Betrayer

Man, Tobias forgot to take his Centrum Silver today.

Ron with a nice 3rd quarter.

Forget it. Just JB doing JB things.

Is Ausar hurt?

JD has 3 rebounds. Vuc owns him as usual.

If the defender is on the inside of the three point line standing still with no forward momentum that should not be a flagrant.

Must be nearing Halloween because Duncan Robinson’s Joe Harris costume is really convincing.

I live in NC now. That’s no excuse 🙂

Well, we’re going to be just as bad in the half court as last year. It’s all about defensive stops and transition.

This your first time watching the team? 😁

LaVert airballs the three. Offense isn’t working. Time to go defense and bring in the Ausar and Holland lineup.

Penetration killing us. Stew injured in some way (again). Rough start.

They’ll call a play for Tobias out of the timeout. That’s usually where they go to calm things down.

12-0 run for the Bulls. Looking slow on defense.

Cade off to a nice start dishing to the bigs. Ausar with a sick weak side block that would’ve been a bucket if anyone else was in the game.

Vuc eats us alive.

So, here are some of the contracts given out (rounded up): Keegan Murray - 28M/5yrs Christian Braun - 25M/5 yrs Dyson Daniels - 25M/4 yrs Jabari Smith Jr - 25M/4 yrs Shaedon Sharpe - 23M/4 yrs Toumani Camara - 21M/4 yrs If Duren was asking for 30M, that's laughable. I still think Murray got overpaid after trending down last year , but even so he didn't get 30M. Ignoring team/positional fit and just going off of player value, neither JD nor JI are clear upgrades on any of these players and I'd take a straight swap with no questions asked in many cases. Using this list, I'd value them in the 18-23M range depending on if either of them plays both ends of the court this year. If not, then they're bench players on a contender and I'm not interested in cracking 20M for that.

He should just be the backup PG. It's so obvious, especially with no Ivey and probably no Sasser (although I'd play him over Sasser anyway).

Good point. Get him on the phone. Ivey and Duren for Trey Murphy.

RFA was always going to be the best way to handle this anyway. Not a lot of teams make offers on RFAs and so we can just let the market determine his value. A rim running Center who plays spotty defense (at best) and can't space the floor isn't going to command north of 30M on the market, even if he is a great rebounder.

Agreed, and that's the saddest part about this injury for the Pistons. Him coming back and playing well was an important part of the trade strategy.

Based upon their history of "re-evaluated" my guess is it's much longer. I highly doubt we see him before December and then they'll give it the "conditioning" tag for another couple weeks, followed by a "minutes restriction" tag. I'm not expecting to see Jaden in his full role until around game 30...just about 1 year from the date of his previous injury.

So, if a 2-way wing gets 28M per year, do we offer 1/2 that to our 1-way guard and center from the same draft class? That's just simple math, right?

Wow, so they're continuing to neuter defense. Terrible choice. Just what fans want, to watch more guys stand at the free throw line all game.

First preseason game started out really rough. Turnover, turnover, turnover. Defense picked up in the second and they took over, hanging 50 points on the Grizz in that quarter alone. Cade - He's ready to start the season. I think he made every type of shot imaginable in just 1/2 of play. Ivey - People are saying Ivey looked "rusty". I'd buy that if he didn't just look like the same Jaden Ivey to me. Some exciting plays, but just as many terrible turnovers, passes that are too hot, bad off-ball defense and rotations, and dying on the first screen every time when he's on-ball defending. Harris - Looked like the solid vet he is. Thompson - He and Holland were a big part of the run in the second with their defense, but the offense is still a work in progress. Good to see they're giving him on-ball reps though. Great way to keep him on the floor even when he can't space the court. Holland - If that three ball remains at 33% or higher, that's a great jump for a 20 year old sophomore. It's the key to him and Ausar sharing the court and playing that "9 to 5" defense. Stew - Shot a couple threes in this one after saying that he's going to be shooting more of them this year. Pistons badly need a big that can space, especially in lineups with Ron and Ausar so this is key for the Pistons. Jenkins - I said it last year and I'll say it again: I'd rather have him as the 3rd string PG than trying to jam Sasser into that role. He's bigger, plays better defense, is a better driver, a better passer, and plays with more energy. Obviously Sasser is a better shooter, but Jenkins can knock down the open catch and shoot 3 where Sasser needs to do an NBA2K dribble move and step-back before taking his shot every time. Robinson - Looks like he'll be a solid Beasley replacement and offer better passing and rebounding along the way, while being just as terrible on defense. LeVert - Let's not talk about it.