Meeks Out; Stress Reaction in Back

coordinator0 · Post #1 » by **coordinator0** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:43 pm

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That hurts. Good thing Caldwell-Pope should be back.

Kilo · Post #2 » by **Kilo** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:53 pm

So we'll be Caldwell-Pope starting with Martin his primary (and our only) SG back-up? Cartier starts the next 2-3 games while Pope is out with his knee issue? Stan Van is on record saying Singler is not a two-guard, and is a pure three or 3/4.

Some good news is Dinwiddie went in 5v5 drills today and could even play in the last pre-season game. I guess he'll get some 2-guard minutes as well if healthy.

whitehops · Post #3 » by **whitehops** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:03 pm

looks like Dinwiddie might get some burn earlier in the year... he might be able to play in a month or so, until then we'll have a thin backcourt rotation.

meeks being out hurts our perimeter shooting, as he was the one we brought in primarily to do that lol.

fancynapkin · Post #4 » by **fancynapkin** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:47 pm

got damn

looks like we overpaid for him after all...

DetroitPistons · Post #5 » by **DetroitPistons** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:52 pm

Huge blow.... That really hurts our bench. The good news is that KCP will be starting and won't have to look over his shoulder for fear of losing his starting spot. I think we need Monroe off the bench for sure now though because we need a guy who can carry the offense. I don't want Smith trying to carry the offense off the bench.

Post #6 » by **Cowology** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:56 pm

bummer

ImHeisenberg · Post #7 » by **ImHeisenberg** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:01 pm

Shooting guards are dropping like flies!

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Maker_84 · Post #8 » by **Maker_84** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:10 pm

kick in the fricking nuts, any chance the team had at the playoffs is going out the window with these injuries

princeofpalace · Post #9 » by **princeofpalace** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:23 pm

Dinwiddie is likely playing in a preseason game, if he can shoot the ball like he did in college, he should get minutes at the 2. That possibility is one of the only good things to come from this- KCP likely getting starters minutes is another. I hope Meeks has a speedy recovery but all is not lost.

DetroitPistons · Post #10 » by **DetroitPistons** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:38 pm

princeofpalace wrote:Dinwiddie is likely playing in a preseason game, if he can shoot the ball like he did in college, he should get minutes at the 2. That possibility is one of the only good things to come from this- KCP likely getting starters minutes is another. I hope Meeks has a speedy recovery but all is not lost.

Where did you here Dinwiddie might play in preseason? I thought he had no timetable for a return?

princeofpalace · Post #11 » by **princeofpalace** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:45 pm

DetroitPistons wrote:
princeofpalace wrote:Dinwiddie is likely playing in a preseason game, if he can shoot the ball like he did in college, he should get minutes at the 2. That possibility is one of the only good things to come from this- KCP likely getting starters minutes is another. I hope Meeks has a speedy recovery but all is not lost.

Where did you here Dinwiddie might play in preseason? I thought he had no timetable for a return?

From MLIVE

Spencer Dinwiddie went full-court 5-on-5 for the first time since his Jan. 20 surgery to repair torn knee ligaments while playing for the University of Colorado, and could be cleared to play in the Oct. 23 preseason finale, Van Gundy said.pencer Dinwiddie went full-court 5-on-5 for the first time since his Jan. 20 surgery to repair torn knee ligaments while playing for the University of Colorado, and could be cleared to play in the Oct. 23 preseason finale, Van Gundy said.

http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/ ... month.html

fekz · Post #12 » by **fekz** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:46 pm

I'd rather see Cartier Martin start at SF then Josh Smith. We need spot up shooting out there and KCP can't be the only guy to provide it.

Moose10Fan · Post #13 » by **Moose10Fan** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:49 pm

Maker_84 wrote:kick in the fricking nuts, any chance the team had at the playoffs is going out the window with these injuries

I wouldn't go that far.

DetroitPistons · Post #14 » by **DetroitPistons** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:53 pm

princeofpalace wrote:
DetroitPistons wrote:
princeofpalace wrote:Dinwiddie is likely playing in a preseason game, if he can shoot the ball like he did in college, he should get minutes at the 2. That possibility is one of the only good things to come from this- KCP likely getting starters minutes is another. I hope Meeks has a speedy recovery but all is not lost.

Where did you here Dinwiddie might play in preseason? I thought he had no timetable for a return?

From MLIVE

Spencer Dinwiddie went full-court 5-on-5 for the first time since his Jan. 20 surgery to repair torn knee ligaments while playing for the University of Colorado, and could be cleared to play in the Oct. 23 preseason finale, Van Gundy said.pencer Dinwiddie went full-court 5-on-5 for the first time since his Jan. 20 surgery to repair torn knee ligaments while playing for the University of Colorado, and could be cleared to play in the Oct. 23 preseason finale, Van Gundy said.

http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/ ... month.html

Nice, I'm excited to see what he brings although I don't expect him to get much playing time after just coming off a major knee injury. I expect Martin and Singler to get the vast majority of minutes both in preseason and regular season until Meeks comes back.

fekz · Post #15 » by **fekz** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:15 pm

Moose10Fan wrote:
Maker_84 wrote:kick in the fricking nuts, any chance the team had at the playoffs is going out the window with these injuries

I wouldn't go that far.

God damn, it does no good to have this guy on ignore if people wont stop **** quoting him.

detroitKG · Post #16 » by **detroitKG** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:27 pm

I imagine the rotation will look something like this at the start of the season...

Jennings/DJ
KCP/Martin
Singler/Butler
Smith/Monroe/Jerebko
Dre/Monroe

To me this pretty much seals Monroe off the bench because someone has to score..so Monroe haters rejoice :lol:

kurtis48239 · Post #17 » by **kurtis48239** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:33 pm

detroitKG wrote:I imagine the rotation will look something like this at the start of the season...

Jennings/DJ
KCP/Martin
Singler/Butler
Smith/Monroe/Jerebko
Dre/Monroe

To me this pretty much seals Monroe off the bench because someone has to score..so Monroe haters rejoice

YEA,WOOHOOO :rockon:

Sorry couldnt resist.

kurtis48239 · Post #18 » by **kurtis48239** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:37 pm

This sucks,I was really liking having him out there sinking shots,it made our offense flow,especialy for dre.

Hopefuly we didnt subsitute one often injured sg for another.

Moose10Fan · Post #19 » by **Moose10Fan** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:38 pm

Monroe has looked all kinds of awesome this pre season, it really has cemented how **** J Smudge really is.

I'm cool with Monroe coming off the bench, I assume he will be finishing games with Drummond.

joeposh · Post #20 » by **joeposh** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:17 pm

Moose10Fan wrote:Monroe has looked all kinds of awesome this pre season, it really has cemented how **** J Smudge really is.

I'm cool with Monroe coming off the bench, I assume he will be finishing games with Drummond.

Dude is playing for his career. If you left ~$54 million on the table, you'd be playing all out too.