February 17th, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
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It really has not been talked about much – either here at Slam Dunk Central or the mainstream media – but the Detroit Pistons are making a personnel change that does not involve a transaction, according to the Detroit News. Specifically, coach Michael Curry is making a switch at power forward as he is – for the time being – going with Antonio McDyess to start games with Amir Johnson to come off the bench.
According to Curry, “Our hope is that Amir will play better against the second-line guys.” McDyees, in the beginning, kind of balked at the idea; but after conversations with Curry, he finally bought into the idea. Curry also said that Johnson, Jason Maxiell and *gasp* Kwame Brown will be used off the bench, depending on matchups.
At first glance, the move makes sense as the defense automatically gets better with McDyess starting. But 30 minutes tops a game is all I see McDyess getting in this experiment.
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