RandyMarsh

Correa starting to follow Tigers players on social media is what really got me excited, hell he started following Dustin Garneau of all people. I guess he could've done that just to get people talking but it seems a little unnecessary to me.

Pistons take the lead as Cade starts to take over, last 2 minutes he has 8 pts and a drive and kick out that resulted in a Jackson 3 to give the Pistons a 45-42 lead. Cade has 13 on the night.

A minute into the 2nd and it's 28-26 Warriors. After a disastrous start the Pistons have climbed back thanks to Cojo and Jackson. On a side note I can see why Kuminga got so much love pre draft, he's raw as hell but you can just see the potential he has, explosive as all hell.

Or perhaps AJ was doing Correa a solid, he had to of known being in a public place like that it would have gotten out so maybe this may make a team like the Yankees throw a Godfather offer at him to get him to not sign here. I hope that's not the case cause my heart has been set on him.

I have to admit when I woke up this morning I was hoping all the talk on here was going to be about the Correa signing being official, was not counting on it to be all about Niko Goodrum.

Yeah it definitely sucks for the people that paid to go see them. Maybe the league should adopt a policy that states that you have to give a notice say a couple weeks if you're going to sit a player(s) for rest. I mean they have a schedule, they should be able to navigate and pick out ahead what games they think is best to rest guys. I suppose though it would be hard to enforce cause teams can just make up some minor injury and blame it on that instead of rest.

I really don't care too much either as an adult but as a kid I had a lot of "favorite" players on opposing teams and I would specifically pick those games to go to like the Sonics for Kemp, Magic for Penny and Warriors for Sprewell(for some reason I liked him as a kid before he went crazy and started choking out coaches), thankfully anytime I went my faves played but I think I would have been disappointed if they didn't. My friend bought floor seats for tonights game just so his 12 year old son could watch and study Steph, I had to just break the news to him that he isn't playing.

I never understood switch hitters like Niko that are so terrible from one side of the plate yet they still stick with it. I mean could he possibly have been worse if he just batted right handed against righties?

We get to play the Warriors B team today, no Steph, Draymond or Iguodala. Too bad for the fans that went down there in hopes of seeing them but perhaps we'll actually be able to win now.

They say they picked that name out of homage to statues near Progressive Field that have been known as "The Guardians of Traffic" since their inception. Atleast that's the reason they give anyway.

They're doing the tree lighting tonight down in Campus Martius so there should be quite a bit of people downtown, perfect time to announce the signings and to open up the box offices! Plus Pistons are playing the Warriors at LCA so there should be a good crowd down there as well.

Since I just posted that horrific post lets make it up for a positive one. Once we sign Correa and when Tork and Riley put up ROY type seasons this is what our lineup could look like next year. Greene Correa Candy Tork Miggy Schoop Grossman Barnhart Baddoo/Hill/Reyes/Cameron That's a pretty damn good looking lineup, especially if Miggy hits like he did towards the end of the year and Baddoo turns out not to be a fluke.

Plot twist, Dusty is quietly going to ride off into the sunset and only told his team about it so Correa is actually recruiting Hinch to come back to Houston.

I would love to get Buxton if we had the firepower to get him but only if our medical staff had confidence in him cause like Correa he has missed alot of time but unlike Correa some of his injuries worry me long term namely the concussion issue. He has missed time due to concussions and migraine headaches and that worries me but I'm not a doctor so if a Doctor checked him out and thought it wasn't something to be concerned with long term I would love to get him and sign him long term. With that said I know that it would be a pipe dream cause even if he checked out and we wanted to I don't think we have the ammunition unless we were willing to part with Tork or Greene and more and I don't see that happening.

Watching Pats and Falcons right now just to see my boy Mac Jones and they showed the Falcons upcoming schedule and the Lions were on there so Aikman goes "Speaking of the Lions we get our first look at them next week on Thanksgiving Day against the Bears" to which Buck says something like "Lions coming off a tie against the Steelers so maybe they're moving in the right direction" only for Aikman to close it with "I don't know about that, I actually watched that game against the Steelers and I got to tell you I was glad when it was finally over." lol boom roasted.

I was Napoleon Dynamite for Halloween some 10 or so years ago and I bought a pair of 20year old moon boots to complete the costume. Only time I ever worn a pair but I have to say they were pretty damn comfortable.

Nice summary Betrayer, I've only watched like 4 or 5 games this year and when I do Im almost exclusively focused on Cade so I really haven't even paid attention to other guys. I think you're write up of Cade is spot on, out of the times I watched him I came away impressed by some facet of his game everytime. My only concern is that I wonder if he just has an inconsistent outside shot. Like he may shoot 40 to 45% for the year but it will come from shooting 50+ for a couple weeks but 20% for the next couple. I say that not only cause of the small sample we have seen thus far but from watching him in college. I watched a game where he scored 40 something and looked like Steph Curry but also watched him score like 4 pts while going Ofer from deep. I know most players can be inconsistent from the outside but some more than others and he may be like that.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2022-nfl-mock-draft-pittsburgh-cincinnati-and-cleveland-tap-into-talent-at-local-college-programs/ Latest CBS mock has us taking Thibs and Drake London. I know mocks mean nothing, particularly this early in the game but I enjoy reading them for s&'g's sometimes they can give you an idea whereabouts evaluators have guys.

AJ probably has Avila locked up somewhere so he doesnt screw this thing up.

I wonder if USC is hurt at all by now having 2 NFL teams? My brother lived in LA during the Leinart and Bush days and he said they were like rockstars in the city in no small part to having no football competition in the fall from an NFL team. Id imagine that had to bring some appeal to going there. Of course you're still playing in the 2nd biggest market in the US and in Southern California but it might not have the same cache as it did pre NFL.

Your best bet if you want to get out if a contract early is to give the player an out after 3 years(ideally it would be 4 or 5 but players don't take those), the problem with that though is if say in Correa's case he is elite those 3 years we put ourselves in a pickle of either letting him walk for nothing or ponying up an even bigger contract to keep him. The positive though is gives you 3 years of elite play and buys you 3 years of time to potentially develop a home grown replacement.

Not a hitter but Scherzer's 7 year deal has worked out but yeah very few deals that go more than 5 years end up working out long term but thats the price of going that direction. If the first 6 years he helps us reach the playoffs 4 or 5 times then you can live with him not being worth it the last 4 years, particularly if he is atleast somewhat productive then.

Oregon seems poised to possibly join the elite with the recruiting classes they've been putting together of late. Of course they were on the cusp like 5 or 6 years ago when they had Mariota and co. but proceeded to fall back in line so I guess we shall see.