was he supposed to pout that this is his only 2nd start?

Playing 40 minutes against a lazy, depleted Pistons squad is not something you should get in a tizzy about.

which was great, because we needed him to do exactly that. I don’t think he learned he was in the starting lineup he thought, “Gee, what an opportunity for me to be professional, I better go put on my business socks!”

Jesus Vinny? What were you expecting him to do? Pants Eddie Rush before the game?

I think folks here are overreacting to VDN’s comment. Reporters asked him about Kirk starting and he used it as an opportunity to give his man some love. Nothing wrong with a coach trying to motivate his players.

This will not be the last dumb, generic thing that someone says in a post-game interview.

I thought Hinrich was pretty bad yesterday (good on defense). He didn’t run the team very well. Gordon/Salmons didn’t get their looks. (Gordon shot less than his season average of shot attempts despite playing like 45 minutes).

Hinrich went and took 23 shots for himself, while only scoring 24 points. He didn’t have a very good TS%. And he only had 8 assists, despite playing a ton of minutes.

I think with Rose as the floor general last night, we would have blown out the Pistons. Kirk is good as a point guard off the bench in 24 minutes or so a game. Trying to run this team, he did a pretty poor job. Although it’s just one game, and I’m sure if he was in the role for a prolonged period of time, he would do much better and get that balance between passing and scoring in the right order. But last night he wasn’t that good, and doesn’t deserve al lthis praise.