Starting line up to change

[francesco totti]

http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.s...up_starti.html

Pistons' Curry plans to shake up starting lineup
by A. Sherrod Blakely
Sunday December 07, 2008, 3:17 PM

NEW YORK -- Michael Curry has seen enough of these slow starts by his starters. Following today's 104-92 loss to New York, Curry said he will "do something" with the starting lineup.

The most likely lineup Curry will look at will involve Rodney Stuckey coming in to run the point, joining Allen Iverson, Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince and Rasheed Wallace.

He used that lineup to start the second half. That group, along with solid play from Arron Afflalo and Walter Herrmann off the bench, played an integral role in Detroit cutting New York's lead down to just five points after it peaked at 29.

Prince at PF. The guy plays everywhere. I am not a fan of this move.
Small ball line up.Lets see how it goes..

[dd24]

I'm not a fan of this move either. I think it's dumb we are trying to work around AI rather than making AI fit into our system. It's a two way street. Obviously, he is not a good fit for the starting lineup. I think the best I've seen the team play since his arrival is when Stuckey started at PG and AI was a scoring spark off the bench. If Detroit stuck to that theory we may not have a losing record with him on the team.

[final.wrath]

i don't see why AI isn't a sixth man.

its all expiremental. we got time. we don't care about being a high seed as much as winning when it counts.

[Sonic R]

Its a shame that egos and such have become a factor in our locker room… thats the only reason that neither Rip or AI will submit to the bench…

Our team could be so much better if one of them was willing to put pride aside and be the 6th man ala Manu. We would regain respect and regain wins. But this team is set to be slightly above average and will return to being a second round exit… last time we got only to the second round was when we had a singular star player… Jerry Stackhouse. Welcome to 2002.

I'm sure if we reel off a couple of wins, this new line up will be deemed a success… but lets look at the up coming opponents:

Washington (2 times in the next 10 days)
Indiana (semi-legit)
Charlotte
Utah (they are undermanned but still legit, but Detroit hasn't beat Utah in eons… chalk it up as a loss)

What ever…

I'm wearing teal jerseys for the rest of the season as I'm feeling down

[boozehound]

I do not like tay at the 4 (although hes been our best rebounder) but Im not sure what else to do (without the 6th man Sg situation that wont happen). Why not stuck/ai/rip/max/sheed? with prince the first off the bench regardless of whos subbing out (maybe not if its sheed - then Dice). prince would still get a ton of mins and be a more featured player and potentially mismatched. Why not? Rip showed he can play most 3s and ai is a sieve regardless so....

[Sonic R]

Originally Posted by boozehound

I do not like tay at the 4 (although hes been our best rebounder) but Im not sure what else to do (without the 6th man Sg situation that wont happen). Why not stuck/ai/rip/max/sheed? with prince the first off the bench regardless of whos subbing out (maybe not if its sheed - then Dice). prince would still get a ton of mins and be a more featured player and potentially mismatched. Why not? Rip showed he can play most 3s and ai is a sieve regardless so....

Thats a possible line up that could work. I'm a bit concerned with Prince at the four myself…

The thing that this roster needs to be functional for success is to have someone submit and come off the bench. Whether it be Iverson, Hamilton, or Prince. Stuckey needs to start so we have some one who is familiar with running the offense. Heck, Prince did a better job playing point forward but you can just tell he isn't all that comfortable in that role but he was able to do it pretty decent in the Spurs game.

I'll wait and hopefully some one mans up and and takes on a 6th man role… would really be taking one for the team and getting us back on the winning track.

[A. Blackmon]

I agree that Stuckey should start because he brings the most stability to the team. Iverson has been my favorite player for some time know but I'm starting to wonder whether or not he will ever get it. Iverson needs to be a veteran in this situation and submit to the bench. It would actually work out better for him because he would be able to take a large percentage of the shots if he was with the second unit.

[francesco totti]

first game it didnt work vs the wizards. And it work again imo..
I hope curry gives up on his small ball line up fetish..
Below is his post game comments (curry)..

Post Game comments

[francesco totti]

Pistons vs Pacers 10 minute highlight(almost all pistons great plays included )

A win agaisnt pacers, and finally 3 game losing streak stopped..
But curry gotta change the line up back..i dont like this small ball line up

[dd24]

I'm not happy with the team at all. They are tough to watch anymore.