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True. It's great to see him engaged and supporting his teammates on the bench though. That is not always a role the star player will take on. It's hard to measure leadership but he does seem to check all the boxes. He looks to be all about winning and a player that will care little about his own stats.

Nice to see Killian surging a bit. I am still not convinced he is a great fit next to Cade and I think his best role is as a primary ball handler. I'm also not sure I am buying him as a starter in general long term. He has the physical gifts but you have to be really elite in other areas to be a sub 30% three point shooter and be a good player at guard. If this surge continues down the stretch, I'd definitely put out feelers for a trade. I think Orlando was rumored to be interested at one point...not sure how they are feeling about Jalen Suggs right now.

It backfired. We won anyway and now they will be more fresh for the next game.

In two months, I bet Jabari Smith will be a clear cut #1 and Chet will be a fairly strong bet at #2. Not all that different than last year except you had two guys that could have gone second last year.

One more thing on Cade...it is really nice having your star be such a willing passer. It makes everybody else look for the extra pass to find the open man also. The positive effect he is having on the entire team just cannot be overstated.

I am a little disappointed that Bey seems to be stuck in the 36-37% three point shooting range. You look at Kennard and he is up around 40 every season. I think Bey has the potential to be that good but he is missing just enough good looks to keep his percentages down.

The next step is to start hitting more shots in the clutch. He has the mid range game to be one of the best at it.

No game means all that much to us but it would have been nice to play for a win in this one given the atmosphere. Would have liked to see Cade go the distance in the second half.

He's a very skilled player but I am not sure he has much tenacity on defense...which makes me think his long term role is on the bench. He needs to challenge (and block) more shots.

Saban Lee is not having a good game at all.

This is a fun game. I said it last game also but Jerami Grant is a lot more fun to watch these days. He is more engaged defensively (and making plays on that end) and is not as much of a ball hog on offense. Getting to see him as role player shows off his value a lot more than when he is supposed to be the #1 option.

Man...I hope Cade never turns into the whiner that Tatum is. In a league full of guys who like to whine, Tatum has to be one of the worst based on what I have seen this game.

I think I have a little prospect fatigue with Ivey that I don't have with Smith or Holmgren...probably because I have seen him play a lot given that he is in the Big Ten. I kind of doubt he will be a go to scoring option at the NBA level. Still, I think you have to put him #3 after Smith and Holmgren as no other wing players have his all around talent. And he probably fits the Pistons as well as any other team as we could use an elite athlete to complement Cade and Saddiq.

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.