Andre is first since Hakeem in 1990 to put up 31, 19 and 6!!

[DetroitSho]

Yeah, let's overreact to one good game against one of the dredges of the NBA!

He's been a very nice player so far this season.

You hate the Pistons. Just admit it already.

I love the Pistons. I hate the ownership, management and 90% of the roster. But, I'll always desire to see the Pistons atop the NBA mountain. I like Drummond, but some of the shine has certainly worn off. I think he's going to be a good player, but I have my doubts about him being a future hall of famer.

Dafuq? Are we supposed to be disappointed a 20 year old doesn't show us to be a HOF'er? If you need to see HOF potential to be excited, then.....

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[DetroitPistons]

I've been pleased with almost everything from Dre this year. The only thing I think he could be better at is protecting the rim but the hate for him around here is ridiculous. I love the numbers but I'm most impressed with his fluidity down low. He still has his ugly spastic misses from time to time but his hook shot looks pretty polished. Remember, he is only 20 years old and is progressing faster than Dwight Howard imo. He will be the best center in the league sooner rather than later.

[DBC10]

I've been pleased with almost everything from Dre this year. The only thing I think he could be better at is protecting the rim but the hate for him around here is ridiculous. I love the numbers but I'm most impressed with his fluidity down low. He still has his ugly spastic misses from time to time but his hook shot looks pretty polished. Remember, he is only 20 years old and is progressing faster than Dwight Howard imo. He will be the best center in the league sooner rather than later.

Yeah, I never understood where the hate for Dre came from. I think people just had bombastic expectations for Dre to completely take over which is not going to happen when we acquired major talent this off-season with the motivation for a play-off run.

I mean the hate for Jennings and Smith is at least somewhat reasonable and at a lot of cases, well-deserved, considering their infamy accrued from their former teams but Dre's still only 20 years old and developing at an alarming rate so far.

[Q00]

Drummond's last two games he's averaging 22 and 15 in only 24.5 minutes per game

[wallacex2jc]

Odd thing to say after he puts up a historic game that only Hakeem and Barkely have replicated. Which is why you 're coming off as a hater. Just saying... if you can't get excited for Drummond's potential after a game like this...

The stat line may compare favorably tonight against Hakeem, or Sir Charles, but the skill level does not. All of his buckets were easy dunks and put-backs. He isn't a low post scoring machine by any stretch of the imagination.

He has amazing raw skill due to his athleticism. But, he still has a long way to go in developing the basketball skills that will allow Detroit to run their offense through him and carry a team to wins.

I don't feel like I'm being critical. I'm not saying anything everybody doesn't already know. He had a great game, but it was against one of the worst front line's in all of the NBA.

The Sixers have one of the best scoring front court in the NBA so what do you mean by worst?? If you meant they're bad defensively, then there's really no one worse then ours.


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[wallsfamily]

Guys I am a long times b-ball fan that coached KCP in middle school. So that makes me follow the Pistons. What I cannot understand is the desire to trade two of the unique pieces on the team. Big bodies who are skilled but limited. I remember the Warriors frustration with Robert Parrish and he is a hall of fame four time champion. Please give Monroe and Drummond time to develop within a consistent system. Statements on the board is he only shoots put backs and dunks well if a guy can score 31 with put backs and dunks then makes sense to me. He is criticized for not protecting the rim when his point guard allows people to blow buy him. Here is Detroit's problem. Jennings said when asked should they rump n more plays for Drummond that it is up to the coach and he doesn't need plays because he gets rebounds and put backs. So in his mind a contested jumper by a 5'11" 40% shooter is better than running a play for a 63% shooter. Pitiful! Here is what Pistons should do play the bigs together first 6 minutes of 1st and 3rd let the hot not in foul trouble one finish off quarter and sit second quarter first six minutes while other plays nine minutes of second. Same formula for the second half! Against a team with a mobile PF like Philly go with Josh but against bigs play both!

[kurtis48239]

Guys I am a long times b-ball fan that coached KCP in middle school. So that makes me follow the Pistons. What I cannot understand is the desire to trade two of the unique pieces on the team. Big bodies who are skilled but limited. I remember the Warriors frustration with Robert Parrish and he is a hall of fame four time champion. Please give Monroe and Drummond time to develop within a consistent system. Statements on the board is he only shoots put backs and dunks well if a guy can score 31 with put backs and dunks then makes sense to me. He is criticized for not protecting the rim when his point guard allows people to blow buy him. Here is Detroit's problem. Jennings said when asked should they rump n more plays for Drummond that it is up to the coach and he doesn't need plays because he gets rebounds and put backs. So in his mind a contested jumper by a 5'11" 40% shooter is better than running a play for a 63% shooter. Pitiful! Here is what Pistons should do play the bigs together first 6 minutes of 1st and 3rd let the hot not in foul trouble one finish off quarter and sit second quarter first six minutes while other plays nine minutes of second. Same formula for the second half! Against a team with a mobile PF like Philly go with Josh but against bigs play both!

You cant lead in with (I coached KCP in middle school) and then leave out any info,stories,etc,what the hell is that.lol jk.

[wallsfamily]

Lol Kurtis I coach and teach in a town of 950 people! The Middle school has about 300 students. Kentavious averaged 14 in 7th grade, and 21 in 24 minutes in 8th. He hit the national radar with a an AAU tournament where he hit four threes in the first quarter against Austin Rivers. I will tell you that Detroit has all the young pieces and will be a beast in the second half of the season. Be patient!!!!

[Notanoob]

I think nearly everyone here loves KCP. His shot hasn't fallen often enough as of yet, but his defense and effort are all greatly appreciated, and based on what he did in college, we pretty much all figure that he'll be improving is FG% pretty soon. He's been good enough that I no longer feel like we have to trade for Afflalo, even though I have always loved the guy.

[Clarity]

For most of this season he has been worse than he was last season.

Please stop

[wallsfamily]

Nota noob y'all should have never traded Affalo!!!!

[GswSucks4Ever]

this was very impressive, had to turn on leaguepass to replay this game.

[pistontr]

Lol Kurtis I coach and teach in a town of 950 people! The Middle school has about 300 students. Kentavious averaged 14 in 7th grade, and 21 in 24 minutes in 8th. He hit the national radar with a an AAU tournament where he hit four threes in the first quarter against Austin Rivers. I will tell you that Detroit has all the young pieces and will be a beast in the second half of the season. Be patient!!!!

he is not a catch and shoot guy, is he?

[wallsfamily]

He is a streak shooter. When he adjusts to the speed of defenders coming at him and gets on a roll the Pistos will be unbeatable. He shoots a lot of early shots which most coaches will discourage but it gets him in rhythm. I think that the catch and shoot will come. He needs to one dribble pull-up for now and continue to get out on the break!

[treefi]

For most of this season he has been worse than he was last season.

Please stop

Okay I'll take it back! ... but it is partly true. I watched every minute of his last year and his defense has not been the same. (probably because of the lineup changes?) Last year Drummond looked like he was going to easily win DPOY for the next 10 years. He was blocking 2 shots per game in just under 21 minutes and SHUTTING DOWN his opponent. Yeah, he has had to adjust to playing against starters so that is the difference but I'm very confident Drummond could have put up 10ppg, 11-13rpg, 1.5-2spg and 2+bpg last year if he got 30-35mpg.

Do you remember last year when he put up a double double in only 10 minutes? The fewest minutes ever played while putting up a double double was 12 minutes by David Robinson.

http://www.sbnation.com/2013/1/29/39306 ... e-vs-bucks

First 5 games of this year were a step back for Andre... since then he has been better. Yesterday, he had one of the best games of the year for any player.

[Billl]

Drummond is going to be fine. He's young and really needs some consistency in our system. He's an absolute beast physically, but he's raw. It took him most of last year to figure out our rotations. Now we've changed systems and he taking a while to figure them out again. He's a half step slow most of the time against driving guards. When those start becoming blocks or forced floaters instead of layups, both he and the team will take a big step forward.

[mattyj]

what an awesome performance from a future young superstar!

inspired me to make a new sig

[MrBigShot]

Lol Kurtis I coach and teach in a town of 950 people! The Middle school has about 300 students. Kentavious averaged 14 in 7th grade, and 21 in 24 minutes in 8th. He hit the national radar with a an AAU tournament where he hit four threes in the first quarter against Austin Rivers. I will tell you that Detroit has all the young pieces and will be a beast in the second half of the season. Be patient!!!!

Having coach KCP, is there any NBA player you would compare him to in terms of style or potential?