SVG's Recent Comments Show He is Delusional and Needs to Be Canned

[PistonsSince85]

SVG's comments lately show he is delusional and needs to be canned:

1. SVG claims Reggie is fully healed and will be better than ever next year.
Reggie is broken. He obviously has a breathing issue and now combined with a bum knee his speed is gone. He can't defend, can't shoot and now is unable to play effective pick and roll basketball. Expect SVG to trot him out there for more hero ball next year.

2. SVG touts Pistons will match KCP offers at any price.
Maybe this is just a tactical ploy to throw teams off the scent but I believe he means it. Maxing another mediocre talent is the last thing this team needs.

3. SVG states, offseason goal is to pick up three point shooters.
What the hell was he doing at the trade deadline and drafting SJ over Booker. This has been clear to everyone on this board for the last 3 years and yet basketball genius SVG is finally stating the obvious. We had plenty of pieces to move at the trade deadline for picks that could potentially fill this roll, not to mention maybe taking a shot at playing Henry E. given his D-league performance.

In conclusion, SVG has officially jumped the shark in my book. He needs to lose 30 pounds, let KCP walk, trade for some draft picks and hire a new head coach. Anything short of accomplishing these goals in the off season and he can float his fat a** back to Orlando.

[The Moose]

If SVG does want to get rid of Reggie, it would be in his best interest to act like Reggie is entirely healthy.

Not saying I know that's what he's doing, but there is no positive in saying publicly that Reggie is broken.

[jakebernat]

Can we just jump 3 months into the future already?? I hate the offseason and trying to predict what will happen

[PistonsSince85]

If SVG does want to get rid of Reggie, it would be in his best interest to act like Reggie is entirely healthy.

Not saying I know that's what he's doing, but there is no positive in saying publicly that Reggie is broken.

Agree, but I think SVG believes his statement to be true. Sticking with Reggie throughout the season shows I am probably right.

[Arp590]

I agree with SVG.
Reggie was our best player last year, we made huge improvements, & put up a good fight against the Cavs for 4 games.
This year Reggie comes back hurt, clearly isn't himself, & we are going to abandon him?
So 1 season Reggie was great, 1 season he was bad, pretty small sample size. Dude deserves at least another half season to showcase what he has.

#1 issue in the starting line-up is Marcus Morris, dude can't shoot 3s at a respectable rate, needs to be sent to the bench DAY ONE next season.

[MotownMadness]

Come on, by now you should all know not to take anything GMs say seriously. He wants more then anything to dump off Reggie as we seen at the deadline how aggressively they shopped him. Hell I remember him trying to talk highly of Josh Smith then he flat out waived his contract. If there's a deal to be made Reggie is gone.

[thesack12]

I agree with SVG.
Reggie was our best player last year, we made huge improvements, & put up a good fight against the Cavs for 4 games.
This year Reggie comes back hurt, clearly isn't himself, & we are going to abandon him?
So 1 season Reggie was great, 1 season he was bad, pretty small sample size. Dude deserves at least another half season to showcase what he has.

#1 issue in the starting line-up is Marcus Morris, dude can't shoot 3s at a respectable rate, needs to be sent to the bench DAY ONE next season.

I'm not much of a Morris fan, but I did want to point out one thing.

Morris is a career 35.5% 3 pt shooter on 3.6 shots per game, KCP is at a career 33.4% on 4.6 shots per game.

The poor shooting on this team starts with Pope.

[sfballa13]

I agree with SVG.
Reggie was our best player last year, we made huge improvements, & put up a good fight against the Cavs for 4 games.
This year Reggie comes back hurt, clearly isn't himself, & we are going to abandon him?
So 1 season Reggie was great, 1 season he was bad, pretty small sample size. Dude deserves at least another half season to showcase what he has.

#1 issue in the starting line-up is Marcus Morris, dude can't shoot 3s at a respectable rate, needs to be sent to the bench DAY ONE next season.

I'm not much of a Morris fan, but I did want to point out one thing.

Morris is a career 35.5% 3 pt shooter on 3.6 shots per game, KCP is at a career 33.4% on 4.6 shots per game.

The poor shooting on this team starts with Pope.

Nothing makes me laugh more than when our "fans" start to trash Mook

Marcus Morris is probably the best contract in the league right now (not counting rookies):

14 pts, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 33% 3PT, 42% FG --- played in 79, 80, 81, 81 games in the past four seasons

Consistent, plays tons of minutes and games, and most importantly gets paid 5M for the next two seasons

When he is gone and we cant find a starting caliber PF to replace him, then everyone trashing him will STFU

We are paying Leuer more than 2x what we are paying Morris? How is that working out for us?

We pay Boban 7M to sit on the bench when Morris is paid 4.3M this season to play 75% of every game?

[Arp590]

Nothing makes me laugh more than when our "fans" start to trash Mook

Marcus Morris is probably the best contract in the league right now (not counting rookies):

14 pts, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 33% 3PT, 42% FG --- played in 79, 80, 81, 81 games in the past four seasons

Consistent, plays tons of minutes and games, and most importantly gets paid 5M for the next two seasons

When he is gone and we cant find a starting caliber PF to replace him, then everyone trashing him will STFU

We are paying Leuer more than 2x what we are paying Morris? How is that working out for us?

We pay Boban 7M to sit on the bench when Morris is paid 4.3M this season to play 75% of every game?

Then you are delusional. He is trash, best contract in the league LOL? How about Steph Curry?
If he's so good why did no one want him? Why did we get him for practically nothing? There's a reason for this.
Those efficiency numbers that you mentioned are terrible, especially for a forward.
You don't win with a starting forward that thinks he's Carmelo.
Leuer is a bench player also.

[Arp590]

I agree with SVG.
Reggie was our best player last year, we made huge improvements, & put up a good fight against the Cavs for 4 games.
This year Reggie comes back hurt, clearly isn't himself, & we are going to abandon him?
So 1 season Reggie was great, 1 season he was bad, pretty small sample size. Dude deserves at least another half season to showcase what he has.

#1 issue in the starting line-up is Marcus Morris, dude can't shoot 3s at a respectable rate, needs to be sent to the bench DAY ONE next season.

I'm not much of a Morris fan, but I did want to point out one thing.

Morris is a career 35.5% 3 pt shooter on 3.6 shots per game, KCP is at a career 33.4% on 4.6 shots per game.

The poor shooting on this team starts with Pope.

KCP is much younger & still developing his shot. He drastically improved his shot YoY, he influences other parts of the game to make up for it.

The thing is Marcus only shot 33% this season, which is horrible in today's NBA. We were 28th in 3pt percentage this season, Marcus Morris isn't going to cut it as a starter in this league.
KCP gets the benefit of the doubt because he is young & has shown improvement. While Marcus has regressed YoY.

[flow]

I agree with SVG.
Reggie was our best player last year, we made huge improvements, & put up a good fight against the Cavs for 4 games.
This year Reggie comes back hurt, clearly isn't himself, & we are going to abandon him?
So 1 season Reggie was great, 1 season he was bad, pretty small sample size. Dude deserves at least another half season to showcase what he has.

#1 issue in the starting line-up is Marcus Morris, dude can't shoot 3s at a respectable rate, needs to be sent to the bench DAY ONE next season.

Yes, Reggie's ability to get to the hole at will was affected by his knee. But let's be clear, the things everyone was complaining about when Reggie returned - lack of pace, failure to move the ball, failure to find open teammates, failure to run the offense, failure to play defense.... had nothing to do with his injury. He was just as bad at all those things last year as he was this year. They were ignored/overlooked by the majority last year because he had some clutch offensive performances. They still weren't going to go anywhere with him leading the way, even sans the injury.
Whether or not he was the best player on the team last year is both debatable and irrelevant. If anything, it's an indictment of the roster. And the fact that they didn't get punked while getting swept is a false positive. They lost four games in a row to the same team. There's nothing close about that.

[hoophabit]

Even more than politicians, you can't believe anything that comes out of coaches/GMs/team presidents' mouths.

MM is not a world beater, but he's a solid rotation forward. He is a bargain at $5 mil. The iso-Morris thing had a lot to do with how dysfunctional our offense often was, IMO.

[DBC10]

MM probably needs to come off the bench at this point. He's not really a starter, and I've said this even when he first came here. I've seen him play during his Houston years (HOU was my 2nd team back then) and he was never a spot up guy. There's a reason why Morey let him go. Just an occasional energy guy that loves to ISO from the midrange. That's not exactly a starting type of guy in this modern league.

He can finish the 4th for all I care, just don't start him next year if you have to.

[bballnmike]

I agree with SVG.
Reggie was our best player last year, we made huge improvements, & put up a good fight against the Cavs for 4 games.
This year Reggie comes back hurt, clearly isn't himself, & we are going to abandon him?
So 1 season Reggie was great, 1 season he was bad, pretty small sample size. Dude deserves at least another half season to showcase what he has.

#1 issue in the starting line-up is Marcus Morris, dude can't shoot 3s at a respectable rate, needs to be sent to the bench DAY ONE next season.

I agree. Plus, even if SVG does want to get rid of Reggie, he pretty much has no option but to say this and hopefully see some improvement at the start of next season.

Whether you want Jackson on this team going forward or not, it's in the team's best interest to have a healthy RJ next year. Either to help us win, or to increase his trade value so we can get a decent return. No point to rush trading him when his value is likely (hopefully) the lowest it will ever get.

[Kilo]

Drafting Stanley Johnson over Booker is going to haunt this franchise.

[bballnmike]

Drafting Stanley Johnson over Booker is going to haunt this franchise.

It'll sting slightly less that he wasn't picked immediately after us. At least there were multiple teams who made the same mistake *waves tiny flag*

[coordinator0]

Even more than politicians, you can't believe anything that comes out of coaches/GMs/team presidents' mouths.

MM is not a world beater, but he's a solid rotation forward. He is a bargain at $5 mil. The iso-Morris thing had a lot to do with how dysfunctional our offense often was, IMO.

It also has a lot to do with that being Morris' game. He's not a 3&D wing, facilitator in or out of the PnR, etc. Marcus likes to iso and he will do so regardless of the rest of the offense.

[Finn McCool]

SVG's comments lately show he is delusional and needs to be canned:

1. SVG claims Reggie is fully healed and will be better than ever next year.
Reggie is broken. He obviously has a breathing issue and now combined with a bum knee his speed is gone. He can't defend, can't shoot and now is unable to play effective pick and roll basketball. Expect SVG to trot him out there for more hero ball next year.

2. SVG touts Pistons will match KCP offers at any price.
Maybe this is just a tactical ploy to throw teams off the scent but I believe he means it. Maxing another mediocre talent is the last thing this team needs.

3. SVG states, offseason goal is to pick up three point shooters.
What the hell was he doing at the trade deadline and drafting SJ over Booker. This has been clear to everyone on this board for the last 3 years and yet basketball genius SVG is finally stating the obvious. We had plenty of pieces to move at the trade deadline for picks that could potentially fill this roll, not to mention maybe taking a shot at playing Henry E. given his D-league performance.

In conclusion, SVG has officially jumped the shark in my book. He needs to lose 30 pounds, let KCP walk, trade for some draft picks and hire a new head coach. Anything short of accomplishing these goals in the off season and he can float his fat a** back to Orlando.

[Kilo]

Drafting Stanley Johnson over Booker is going to haunt this franchise.

It'll sting slightly less that he wasn't picked immediately after us. At least there were multiple teams who made the same mistake *waves tiny flag*

But he was next on our board after Johnson. Scouting staff/FO was split on Stanley and Booker. Booker is the local kid, the silky smooth shooter in a skill league that Stan has said he was looking for his whole stint here. Stan went positional need over BPA because we had KCP and a hole at SF.

We wouldn't even be remotely considering giving KCP max money.

[vic]

Even more than politicians, you can't believe anything that comes out of coaches/GMs/team presidents' mouths.

MM is not a world beater, but he's a solid rotation forward. He is a bargain at $5 mil. The iso-Morris thing had a lot to do with how dysfunctional our offense often was, IMO.

It also has a lot to do with that being Morris' game. He's not a 3&D wing, facilitator in or out of the PnR, etc. Marcus likes to iso and he will do so regardless of the rest of the offense.

Im mad at SVG for making ISO Morris the foundation of the offense the same way Frank did Isolayshaun Prince.

But im also mad at iso Morris for not realizing that being a pass first SF was what the team needes.

Say what you want about Stanley, he changed his game to help the team. No other non-Ish player on this team fed his teammates more consistently. Baynes looked like his best friend.

Iso Morris would have 1 game with 6 assists and the offense would go smoothly and get the easy W. Then next game he's back to 1 assist and 15 fadeaway jumpers