody was able to get up as high as him on t hose alley oops yesterday and he got an offball steal that most bigman would never get. When he fills out he's going to be a monster.