<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Alex Acker, the 60th overall pick in the draft, won the final spot on the Pistons' roster. The point guard will chronicle his rookie experience in the Free Press, as told to Krista Latham. Before I came here, I had heard stories that training camp would be hell. Former Indiana Pacer Reggie Miller, he's from my hometown, and he's one of my favorite players, came back to town a couple of times and told me some stories. I'd heard that it would be all running and all conditioning. Then Kevin Garnett came to Pepperdine (where Alex played college ball) and he told me how cool Flip Saunders was and that he didn't believe in all that running. So it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The hardest part about getting adjusted so far has been adjusting to the position that they want me to play. They moved me up to the one-guard, and I played two-guard all along at the summer league. The biggest adjustment is being vocal and telling people where to go. The point guard has a lot of responsibility, and sometimes it's just mind-boggling how different the NBA and college point guard are. In college, it's a lot easier. In the NBA, they want you to be the boss, they don't want you to look over at the bench to see what play to call. The guys have been really cool to me since Day 1. No question, Chauncey Billups has been the best. Before preseason, he took me and Amir Johnson to Tampa, where he works out. It was just the three of us for a week working out there, and I've just been following him, on and off the court, just watching him to see how he carries himself. As for being a rookie, we have to get doughnuts every morning and bring them to practice. Everyone wants Krispy Kremes. We take turns going to pick them up. My first day in Michigan, it was strange, it was really strange. Not basketball, just driving and making all the U-turns. I guess you gotta pass the light and come back and turn. I miss just knowing my way around. And everything out here looks like a forest. That really freaked the hell out of me. But I'm getting used to finding my way around. I'll be driving and I'll think, I didn't know that was there, I didn't know McDonald's was there. I'm also missing my family, my friends, the people I grew up with. My mom and dad are out here, but I have another brother back home in L.A.</div> Source
