Thursday, July 31, 2008

Love for Stuck!

Rodney Stuckey continues to receive rave reviews from those in the NBA world. Fran Frischilla projected him to be on the Olympic team in 2012 during todays broadcast of USA versus Turkey on ESPN2. He went on for several minutes about how impressed he was with him when he played on the select team versus team USA in a warm up a few days ago. Add this to the continued hype that surrounds our 2nd year guard. If Stuckey lives up to all of this, and I sure hope he does, what do the Pistons do in the backcourt? Although the Pistons played him a lot backing up Billups last year, I believe for him to achieve his full potential, he needs to play the 2 spot. Much along the likes of D-Wade. If that is the case, what do you do with Rip? Rip can opt out of his contract after this season and more than likely will, if anything else to receive a pay raise. If the Pistons are committed to Stuckey at that point, they certainly wouldn't pony up bug money for Hamilton. So do you trade Hamilton now and make sure you get something in return? It certainly is something to think about. You definately don't want a player of Rip's caliber to just walk away when he could be a huge bargaining chip. Of course all of this rests on the potential of one possibly very special player...

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