buddha

what did we say?  lean into defense!  

who knew it would be paul reed and not stew that started the turnaround?

DUNCANNNNNNNN!!!!

Just now, Betrayer said:

This game is costing me years of my life.  

you sit through 82 games of slog to get to this.  watching nba teams actually try is fun.

the beat offensive player on the floor and the best defensive player on the floor getting it done.

AUSAR!!!!!

cade!!!!!

why is duren in this game?

why is ausar taking a 3?????

lets gooooooo cade!

down 9.

that's doable.  but we need DEFENSE and super cade.

duren getting cut on his hand might be the best thing that happened to this team.  forced JB to go to reed.

****ing paul reed outplaying duren.

trajan, please, are you watching?

danniss hits the SIDE OF THE BACKBOARD on a wide open 3.

and holland cant get off the bench.

1 minute ago, Betrayer said:

Maddening that they could have been playing this hard all game. 

AND you sit your main energy player in stew in order to play JALEN DUREN.  its ****ing maddening.

Just now, Betrayer said:

Maddening that they could have been playing this hard all game. 

a thousand times this!

its an  elimination game.  HUSTLE!

ausar is BY FAR the second best pkayer on this team.  how many open threes can duncan and tobias miss?

WHY IS STEW NOT IN THIS GAME?????

AND orlando is missing wagner, one of their starters.

and were still down 20.

2 minutes ago, DTroppens said:

The Pistons wanted to stick with what they had at the trade deadline to see what they have. I doubt they are happy with the answer.

This is what the front office wanted.

yes, and its bull****.  you never know when you'll be a 60 win #1 seed again.  indiana is loaded next season.  boston too.  this was a year to take advantage of the east before your team becomes too expensive to add another piece.

but trajan did nothing.  he didnt even add marginal pieces like a shroeder or a coby white, he did nothing but move up in the MIDDLE of the draft.

its gm malpractice to go along with jb's usual coaching in game malpractice.

5 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

So you expect him to average 45 points in this series? He has 2 pts less than Paulo and he has no help at all. Oh, and just came off a collapsed lung playing 40+ minutes in this series. I’d be tired too. 

i accept that cade is human.

i also accept that he has to be superhuman to get this team to win.  which is not bis fault.  his gm decided he wasbt worth trading for a second great player.

dont get me wrong, i love cade, he's luka light.  but he has to be luka if this team has a chance tonight, which means he has to score every time.  no standing around hoping tobias hits a 3.

On 4/23/2026 at 11:15 PM, Shinzaki said:

Duren is an elite rebounder and scorer in the paint and has shown a decent jumper from the line, be great if he shot it more...but he doesn't need to particularly often.   I'm intrigued by the ability to pass out of the high post that he displayed when Cade was injured, I think he averaged around 4 assists in the last half dozen games or so and picked up 4 the other night.

Ausar is a great defender and is fun to watch...but I'm not paying him max. He lacks discipline and control and has no real offensive game

betrayer and i accept your apology.  😉

38 points!!!!!  in a half!!!!

1 minute ago, Betrayer said:

They’re showing bodies to prevent him from doing anything easy. 

they did the same thing in game 5 and he scored 45

cade isnt being doubled, he's just being passive.

2 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

Silver lining. Duren has shown what he is. A role player. Make sure you don’t pay him more than that. 

you know theyre going to pay duren the max, right?