Deleterious

Was curious how many 20+ point games other teams get out of guys who are not their stars. Looked at Cleveland, which is maybe a mistake considering how good they are. But, Allen, Mobley, and Garland combined for 48 games over 20 points. Allen is the worst of the 3 and he has 9 by himself, which is what last nights Pistons starters combined for. You want to help Cade, get him players that can punish other teams. Right now Beasley is the only other Piston any team has to worry about defending.

It should be said. 20 TO's or not, he was absolutely the best player on the court in those two games. It wasn't even close.

It's a lot of carelessness. You can usually find multiple times per game that looks like Cade is fixing games. He isn't obviously, I'm just saying the TO's look really comical at times. Do they need a secondary ball handler? Absolutely. But lets not pretend Cade didn't have the exact same issue when Ivey was still healthy, and he's a darn good secondary ball handler. They need more people that can hurt teams. Cade is our offensive cruise missile. Beasley is a nice bazooka. Everyone else is a cap gun that you played with as a 5 year old. With Ivey out Cade doesn't have a single player in the starting lineup that has a legit shot at a 50 point game. They might not have a legit shot at a guy who could get 40. Look at the this. THJ - 40 games played scored 20+ 4 times or 10% of his games. Zero 30, 40, 50 point games. Harris - 42 games played scored 20+ 5 times or 12% of his games. Zero 30, 40, 50 point games. Duren - 41 games played scored 20+ Zero times. Zero 30, 40, 50 point games. Thompson - 22 games played scored 20+ zero times. Zero 30, 40, 50 point games. He started last nights game with two guys that have yet to have a single game where they scored 20 points. Combined, the 4 guys he started with have scored >20 points in a game exactly 9 times. They had a 6% chance of having a starter other than Cade go for 20 points. Those 4 guys have almost no shot at hurting you even if most of your defensive attention is on Cade. FWIW, Beasley has played 44 games and gone for over 20 points 17 times. The problem with that is, in the 1423 minutes Cade has played, only 732 have been with Beasley.

Maybe this tanking stuff is getting out of hand.

They seem to get 3 or 4 of these a game. Duren is great at catching a lob.

2nd game in a row Cade has had at least 10 turnovers.

Hawks got it close in garbage time.

Paying him $26 million next year is going to hurt.

Stew just ate Johnson's soul.

Good timeout by JB. Pistons were getting a little carefree there.

Someone ask him why he is leaving a job that pays millions for one that might pay $200K?

Pistons up 18 at the half.

Holland taking a jumper with 18 seconds on the shot clock is not ideal offense.

Pistons have extended their lead with Cade on the bench. They will be hard to beat if that continues.

3 of the top 4 steals leaders play for OKC? No wonder they are so good.