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Is that true? Well, it made for fun speculation at the end of a pretty boring winter meeting. I was listening to CJ Notkowski and Ryan Spilborghs on the way home from work yesterday, and one of them made a comment about who gets on a plane to go from Los Angeles to Toronto just for a birthday party (some reference to a sushi restaurant being booked out by Yusei Kikuchi. And I'm thinking to myself, well, give me that job and those paychecks, and that decision becomes a lot easier to make in the affirmative.

So, yes, it might be time to send Thompson down to the G for some offensive work. I'm probably wrong, but I think his defense might be losing some steam lately and I wonder if its due to the facial fracture and/or the offensive struggle. Well, and/or the losing environment. The whole team is in an offensive quagmire, so I don't know that its fair to assume he can find his game when the other 4 guys on the court are trying figure out what the unit is doing. You mention Hayes playing decent right now, and I think that's fair. So let him keep playing, maybe they can move him for something (which, ok, that can be another gripe session if/when it happens). Go with a Hayes/Sasser at point and understanding that the offense isn't going to start exclusively through them. Just call it a time share for now for ballhandling and having one legit backcourt defender out there. This is the only floor slot that I'd go with a strict him or him arrangement. The pivot while Duren is out can be a mix of Bagley/Stewart/Wiseman. Yes, I said Wiseman. Come on, you've watched the PIstons. Bagley and/or Stewart will get into foul trouble, or one of them will get hurt, or something or another like that. Ideally its a Bagley/Stewart at 5, although there might be some small minutes where a combo of the trio is on the floor due to the opposition having size on the floor. I don't know what to tell you about that. Go take a leak and/or refresh your beverage at that time. I'm throwing the rest in a bag and want two of Cunningham, Bogdanovich, and Ivey out there at all times. I'd start them and just go with the game flow to figure out who comes out first and then replaces the next and so on. Maybe for now Bogdanovich's legs are a variable to keep in mind, not necessarly the stamina, but avoid regression of health to where he's back on bench injured. Burks can be the first substitution for this crew, and maybe it doesn't get too deep into the bench after that, or maybe you look at Harris to stretch the floor more on occasion. Oh, wait, what am I saying? They could always use that threat. But does his defense become too much of a liability if he's grouped with Bogdanovich and Ivey? Ugh, this team....

I never stick around for any post game blather, not for the Tigers, not for the Pistons. Greg Kelser looked like he wanted to cry during his post game interview. I like Kelser. I'm afraid he's just going to suddenly go scorched earth midway through a 2nd quarter and then get fired.

I think it was when Maybin was signing.

We’re counting on you.

Terrible half. Poor defense, confused & lost on offense at times. Other than that, just dandy.

So now with Ohtani coming off of the board, does we start to see the transactions picking up steam?

Meh...... nothing to see here.

That is being debated over in the "Religion" thread in the Politics forum.

I was listening to MLB radio on Sirius this morning, and they were talking up a privet jet that was leaving Anaheim/Los Angeles and heading to Toronto today. I guess there's a means to track such things?

Unfortunately they aren't on the Pistons' schedule anytime soon.

Too late. They're over.

Private equity ownership is working well for the Pistons.

Duren out two weeks and then will be reevaluated.

Cincinnati. Where former Tiger infielders go to improve their lot in life. Heck, even Wayne Krenchicki’s bat got better after leaving Detroit for Cincinnati. Oh, you don’t believe me? Shame on you. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/krencwa01.shtml

Can we get a mod to clean up some of the drivel in this place, please? Thanks.

Is this an actual quote?

2030 might be sooner than the track they are currently on.

This losing streak ain't hat bad.

Wasn't the Ilitch family rumored to be interested in the Pistons when the Davidson family sold? Was there any other serious interest?

All seem plausible.

I think that broadcast has been relegated to PASS.

Sure, if you want to buy that theory. Nobody here was in the room where it happened, so who knows what happened exactly. I'm going to guess timing came into play and there was a renege after a deadline for the backup plan(s), but that's just a theory. Whatever, here we are. Hopefully the Tigers can pound him if/when they face him.

4th quarter:

It would seem to me that they should have 2 of Cunningham/Bojanovich/Ivey out there at all times. At the very least, one of Cunningham/Bojanovich should be out there.