Detroit Pistons Need A Player Like Joe Smith, Not Big Ben!

One of the lesser headaches former Pistons coach Michael Curry inherited last season was trying to incorporate a triad of young post players with limited offensive skill sets (Amir Johnson, Jason Maxiell, and Kwame Brown). Often they seemed to cancel each  out, as it was difficult to play two of them at the same time. This season, with several off-season additions, the Pistons are looking to be a more high-octane offensive team that attacks the basket and hits outside shots. Having big men who can spread the floor with outside shooting is valuable in such a offense because it creates space for players like Rodney Stuckey, Ben Gordon, and Will Bynum to penetrate for easy layups. Last season the two big men Michael Curry relied on the most were Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess. Both did their best offensive work away from the basket. This season both Dyess and Sheed are gone, and the recently signed Charlie Villanueva is the only veteran big man the Pistons have who is capa...