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The Detroit Pistons and their 2nd round pick (36th overall) Terrico White agreed to a 2 year deal yesterday. White, a 6’5 combo guard from Ole Miss, averaged 15 points and 1.5 assists per game last season for the Rebels. It has been reported that White will see time at the point guard position, a position he saw limited time in while at Ole Miss. Many NBA draft “experts” have said White has “NBA Draft Lottery” talent, but that he does have a problem creating shots for others as he ranked among the worst ball distributors of all starting guards in NCAA Division 1 last season.
White is described as a “toolsy” player who has the leaping ability, the mid-range game, etc to compete on the pro-level. Many have said his game translates most to former Piston Flip Murray. White showed some flashes during the Summer League, with his best game probably coming against the Lakers where he scored 17 points. Other positives include: he’s a solid mid range shooter, he’s an adequate on the ball defender, he does not turn the ball over (1.3 turns per game last season) he’s a solid rebounder for a guard (4.6 per game) last season, and he has a 6’9 wingspan. Some things he needs to work on is his aggressiveness taking the ball to the basket to draw fouls, and setting up teammates for scoring chances.
With the signing of Tracy McGrady, and the addition of White to the roster, the Detroit Pistons now have 15 players under contract for the 2010-2011 season. In order to make a move to acquire another player they would need to cut and/or trade the same amount of players in return to make changes to the roster. I expect White to see the majority of his playing time happen in the NBA D-League this season. Depending on how he performs (as well as current Piston combo guard Rodney Stuckey) he may have a better chance of making the NBA Pistons’ active roster next season, barring injuries and/or trades that happen this year.
He’s a young guy that has some time to develop. Having seen some of his highlights from the Summer League games, I can see him becoming a rotation player at some point down the line for this team.
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The reason Stuckey’s assists weren’t higher last year is because of his supporting cast. They sucked. He was forced to score more which is why his ppg increased. Once everyone realized the one dimensional mindset of the pistons to run their offense through Stuckey. It was much easier for opposing teams to game plan.
Stuckey is the man. Stuckey is the man. All the haters and non-believers can do just that. Hate and non-believe. But if his team does well to move off the ball and make their shots this season then there will be a grip of people jumping on the Stuckey bandwagon.
After how Rondo tanked it last year in the finals, not sure I would want him on my team.
@diogenes, yes i was jj for your kid i knew how much he would like to see a letter back fromm jj, and i knew that jj wouldnt actualy write back. im glad he liked the letter. your welcome. we all now stuckey is the man. ive posted it many times. we will also make the playoffs as a 5th seed.
It’s hard to argue about Stuckey’s supporting cast because he put up the same numbers in year 2 as he did last year. There were games where it was Stuckey, Atkins and Bynum sure.. but not enough to balance out the games where he played with at least Rip/BG/Tay or a combo of the 3.
Stuckey’s limitations will always be there: poor perimeter shooting, non-existent 3 point shooting, and uncontrolled drives to the hoop.
No one is questioning his talent. No one is “hating” on him. No one here hates him. Percentages and statistics are for things that have happened and that show tendencies. Stuckey has a tendency to shoot low percentages from the field which if you argue it like daddy has, Rondo can finish at the rim a lot better than Stuckey can. Both Rondo and Stuckey shoot horribly from the field.
Again, no one here says Stuckey sucks.
the guy that rated stuckey at 22 put rip as the 26th best shooting guard in the league with eric gordon ahead among others.
stuckey has a great mid range jumper, if he worked as hard as he says he did on the 3 ball he should be serviceable from there this year. last year after his collapse he worked on his 3 ball while he was not medically cleared to run . if you guys remember he was more efficient after that at the 3. i recall a game where he hit 3 3pointers in about a min and a half and everyone was surprised but stuckey. all he needs is a deep shot and his dribble drive will open up. i have always said stuckey needs to dunk it instead of always trying to draw contact for the foul then try to make the shot. half the time he dont get the foul so he is putting up a hard layup (low percentage). iff he made 50 percent more of his layups he would be averaging 20-23 ppg. instead of 17ppg. i dont follow the “ratings” unless they have him at #1 im not even bothering to worry about where they have anyone ranked.
daddy you must not of watched any games last season , stuckey and rip blew last season the only thing they were good at was crying themselves to sleep everynight
Let’s see what happens when big G-money gets in the paint and finds the cutters with his awesome passing. Joe is going to look like Yoda for stacking up on all of these guards – like a swarm of wasps surrounding the opposing team. 6th seed and who knows maybe as high as 4?
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hey let’s all make excuses for stuckey!
hey laser how about we all support our team?
Danny,
When the opposing team doesn’t have to worry about an inside threat its real easy to
shut down the perimeter.
Lets see. Between Wilcox, Kwame, Maxiell and Wallace I’m not sure I would pass it to either of them on an offensive set unless I wanted a turn over.
Granted Wallace does have his moments they are far and few between.
Then with Gordon and his miserable shooting last year and with the black hole of charlie V. You guys act like Stuckey should have 9 apg.
All of our poor perimeter shooting last year was the cause of a non-existent inside threat.
Also,
Stuckey averaged 3 points better than he did than in his second year so I’m not quite sure I get what you are saying that he posted the same numbers. I’d say you got that one wrong.
the pistons got 99 problems but stuckey aint one of them
thats funny edt, jay-z style.
He may have averaged 3 points more but he did it shooting at a much worse percentage while obviously taking more shots.
He scores at the rim 48% of his attempts from “close” and is a 37% jump shooter. Saying he’s got a good midrange jumper is wrong. His poor shooting is not an indictment on the supporting cast. The opposing teams can pack the lane whenever he brings the ball up because they don’t respect his jumper
sorry danny but i dont agree, stuckey has a good midrange jumper. i dont care what the numbers are, he has a good shot. half those misses are probably coming off a last seecond shot where someone bailed on their shot and dumped it off to stuckey. that is a low percentage shot for anyone unless you are kobe. but if stuckey has the ball and knows its his shot its going down at least half the time, and 50 percent is a good shooting percent. take that boney.
2 last seasons any 1or2 guard who had the ball tried to make a tough shot. we have major problem with shot selection. BG, Stuck, sometimes ever RIP, Tay, Bynum – every one of them made so much ill-advised shots last season, I mean TOO MANY shots like that.
So it’s really looks like he has average mid-range game. Even if he can make 50of50 on training, he takes bad shots that ruin his%, so 48% inside and 37% mid-range are honest numbers
“take that boney”? Really?
Take this – Stuckey actually shoots better when the shot clock is between 0-10 on the shot clock.
Sorry junior, I think you’re wrong. Before you spout off any more go read here: http://www.82games.com/0910/09DET4.HTM
he shoots better yes but that does not mean that the shots he is taking are ALL jump shots, they are also “close” and “inside shots”. if it was just a “jump shot” category for his 0-10 sec percentage then yes i would agree with you , but its not so i dont. what i am talking about is the percentage of his “jump shots” that he misses under the 0-10 sec shot clock are shots he has to throw up becuase he was passed to at the last second not shots in the last 0-10 sec where he had the ball for the whole 10 sec or longer then puts up a shot or drives it to the lane as the clock is winding down. so yes, “TAKE THAT BONEY”.
cmon boney you gotta “read” into the percentages and the charts before you just post it and try to make a point that is not there. your better then that…….take that boney.
TAKE THAT BONEY!!!!!!! lol.
Umm sure thing.
The numbers don’t lie.
Stuckey’s mid range game is below average, he struggles finishing at the rim and he’s not a good distributor.
“LOL” “LMAO” and to you too
Like Sheed said – wubba U O wubba U – Wow.
I agree with you, Danny, that Stuckey is at best an average jump shooter. What I disagree with is that Stuckey will always be a poor jump shooter. This is only Stuckey’s fourth year, and I believe he can improve that shot. You may be right though – it may always be a limitation – I just don’t think Stuckey is our biggest worry at the moment, but it seems like when we want to pick a scapegoat, Stuckey is the first one in line.
when i look at stats the number that I usually look at to find the best idea of a jumper is not the on floor stuff, that is all so depending on whether you are getting doubled!
My favorite stat to show the jumper is the foul line number.
rondo is 63 from the stripe, terrible!
chauncey is 91% one of the best all time
last year stuckey was 83%
kobe is 84% career
I think stuckey’s jumper will be fine if he gets a little help from the rest of his team.
stuckey has a really good jump shot (mid range) anything past that isnt great. stuckey does draw the foul which i love but he needs a bit more time to finish after. he will be great and all star i got love for stuck.
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