Mr.TaterSalad

At some point it has to be sink or swim no? Cossa needs to just be called up and given the chance to play at NHL game speed, against NHL talent. The guy is going to be 24, if he isn't ready at 24, then when?

Long before Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Bernie Sanders came onto the scene, there were options to stop Donald Trump or a guy like him from taking control of the White House. The best way to have avoided Trump would have been to reelect Jimmy Carter in 1980. We likely don't get Trump if we didn't have the failed presidency of Reagan and the era of deregulation and union-busting that came about as a result. The next best way to have not gotten Trump was to elect Walter Mondale and stop/reverse much of what Reagan did. After that, it would have been to have had a progressive President like Jesse Jackson to reverse what Reagan did and bring back the New Deal era of the Democratic Party, minus the segregation and discrimination of course. After that, the next best time to have stopped Trump would have been to nominate someone like Paul Tsongas as the Democratic nominee for President in 1992 instead of the Diet Cola Republican that was Bill Clinton. We got Trump as President not because of any one person, though Reagan and Clinton aided in him becoming President. We got Trump largely because of bad economic policies built around failed economic theory. Trickledown Economics and an era of deregulation gave us Trump. Not supporting the material conditions of working and retired Americans gave us Trump. This failed economic theory of putting the wealthy on top and assuming wealth would trickle down the pyramid was deeply flawed and always doomed to fail. It gave us an exploding wealth gap and stagnant wages. They gave us an economy where people's economic means were not keeping up with their cost of living. We got Trump because bad trade deals like NAFTA/CATFA/PNTR with China, guided by failed economic theory, crippled blue collar jobs and hollowed us industrial states. We got Trump because economic theory and big business told us that it is better to have employer-based, market-priced health insurance that leaves many uninsured, many more underinsured, and millions bankrupt due to costs they incurred after getting sick. We didn't get a demagogue like Trump after FDR. Even though FDR had to deal with the worst economic crisis in our countries history, he and the Democrats gained strength through his Presidency. We got 4 terms of FDR because he was so beloved by Americans. And he was so beloved because he helped improved the economic well being of the average American and guided us through a World War, nearly to victory before dying. They buffered the economy with regulations like Glass-Stegall and prevented economic shocks like the Great Depression from routinely occurring. They improved the lot of the ordinary (white) American with Social Security, the Public Works Administration, federal jobs programs, National Industrial Recovery Act, Electric Home and Farm Authority, and more. These programs provided financial security and jobs for people so thy wouldn't fall into despair and become susceptible to demagogues like Trump. And they paid for it all and created financial stability with progressive income taxation on the wealthy and big business. We can complain about who should have run when to stop Trump. While that has some relevancy, the real debate should be centered around policy. Bad policies, built around a failed economic theory of Trickledown Economics, being implemented are what lead to the material conditions of working and middle class Americans getting worse. The Presidents and Congresses who pushed them are certainly to blame.

I've been a Benson supporter from day one. I'm elated to see that Mike Duggan is dropping out. Independent races are generally an uphill battle and doomed from the start. I hope he comes out and supports Jocelyn now.

Maybe this is just my own biases as a Michigan fan clouding my judgement, alongside my general lack of basketball knowledge, but Yaxel Lendeborg seems like he would be good fit here for the Pistons. First, he can help the Pistons space the floor. He's not a guy that is going to be down in the paint bumping around with Duren and clogging things up. Second, he has a decent 3pt% where he shot around 38% from deep at Michigan this season. He can also create shots when asked and is not simply a catch and shoot guy. Who needs shooting worse than the Pistons? Third, he plays good defense and has the length to guard bigs and the athleticism to go on a guard if he absolutely had too. I don't understand why most mock drafts I've read are projecting him outside the top 10. But if he were to fall outside the top 10, is Yaxel the type of player you think would be worth getting aggressive for and trading up to get?

I haven't yet listened to the Pride of Detroit podcasters break this down yet and how this all played out. It does seem a little far-fetched that a businessman like Rod Wood would be solely making a football decision like this. If the original tweet was wrong or misrepresented the situation, then it was.

Trump endorsing Paxton is a major victory for Democrats. Paxton still might beat Talarico, because it is Texas afterall. But this is about as big a gift as Democrats could get.

I remember when we were told Rod Wood was just a businessman and was not going to be involved in football operations. If this report is true and this moron actually could have helped us avoid an early, week 6 bye week, then that's a problem. This idiot shouldn't be making football decisions and certainly shouldn't be choosing an early bye week given the major injury concerns this team has had the last two seasons.

I want the Canadians to win the Cup at this point. I would like to see a Canadian team finally break the streak and win won. Go Habs Go!

Mark Fuhrman died today. He indirectly helped a guilty man go free on OJ Simpson with his disastrous testimony.

Should Jalen Duren be packaged for a better player this offseason?

Let's go play Pistons basketball JB says in the huddle. JB, buddy, this IS Pistons basketball. Sloppy and careless with the ball at times that causes them to make bad passes and turn the ball over. A team that has no secondary scoring, that becomes one of the worst offenses in the league when Cade is having bad game and Harris is struggling to shoot. A team built for the 1980s and 1990s brand of basketball. One not built for the modern NBA game with floor spacing, 3pt shooting, and fast ball movement. A team with not nearly enough 3pt shooters, complete with forwards and bigs who can't shoot. A team with a big in Duren whose game is out of touch with today's game because no good team is playing dump it down low, backup, backup, dunk basketball with their bigs. Bigs are stepping out and shooting at minimum a pick and pop inside the pain jumper. A team with a mediocre half court offense at times, that relies too heavily on points off if turnovers. A team that can't create enough of it's own scoring opportunities and shots. JB, this is your team, THIS IS PISTONS BASKETBALL.

This team would be a 4th seed, maybe a 5th, if they were in the West it seems like.

Does Cade even look when he passes sometimes? WTF!

Laughable. This team just doesn't have the talent to make a deep playoff run. Plus, JB isn't a good tactical coach.

No one even on Harden on that rebound.

Thompson made a shot we could all make lol

And then they let Allen stroll down side open and almost answer right back with an easy bucket.

How does Trajan look at this roster from an offensive standpoint and think this is anywhere close to a championship caliber roster?

We have the worst secondary scoring of any team left in the playoffs. Who left honestly has it worse than us?

Tobias couldn't buy a bucket at Home Depot. This is our #2 scorer?

Does any team miss not more inside layups than us?

Trajan needs to realize that his team just don't have enough secondary scoring and shooting to go punch for punch with a team. Cleveland or otherwise. They need to get Cade some secondary scoring help and another 3 point shooter in the worst way. This would ideally be a wing who can help the space out the floor better too and not be a total liability on defense. They need to get him another PG that can reliably run the offense, bring the ball up the court, and not kill their ball movement too so that Cade doesn't have to do it all himself. This team relies too much on points off of turnovers and don't create enough of their own. If their defense is spot on it's great. Night's like tonight showcase what a big problem it is for them when their defense flat out sucks and their offense goes stagnant.

Now I understand why ABC/ESPN ran the promo they did showing Cavs vs. Knicks in the ECF.

The fix is in from the NBA. ESPN is ALREADY running promos for Cavs vs. Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The challenge was bad, but the NBA isn't allowing the trip to be called. Even if we had the challenge thru would simply say it was incidental contact. No way does the league want a game to end on free throws.