On 16 Feb 2006 08:37:37 -0800, jslater@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>SkippyPB wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:28:49 GMT, Grey Matters
>> <greymatters22@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> enlightened us:
>>
>> ><NHL> wrote in news:xoKdnV3P4L6tbG7eRVn-uw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "Brian Matthews" <noonecares@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> >
>> >>: Drats, I hate to see Carlos go. While he didn't score
>> >> much, he didn't turn the ball over much either.
>> >>
>> >> They're gonna go with Hunter.
>> >> Hope he doesn't get re injured.
>> >
>> >I gotta agree. They went from decent depth at guard to thin. The
thing
>> >about Hunter is that he could guard a lot of shooting guards, but now
>> >they're really cutting down on their flexibility -- with Arroyo, they
could
>> >add him to push up the tempo, but Hunter pretty much serves as a
throttle.
>> >Hamilton sometimes picks up a bunch of ticky-tack fouls, and I'd hate
to
>> >see Hunter being used as a default player when they need to score
points,
>> >not stop the other team from scoring.
>> >
>> >In the long run, it's not a bad move because it frees up salary space
and
>> >should give them a decent draft pick. I'm glad that Dumars is being
the
>> >good poker player and folding on the Milicic hand early instead of
putting
>> >more into the pot. Still, I wish he had thrown in somebody else
instead of
>> >Arroyo.
>>
>> I also don't like to see Arroyo go. I liked him coming off the bench,
>> changing the tempo somewhat. He was a good guard against the other
>> team's bench players and wasn't too bad against most starters either.
>> I'm happy to see Darko go. Maybe he'll be good in Orlando or maybe
>> he'll just fade into oblivion. I don't really care. His practice
>> skills never translated into skills during games especially on
>> defense.
>>
>> We might be thin at PG unless they are planning on using rookie Acker
>> a little more. I also wonder if they'll reduce the coaching staff by
>> 1, sending Igor Kokoskov packing. I'm pretty sure he was only on the
>> staff as a translator for Milicic.
>>
>> Finally, Cato will most likely not see any playing time with Pistons
>> especially since he's still injured. All of this was done, not to
>> make the team stronger going into the home stretch, but to free up cap
>> space so they can resign Ben Wallace at the end of the season.
>>
>> I hope losing Arroyo doesn't come back to bite us.
>>
>> Regards,
>> ////
>> (o o)
>> -oOO--(_)--OOo-
>>
>>
>> "Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks,
>> it was called witchcraft . Today, it's called golf."
>> --Will Rogers
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>> Steve
>
>OK, so who is out there as a potential backup point guard that we might
>be able to poach as a free agent? I'm not sure we have much left to
>trade.--Joe
Is Chucky Atkins available?
Brian
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