Posted by BigSm00th:

Darko is so young that it's too early to tell.

In 3 years if he's the only big man in the East and he's progressed they'll still be scary.

Why is Tayshaun Prince Mr. First Round and mr. Invisible in the 2nd round, this is his 2nd NBA season. Let's wait a little while here before we go proclaiming his inability to play in...not the Finals, not the Conf. Finals, but the 2nd round. Let's get serious.

you're right, tayshaun is only in his 2nd season.

but it's pretty uncanny how he's done the same thing two years in a row. plays ok during the regular season. steps up in the 1st round, and then completely disappears in the 2nd (barring game 1). it could just be rj's defense.

i'm not a tayshaun prince fan but he could be a nice piece on the right team. detroit is NOT that team. they need scorers that will make and take the big shots when they need it. they needed a player like melo in the worst way. EVERYBODY, and i mean EVERYBODY thought that melo would've been the PERFECT fit in detroit but b/c of tayshaun's post season performance (like dumars said), they went with darko. if they were so pumped on okur and ben is still young, why not go with those two and use melo? and then they bring in sheed and dumars is saying they want to bring back both sheed and okur? where would that leave darko? who knows, darko could become a beast but i just don't buy that b/c of prince, melo wasn't needed.

It is not too early to tell at all. Dumars was a stubborn idiot and also euro struck when he was hell bent on taking darko over Melo. and I am not buying all thie tayshaun prince crap, prince can't carry melo's Jock at this point, and darko shouldn't even be allowed to sniff his jock. Lets get real, Darko is 18, melo is 19, so I don't want to hear that Darko is young, Melo at 18 was leading Cuse to a national championship, If darko can even get to the level that melo is now then detroit will be lucky. I hope it backfires in their faces, they too bought into all the euro hype... Here is a news flash... If there are 50 Euro players, and some Jackass publicist says that they are the next dirk, or Peja... Don't believe it!!!! That is why those guys are so good, it is because they are rare players, I am not saying Darko can't be a good player but for now, melo should have been the pick...

they took darko and said everyone would need to wait. so you got to listen to Dumars. he never said that Darko would be Carmelo right away.

Carmelo needs the ball to dominate. In detroit, with all the Vets there, he would not have gotten the ball on EVERY play, like he did in Denver.

If you look at where the Pistons started a couple years ago and where they are now I think Dumars has earned some time to see how his picks turn out. Really the only poeple who have seen Darko play and can make an accurate judge of his potential have been the Pistons...you can't determine how good he will be by looking at his garbage minutes.

the jury is definitely still out but is there ANY doubt that if melo was on the pistons now, they would definitely be coming out of the east and possibly win the title NOW?

I would rather have Tayshawn and Darko than one Carmello.

Tayshawn trade value may not be that high and he is young.

Dumars might have been Euro-Phucked, but its likely that Darko is still a project and not immeadiate payoff.

Jury is still way to out there.

But the only thing I see wrong is RJ can dominate Prince like no other. And Carmello rise is a little suprising.

Posted by Nalod:


I would rather have Tayshawn and Darko than one Carmello.

Tayshawn trade value may not be that high and he is young.

Dumars might have been Euro-Phucked, but its likely that Darko is still a project and not immeadiate payoff.

Jury is still way to out there.

But the only thing I see wrong is RJ can dominate Prince like no other. And Carmello rise is a little suprising.

What about the first two games when Prince whooped RJ?

Why is Tayshaun considered Mr First Rd? I don't have his stats in front of me, but didn't he have a good series last year in the 2nd round? And didn't he play well in the firt two games of this series, and isn't he still young?

Geez, I hope some of you aren't going to become parents one day.

"Honey, our three year old is over the hill, why pay to send him to a private school? let's save money for the 1yr old."

First of all ,Melo coming back to haunt Dumars isn’t going to happen . IMO, the real challenge for Dumars is mentoring euros players in buying into the NBA system while changing inferiority perceptions of fans such as tkf. If you don’t think euros aren’t buying into the game, too bad you’re overlooking Pau Gasol’s efforts with Memphis, and too bad you missed Tony Parker’s comments after game 2 of the LA/SA series. Parker said, in so many words, he is finally understanding what this game is all about. How many years has Parker played in this league ? Secondly, to put a time limit on one’s understanding of the game, buying into team concept and maturing as a NBA player is not easy to define, given, players come from different walks of life, different set of values with egos to satisfy. I’m all for Joe Dumars stubbornness in building competition and promoting team ball, talking about competition, anyone catch the Pistons/Nets game last night?….WOW!, forget about the blunders . Hey, where are the accolades for what Dumars has accomplished for Piston basketball in hockey town USA