lets discuss drummond being the best player of the first week of the season

[Piff Huxtable]

Pistons looking like a 82 win team right now

 

[Hoganese]

saw that statline. Notorious SVG knows how to mold big men.

 

[010101]

a big bully*

 

[MercuryHayes]

Pistons back

The league been in a drought

 

[Wargames]

Got him 4th round in my fantasy league

I had Marc Gasol last year in the 3rd

I get crazy value for my centers

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

He's playing well, but he's only just shooting above 40%, which is pretty bad for a big man. His offensive game still has a long way to go before he becomes a threat.

 

[The War Report]

Draft Waiters instead of Drummond, brehs.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The sheer disrespect he received, dudes had the audacity to compare him to DeAndre Jordan, a dude that can't score 12ppg playing with Chris fukkin Paul.

He has to share frontcourt touches with BG - let's not act like Drummond would be able to put up #s if he had to play with Griffin.

When BG was out last season DeAndre averaged 15 ppg on 67% shooting and 18.5 rebounds across 15 games, that's better than what Drummond is currently putting up.

 

[manyfaces]

He's playing well, but he's only just shooting above 40%, which is pretty bad for a big man. His offensive game still has a long way to go before he becomes a threat.

He's still getting used to shooting that hook and getting better post position when he has the ball. I think much like last year he's gonna get better and more comfortable with it as the season goes on. I'm glad Stan is forcing it to him so he can continue to develop his post game and learn how to pass out of the post to really help exploit doubles and when guards try to cheat and dig. It's also good to see that he's worked on his ft's. That Hopla hire is paying off so far. I like the way Drummond is progressing.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

He's still getting used to shooting that hook and getting better post position when he has the ball. I think much like last year he's gonna get better and more comfortable with it as the season goes on. I'm glad Stan is forcing it to him so he can continue to develop his post game and learn how to pass out of the post to really help exploit doubles and when guards try to cheat and dig. It's also good to see that he's worked on his ft's. That Hola hire is paying off so far. I like the way Drummond is progressing.

That and his defense I can see as the most noticeable changes in his game. Yall dudes hit the jackpot with SVG - yall could've easily ended up with another Frank or Kuester type.

 

[Reggie]

As long as he keeps improving and putting in the effort to add to his offensive game then he can be the best pure center in the league in another year or two. 20 and 15 is his ceiling with about 3 blocks a night. But him getting there is soley up to him. He has to find that go to move that he is comfortable with and that works for him most of the time. But he also needs that counter move too so the defense will have something else to worry about.

 

[Malta]

He has to share frontcourt touches with BG - let's not act like Drummond would be able to put up #s if he had to play with Griffin.

When BG was out last season DeAndre averaged 15 ppg on 67% shooting and 18.5 rebounds across 15 games, that's better than what Drummond is currently putting up.

There's a huge difference between playing with Paul vs Reggie Jackson or Brandon Jennings. Drummond had to share touches with Monroe and Mid-Range Shawty for most of last year too.


Ontop of that you're comparing them when DeAndre was 26 years old to a 21 year old (at the time), at 21 Jordan was a backup that showed promise, at 22 he was a 7 and 7 guy.

 

[manyfaces]

That and his defense I can see as the most noticeable changes in his game. Yall dudes hit the jackpot with SVG - yall could've easily ended up with another Frank or Kuester type.

Well the guy that was making those was told. I think Gores knew exactly who he wanted and made a offer Stan am offer he couldn't refuse to get him there. I absolutely loved the hire when it was made, and I think he's showing to be just as capable a gm as he is a coach. He managed to jettison a bunch of the junk that Dumas accumulated and revamped the roster with pieces that compliment each other in just one year. And he did it without really giving up any assets. He got Morris, who's looking like a steal, for a 2nd rd pick and Reggie for a couple bums and a 2nd. Looks like he's gonna get this shytty situation turned around in a hurry.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Dude is a beast and his game is actually developing in a consistent way.


unlike Dwight

 

[Malta]

The audacity of nikkas and their lazy comparisons to try and measure my nikka Big Penguin against a nikka that put up less than 10 hook shots in a whole season.

I still remember praying for deliverance that one fateful draft night and cried tears of joy when the Lord's of the paint blessed us with the Drumgawd I could sense his greatness even as false prophet analyst uttered blasphemous words like "too raw" and "poor work ethic". I knew that in time the entire Eastern realm would bear witness to his power. The time is now

He's still a developing work in progress, just scratching the surface of what Big Drum can do. That jump hook started falling more and more last year, and it's looking better this season as is -