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Jerami Grant is doing a much better job of fitting in these days. It helps a lot that Cade is the defacto alpha on the team now and Grant can just go back to playing a secondary role.

Seems like we keep escaping with the other team missing last second shots.

So far, great job by Cade not committing his 6th foul. He's had chances to challenge and has played it smart. Not to mention taking over on offense.

I think both fouls were good calls. I like letting them play as much as possible but those were both pretty egregious.

Crazy game. Cade has 5 fouls so he has to be careful in overtime.

Casey wasted way too much time calling timeout. They should have just let it go...Grant had Livers wide open for a last second shot there but I am not sure if he was going to pass it or shoot it.

Casey showing some real trust in Livers here leaving him in and taking Bey out.

I watch pretty sporadically but this is by far the best I have seen Killian play all season. Nothing special but at least he has a pulse.

Cade needs to take more mid range jumpers.

It looks to me like Stewart is becoming a really good defensive player. He seems to have the instincts on how to be a good help defender. Really encouraged by his progress.

Stewart with a nice game from what I saw. The Pistons continually leave him out to dry on defense and he continually did his best to try and protect the rim.

Man do I hate watching Killian Hayes in crunch time. I mean it's great for tanking and all but we can tank pretty well even without him on the court.

I just really want Casey gone at this point. I hope we don't waste all of Cade's rookie deal on Casey.

Apparently Cade is in the skills challenge. So he has been in two events this weekend. Nice to see a Piston relevant on All-Star weekend. Hope that continues in future years also.

It would be nice if we could into the All Star Break with a decent performance from Cade. Seems like every game is a poor shooting night now. Still time to turn this one around.

Weaver seems to be obsessed with 5 stars from high school who have not worked out elsewhere. Diallo, Frank Jackson, Trey Lyles, Josh Jackson, and now Marvin Bagley. I might even be missing somebody.

I agree 100% Grant is an issue but the root of the problem is Casey. If we had a coach that knew offense, I might be able to live with Grant.

Time to start talking more about the NBA draft. While it does not have last year's big names (and that class is also turning out to be much deeper than expected), the guys at the top are looking better and better as the season wears on. Ivey has played himself in the conversation for top 3 and Holmgren has not disappointed. Throw in Jabari Smith, the Duke duo, and Benedict Mathurin and the top of this draft looks legit to me.

Again...points to the fact that Weaver thinks Grant is a lot better player than he really is.

Your part about hindering Cade is what worries me. There is not enough of a sample size yet but the Pistons have been awful since Grant came back. And Cade got injured his first game back. I like the Pistons a lot better when they go small with Saddiq and Cade at forward. Weaver's honeymoon is behind us. Pressure is on. He remains loyal to a coach who is probably one of the worse in the league at developing offensive sets. He was quick to part with players from the former regime (which is fine) yet Killian appears to have a long leash (should be in the g league) when he is a terrible fit next to Cade. And now you have the Grant situation, where he has some irrational loyalty to a guy that goes deeper than his value as a basketball player.

Huge mistake by Weaver. He will be getting criticized for this for a long time.

Which is also why we need to trade Jerami Grant.

Exactly right. I checked in 20 minutes before the game last night and tonight to see if I was going to watch. I have caught a few minutes and it is amazing how atrocious our offense looks without Cade. He is somewhat a saving grace for Casey because he is such a willing and creative passer but Casey really needs to go. It is 5 guys standing around watching each other go one on one. It's depressing that this is the coaching we are getting from Casey.

Did Cade get injured?

Cade needs to stop picking up so many fouls in the first quarter.