Deleterious

Is Bagley hurt? I figured he would get some minutes with Stewart out.

It would also be nice if Burks played well the next month before we trade him

I get they don't have a lot of talent. But some of these lineups are awful.

Ivey with a hot start. Be nice to see a big game from him.

Playoff push begins now.

One dribble from half court.

Flashbacks to the summer of 69. I think this hire cuts like a knife but here is the good news, its straight from the heart. Everything he does, he does it for you. Can't stop this thing we started.

Cade had a nice December. 25.2 PPG, 7.5 APG, 4.8 RPG TS% of 59.8% while shooting 35.4% from three. But here is the best stat. 2.9 TO's per game for the month of December.

Sam Vecenie had one of the Piston podcasters on his show recently. They did 20 minutes on the Pistons and talked about Stewart. They praised him for improving his shooting. But they said he has no gravity, he doesn't draw the defense in so he really doesn't create spacing like you would want. They mentioned the fact he can't attack closeouts as being the big problem. You can really play off of him on defense because when/if he gets the ball, he will not move at all. So you can close out on him hard and he isn't capable of punishing you by putting it on the floor and driving to the basket.

One big on the floor certainly helps. But Cade has been playing better even before Stewart got hurt. I think the Cade turn around started when Bojan returned from his injury. He spaces the floor and gives Cade space to operate. He also is a second option to create offense, which is a huge weight off of Cunningham's shoulders.

If I was not a Piston fan? Probably. The only thing Cade does better than Barnes is passing/playmaking. Barnes is the better shooter from distance, by a wide margin. He gets to the rim more and finishes quite a bit better. He is the much better player on defense. Barnes is the better rebounder. One concern about Barnes is he hasn't done it as the #1 option yet. He was pretty insulated with OG and Siakim as his running buddies. I don't think he receives the defensive attention from other teams that Cade does.

Barnes is pretty damn good. 21 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 5.9 APG, 1.5 SPG, 1.5 BPG on 53% from the field and 39% from three and plays very good defense.

I'm cancelling my Athletic subscription if JEIII mentions "Play-In Game" once in his article.

Watch them lose their next 30 and break the record.

It's over.

Now Ivey with the two big FTs. Cade was also 2-2 before Duren's. So our kids were 6-6 from the line down the stretch.

Two huge FT's from Duren.

Smart move by Ivey to pull that back out and burn clock.

Cade and Ivey with huge threes on consecutive trips down court.

Well damn. I had FSU +60

Up 4 with one quarter left.

Love Wiseman giving the hard foul there instead of the layup. Sadly, that is the best play I have seen from him in a few weeks.