RandyMarsh

Longenhagen said in his chat that the reason Rainer and a couple others from this past draft didn't make it is cause they didn't play any pro ball this year.

I was big into it in the 90s when it was on during the day on NBC, since it's been on prime time the only times I really watched was when MJ made his return in 01 or 02 and the year the Pistons had all their All Stars. Aside from that I don't think I've watched more than an hour total of the actual game in 25 years.

I'd probably lean towards Ausar, if for no other reason than he is younger and is a year further away from an extension.

Ugh Ausar missing 4 FTs here in crunch time.

Julio Franco was in the majors the same time as Jim Kaat who debuted in the 50s and Justin Verlander who is still playing in 2025.

Damn got real excited seeing the Got real excited seeing the Pistons in the upper right quadrant but then I realized that it was only for the last 10 games, still good to see though.

Bregman likely isn't going to be "worth" 40 million a year from a pure production to dollar standpoint but for a team like the Tigers where each marginal gain and win could be the difference between the division or sitting at home he very well may have been worth it from that standpoint. Basically Getting say 3 wins to go from 87 to 90 generally means alot more than going from 105 to 108 or 70 to 73 which is what I think Bregman could have potentially done for us.

Last night teams collectively shot more than 1100 3 pointers, the most in any given day in NBA history. It averaged out to nearly 80 a game! Fans that hate the current product surely would've been in misery yesterday if they watched.

Ausar has now gone 9 straight games without attempting a 3 and 10 out of the last 11. Looks like he and coaches decided to not even bother with that anymore.

Yeah doesn't seem possible to go 16 seasons without doing that but here we are. Speaking of .500, the Pistons played December .500, were 3 games over .500 in January and are currently 3 games over in February with 5 to play. Tough final 5 games this month but have a shot at back to back winning months and 3 of atleast .500 or better.

As of now that is the difference between us being the 4th seed and getting HCA against possibly them and being the 6 seed and having to face the Knicks.

Just really looked at Michigan's schedule next year and it's about as easy as you can get in this day and age with the expanded Big 10. No Oregon, no Penn State, no Indiana(if you feel they will be legit next year), get teams like Wisconsin and Washington at home along of course with Ohio State. Even the marquee non conference game with Oklahoma doesn't look as tough as you would've expected a couple years, many early rankings don't even have them in the top 25 so that should be a winnable game even though it's on the road.

Yeah I'd much rather get somebody like Sweat than trade the house for Garrett or Crosby. I don't necessarily feel you need to have 2 elite DEs to cause havoc on the lines, sure if cost wasn't an issue you'd love to have it but I think a dependable player(s) on one side and an elite guy on the other can cause more than enough disruption. Also I'm of the belief that you are better served getting those bull rushers on the interior against today's QBs, cause unless you get there immediately QBs nowadays are mobile enough where they will just step up into the pocket and find a lane to take off or throw from. When you collapse the pocket from within that takes that option away. So if I were to invest in the Dline I'd rather get a premium pass rusher from the interior position.

Obligatory post about Englert being an All Star since the Rays traded for him.

The Angels may be the only team that was hurt more than us with long term contracts. They got burned with Pujols, Josh Hamilton, CJ Wilson, Anthony Rendon and I believe even Trout started to go downhill after his extension. I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting about as well.

I still don't see us signing him but if we do and the 6 yr rumor is true I think an outcome to realistically hope for is for him to be like Kinsler was here. If we got 3-4 yrs of peak Tiger Kinsler production I could live with 2 albatross years at the end.

Yeah no way those are real names. Lol

Granted players don't usually go around site seeing when they are on the road unless maybe they have a day off there but he's been coming to Detroit once or twice a year for the past 10 years, it's not like he has never been here before.

I'd like it for a couple of reasons. First it's always cool to watch your team in prime time games, secondly I feel week 1 is more volatile than any other week, especially now that teams rarely play their starters in preseason so if you have to play an elite team on the road the first week would probably give you the best chance to pull an upset.

Wonder if we'll get the NFL opener against the Eagles this season? Looking at their schedule I'd have to imagine it's between us or the Commanders.

Anthony Davis with 24pts, 13 boards, 5 assists and 3 blocks in the first half thus far against Houston in his Dallas debut.

Yeah not good, considering the Pistons never play on national TV and the fact that this is a pretty big game in terms of playoff implications I doubt he would be sitting out unless it was really bothering him. I'm hoping that he was wanting to play and felt he could but the team just decided not to for very precautionary situations.

Trying to come up with an analogous situation to put myself in their shoes and I can't think of one for Detroit sports in my lifetime. We traded away some beloved players but they were almost always during a downtime with the franchise or were older. I guess the closest comp I can think of is Billups for Iverson but obviously Billups wasn't as good as Luka and was quite a bit older.

Forgiven, you're a bit rusty on here, it's like a great hitter coming off the DL after a long absence. Takes a bit to get back into things.

Speaking of Deuce, a couple weeks ago he signed on to be the hitting coach for the Diamondbacks AAA team in Oregon. He's surely going to be out recruiting some big tough lumberjacks to be some muscle for his organization. Also gives him a chance to spread his operations to the Northwest.