Invictus88 wrote:Forget about advanced stats.
You didn't need advanced stats to see that Josh Smith was a poor fit for the Pistons.
That his addition didn't fit our need for the SF role and therefore would consequently stunt the growth of our other big men.
You didn't need advanced stats to see that:
- Brandon Jennings would shoot a ton of shots or has poor perimeter defense.
- Ben Gordon was very small for a shooting guard and again was a volume shooter.
- CV had motivation issues on his prior teams.
- you were bidding against yourself for Rip Hamilton.
- Jason Maxiell is a stopgap solution for bad teams in the post
The problem isn't that JoeD is old-fashioned and doesn't pay service to advanced stats. The problem is that JoeD didn't actually think at all and went on pure instinct alone.
Its already been said a million times but you don't know what Joe's plan was when signing Smith. If it was with the intention of not keeping Monroe all along, then you can't say it was a bad decision for him to hedge his bets on Monroe.
As for Jennings, the fact that he only signed him to a 3 yr deal should be enough evidence to tell you that he didn't see him as a longterm solution at PG. Rather just a talent upgrade from Knight that can fetch more in trades going forward.
Maxiell/Rip/BG/CV were poor decisions. Although who knows what actually went on with those signings. There's been reports that Joe only signed BG because he had a deal in place to trade Rip that our ownership vetoed. Whatever the case those deals didn't work out, but ultimately you judge a GM on wins/losses not how many successful individual deals he made. So if Joe gets it turned around here by the end of the year, maybe he stays, and if not then he probably doesn't. No real sense rehashing all of his moves. In the end its either going to come down to whether he wins or losses.
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