Rodney Stuckey glad to be in year 2
September 30, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Detroit Pistons, NBA Basketball, Rodney Stuckey
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Many hoop fans are also big time football fans. Rodney Stuckey has a bit of advice for new quarterback Matt Stafford. Rodney wants Matt to know there will be days and there will be days. In other words the ups and downs will be normal for the first year.
Toss the rookie into the cauldron. He’ll get burned often. He’ll look spectacular occasionally. But more often, he’ll look overmatched by the game’s speed, contributing to moments of internal doubt and the inevitable public lament that the novice may never live up to the hopeful expectations.
Stafford will have those days.
Stuckey had that year.
“I was overwhelmed and confused,” he said Monday during the Pistons’ media day.
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Rodney is ready for year two when things begin to appear to slow down and you do not have to just rely on natural instincts.
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With new coach John Kuester devoted to the running game and new teammates Charlie Villenueva and Ben Gordon giving the team more firepower and running ability, it could be a banner year for Rodney. At the very least he will get to show off more of his natural abilities like his ability to run, find the open man, and penetrate with the ball.
There will be plenty of talent and experience surrounding Stuckey, but it will remain to be his ability to harness and direct that talent and experience that will determine if the Pistons are to go anywhere this season.
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