My research shows me that last year, when he played the Pistons early in the season he did fairly well. He helped hold rip hamilton to 20, which with JVG's D will hopefully be 15 or less. http://www.nba.com/games/20031101/DETORL/boxscore.html Also, it shows that he did not play too well in the preseason but stepped up once the regular season started (though he did have anice 27pt showing in the last preseason game).