I was down on him as a scorer but failed to realize what a presence he was down low, not to mention I think he’s the guy that creates the Pistons toughness.
Before the season I said something to the fact that the Pistons should get rid of Beef Stew because he was more hassle than good with all his flagrant fouls than worth having him on the team. I remember @Weaselpuppy disagreeing with me.
JB and his staff have made all of these players better. Cade, Stew, Duren…all of them. I can’t believe Cleveland was dumb enough to let him go. He definitely knows what he’s doing. Their loss is our gain.
You gotta expand your horizons, my man. You can make beef stew the traditional way or any other way you like. Beef in a coconut curry base is basically beef stew Thai-style.
I mean you weren’t wrong about the fact that the flagrant fouls in the suspensions are detrimental you know on a night by Night basis but it’s just to me the guy that embodies the spirit of the team and Detroit had that in each of it to Championship runs with any number of the bad boys and certainly been Wallace but others on the going to work team too. I’d like to see Duran keep adopting a little bit more of beef stews Edge and it looks like Cade’s getting some of it too now.
Also to yours and everyone’s credit we were debating this during a season we weren’t sure whether or not the Improvement was real because the season before that was literally one of the worst Handful in the history of the league. Guys were hurt there was a regime change and the bad memories of terrible terrible players like Killian Hayes very sticky in our memories. It’s amazing what what just one season’s worth of games winning at a really strong clip can do to everybody’s Outlook.
That opp FG% around the rim is damn impressive. I think guys see a 6’8" C and think no problem. Whereas with someone like Wemby, guys won’t even put up a FGA. The other thing Stew has added is a left handed block, which has helped alot.
There’ just not enough minutes for Stew, Duren and b-ball Paul.
I always drafted at least one enforcer. I kept no less than 3 guys I knew I could count on to do the dirty work on the team, and, almost always had one of them on the court.
Billy, Tim, Brad, I’m looking at you! Miss you guys.