buddha

how much harder to defend would this team be if you swapped out duren for lauri markkanen? yeah yeah, he gets hurt a lot. i get it. but an elite 4/5 who can space the floor would allow cade so much more room. how about zion? someone - ANYONE - other than cade who can get their own shot. how about a wing who can shoot? you can have duren and ausar on the team but its hard to win with both of them because theyre both incapable of making a shot over 5 feet from the basket. they may have to choose this offseason.

all year long we've all (well, all of us that arent blinded by pretty stats against bad teams) said this team was flawed and cade dependent. all year long weve all said they are a try hard team who beats teams that dont care. all year long we said they didnt have enough spacing and teams would take away the lane/pick and roll come playoff time. and that's exactly what has happened so far. theyve played better than orlando in ONE quarter so far. thats it.

the whole team was **** other than ausar and tobias. and ausar showed his limitations late when they needed a bucket, they just left him alone and he wouldnt shoot. which is probably wise because he cant. same with duren. whenever he got the ball outside of the paint - which was rare - they left him alone. he either dribbled his way into a bad spot or forced a layup that he missed. put backs and lobs, that's all he can do.

still have some draft crushes left. dontay corleone john michael gyllenborg eli heidenrich dallen bentley kaytron allen isaiah world jc davis

he was terrible until the 4th quarter. played in slow motion. no intensity. its the freaking playoffs, can you stop sleepwalking?

ron holland, top 5 pick in the draft. dnp-cd

jalen duren: 27 minutes, 8 points, 9 boards. paul reed: 7 minutes, 4 points, 5 boards.

cade got tired and the rest of the team cant score without him.

are you ****ting me? franz ****ing wagner hits 2 clutch shots in a row? mr 0-9 with 3 airballs in the elite 8 for michigan now cant ****ing miss.

magic stopped doubling cade just in time.

tobias with a great 4th too.

against 95% of the league, the pistons will always have the best player on the floor.

boom! great block by duren, and a good screen gets cade open for 3.

there he is! 4th quarter cade!

alright cade! come on!

raymonds and dortchs are easy to find for cheap money every year.

love that abney pick.

cade has been garbage today. you let anthony ****ing black beat you like that?

we just traded up for a receiver. dont ever change, brad.

need 4th quarter cade.

these refs are awful. i know that's an evergreen post, but this is ridiculous. they let them play then they call every little bump.

stupid play from ausar.

bad call, but another stupid play by stew. have to keep some of those emotions in check.

ausar is such an athletic freak.

who knew that ausar's free throw shooting would be our best weapon?