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| Detroit News: AUBURN HILLS -- The Pistons open training camp in 13 days, and for the first time in several years, the camp will feature an honest-to-goodness battle for one of the five starting positions. First-year coach Michael Curry will give Amir Johnson, Jason Maxiell and Kwame Brown a legitimate and fair shot at unseating veteran Antonio McDyess as the starting power forward-center opposite Rasheed Wallace. "We are looking at how we can inject our young guys into the rotation more, giving them a solid role and still get the most out of our veteran guys and be as efficient as possible," Curry said. "One of the things we are looking at is having 'Dyess go back to his role of coming off the bench." To be clear, Curry is in no way suggesting McDyess doesn't deserve to maintain his starting spot. Quite the opposite. "Whoever wins that starting spot won't necessarily be the best player," Curry said. "I think it's hands-down that McDyess is our second-best post player behind Rasheed. But who we end up starting will be the player who gives us the best balance." Curry pointed out that as a starter last season... |
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| True Blue Pistons: Among the other subjects he touched on, he confirmed what we’ve been suggesting for the past month – that Antonio McDyess will go back to the bench to give more scoring punch to the second unit and better utilize McDyess’ talents. “With Dice starting last year, he averaged the same number of shots in eight more minutes a game as the did the two years before that,” he said. “We think he can be more efficient when he’s not out there with the starting unit. |
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| Detroit News: He hopes to use a five-man frontcourt rotation. Amir Johnson, it appears, is going to get every opportunity to win the starting spot alongside Wallace. McDyess will be the first big man off the bench, with Brown and Jason Maxiell getting regular minutes -- Brown getting more minutes against bigger teams and Maxiell against smaller, more athletic teams. |