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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
You're nuts. Dumars would work with him himself if he was there. He's got an excellent jump shot for such an athletic player. He would fit in very well in your scheme.
I don't get the Darko thing, but then again, I haven't seen him play enough to see what kind of potential he has.
TM
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1 of course Anthony would have contributed more than Darko. I've not seen Darko play and i've got season tickets. At best 5 years from now something will have blossomed- again, I only give that based upon respect for Joe D's knowledge.
2 Anthony on the Pistons would not be weak on defense. You can't walk on the court with Ben and not play solid defense. Having a solid defensive mindset is environmental.
3 all I was saying is I don't see him giving the Pistons much that Prince didn't. Anthony minutes would have been Prince's. You might start spouting stats, but offensive stats for being the leading scorer on a team that barely made the playoffs do not correspond to stats for the 3rd or 4th option on the best defensive team around. Prince will come on in the next few years as a stronger offensive threat. I think he's really nervous still playing at this level.
4 The thing I still don't get is how Dumars had the confidence to use the pick for a long term project when we were so close to being a finals team last year. I would have tried to trade the pick to some hopeless team with currently solid players. Portland- Randolph and Wallace for #2 pick and 2 or 3 7 foot stiffs? Something to have made the Pistons stronger this year would have been available.
