Cade's free throws per game are creeping up each month. Which is also helping his scoring average creep up each month. That's a good sign. When you can go for 30 and it feels like it was somewhat a quiet 30, it's a good sign.
Ivey just disappears at times on offense. Playing solid on defense though and like Cade, he has zero turnovers. If those two can keep the turnovers down these last 7 minutes, I think we win this game.
The Pistons have 8 turnovers and 3 of them are from Killian. That's not bad by our standards. And yet, the Raptors only have 4. Even when we have a decent game with turnovers, we still have double the opposing team.
Ivey would probably be a good football player. He's a great athlete by any standards but I think his agility and lateral quickness are lacking and limit his defensive ability as a basketball player. He's explosive but not that quick in small spaces. I used to think it was an effort issue on defense but now I think it's more than that. He's been giving more effort lately but still gets beat off the dribble too much. His athleticism allows him to make some defensive plays that other guys can't but as far as being consistently good at defense on most possessions, he still struggles.
Especially with Thompson. I think he has more to gain from the G League than Sasser.
Sasser is 23 already. I'd actually like to see him get more minutes for the Pistons.
There is a very wide variance in his outcome when he reaches his prime. I am betting he gets there. Just needs to be competent enough where he is not such a minus on offense. It’s going to be painful to wait. Especially if it ends up that he his best years are with another team.
Goes back to not having a point guard. Cade and Ivey are above average ball handlers by off guard standards but below average by point guard standards. Leads to sloppy turnovers and bad decision making with passes. Finding a point guard should be the number one priority. Morris will help a lot if he ever comes back.
Cade goes on these tangents where you think he is becoming a decent three point shooter but just can’t seem to get that percentage up over 35 percent consistently. Maybe this latest hot streak is the beginning of something sustainable.
It’s amazing he can go on the tears he does with his handle. He is not a point guard. He’s improving as a scorer but that handle holds him back more than you would like in crunch time.
I have grown skeptical of his overall talent/upside but you got to love everything else about him. Hopefully he sticks around and doesn't bail on the franchise.