buddha

Does this pistons team beat a healthy boston, orlando, cleveland, or new york in a 7 game series?

on the one hand, you look at the east as being so weak that even this pistons team can win it. what they really needed was more shooting and they upgraded in that department from ivey to heurter. ivey was a declining asset and moving him now for even a slight upgrade this season is a positive. if things hold to form and minnesota doesnt go all in and get giannis, the pick swap is likely to gain the pistons 5 or 6 spots in a loaded draft. on the other hand, the east is so weak and the pistons refused to make a move for a much needed second star or for better pieces that work around cade. they go into the playoffs with a massively flawed team and didnt bother to upgrade. this is likely the last best chance to massively upgrade and now their future is cade/duren/ausar. is that three as your core enough to win? or do you need to go the dallas/luka route, build the team around cade with 3 and d players and one more star bucket getter? the pistons are not that, instead, they are cade surrounded by a couple old shooters who cant defend, and a couple defenders who cant shoot. your betting the future on duren's continued development. tobias' spot is ok for this season and then wasted because they didnt move it when they could. same with duncan robinson. they kept their powder dry and didnt go all in for JJJ or markannen or murphy, herb jones, or even zion. theyre rolling with flawed. Now, watch them make a big move thursday and make all this moot.

so the biggest move this deadline is doing our part to move giannis to the westeen conference?

i'd give up a girst for zack lavine before ayo or coby. at least we know lavine can play second fiddle offensive creator.

the bulls - with coby white and ayo dosunmu in the starting lineup - just lost by 16 to the giannis-less bucks. think about how many assets you want to give up for these fellows. a couple second rounders? sure. a first? not on your life.

Clippers in the middle of a great run to get back into the playoff race. what a time for team unity, coming together to work toward a common goal, finally realizing the potential in the team to make a run for the title.. NOW is the moment james harden decides to demand a trade! the most selfish player east of jimmy butler and west of russell westbrook has stepped in AGAIN to undermine his team. the only real surprise here is that daryl morey didnt bring him back to philly.

its my superpower.

so many marginal players are setting offensive records this year, you wonder if there's a universal theme like, i don't know, NO ONE PLAYS ANY DEFENSE ANY MORE.

you already know the answer. the faced this same team without jokic and barely won. a win is a win, and everyone makes a run in nba regular season games, but we all know this team is flawed. and we all know the cure. its just difficult to get the right medicine.

then let him go and find the next third string point guard in the g league like you did with this one.

do not overpay danniss jenkins.

the bulls could easily re-sign both of them. i dont expect to see jenkins in the playoffs unless its an emergency, i figure they'll pick someone off the buyout heap that can handle the ball. coby white can theoretically handle the ball, but he plays zero defense, is incredibly streaky as a shooter, and will be exposed by anyone playing serious defense. i'm not giving up a first for that. or dosunmu for that matter. ayo last year against the heat in the playin: 10 points in 26 minutes. 3-9 shooting. 1-4 from 3. ayo the year before in the playin: 10 points in 41 minutes. 3-15 shooting. 2-11 from 3. like coby, he will be found out in the playoffs.

george also said that two years ago a few times during the season.

why do you want coby white? ayo is getting extremely overrated. he's a bench player on a playoff team. he'll get played off the floor in a meaningful game, just like he is every playin game when the bulls get their asses kicked by the heat. ayo is what ivey is now, only he is a better defender. and if the pistons wanted them, they would have traded for them in the heurter deal.

i think it does make the pistons better now, but not by a ton. its not what they need to be a championship caliber team. but its possible they dont have the assets to trade for a difference maker. if we thought ivey was going to be valued enough to include in a trade for a difference making player, this should be a wake up call. ivey went for a guy you could grab with a second round pick. that's his value. what's holland's value? what's duren's value or ausar's value when theyre due big pay days? what's our pick's value when its likely to be in the 20s for the foreseeable future? probably not much. do you want damaged goods like ja? maybe ausar and a bunch of picks gets you that.

putting duren in the deal will get troy weaver interested. after all, rebounding is the most important thing to him.

there has to be another trade.

ive heard good things about the wings...

because he wants to play with his brothers. there was no other reason to go to jersey before or after.

i think that has to do with cade and firing monty williams. trajan can take credit for replacing monty, but the cade thing is due to health. bringing in beasley last year was a plus. duncan has turned out ok so far (although i think he'll get beasley'd in the playoffs), lavert has sucked. holland hasnt been anything great. the pistons going from the worst team ever to good was due to internal growth and minor edge tinkering. now comes the hard part, moving from good to a contender. i dont think the pistons are there yet. heurter aint gonna do it, but lets see if there is another shoe to drop.

i think they want heurter because he can shoot. saric is the deal i dont understand. you HAD to take saric in order to move the former #5 pick in the draft for a 3 point shooter who plays no defense?

jack hughes might have the best contract in hockey. luke hughes just signed a 7 year deal this year. neither of those two are going anywhere. which hughes brother is out of contract after next season? THAT'S the hughes brother who is moving. all this assumes a lot, like the fact they ACTUALLY WANT to play together. they might not. lots can happen in 2 years. maybe the wings draft the next hughes brother and quinn decides he wants to play with him? we dont know. from their public statements, it would seem quinn is bound for jersey, but you never know. i remember when johnny gaudreau definitely wanted to play on the east coast and then signed in columbus. now, i know hockey players arent geography majors, but c-bus isnt a hop, skip, or jump from the atlantic ocean. otoh, gavrikov was "always ticketed to ny" and ended up signing with the rangers. rasmus anderson "only wanted to play in vegas" and was traded to vegas.

why?

why trade for saric at all?

they must be looking to make another deal. as much as ivey may be shooting well this year, huerter is a better pure shooter historically. i know the pistons need shooting but this cant be the best they could do? it looks like most of us who placed any real value on ivey were wrong, maybe were placing too much value on holland and ausar too? especially holland. help us troy weaver and joe dumars, youre our only hope of fleecing someone this year.