Deleterious Posted November 29 Posted November 29 Great. Another ****ed up court game. Cade and Harris are listed as questionable. Quote
Deleterious Posted November 29 Posted November 29 The way too early results of the new shooting coach. Quote
Betrayer Posted November 29 Posted November 29 Pistons really squandered a weak November schedule that could have seen them get to .500 or better. Get ready for some rough times ahead with the next 5 games being: Pacers Sixers Bucks Celtics Knicks After that you get Utah, which is winnable, but then a west coast trip against the Suns, Lakers, Kings, and Nuggets before coming home to face the Magic on Jan 1. Ouch. Quote
Deleterious Posted November 29 Posted November 29 I wanted to see the individual players that were here last year and this year. Thompson not included because he has only played 2 games. Quote
buddha Posted November 29 Posted November 29 i dont know if youve checked out the sixers' record yet but that game actually seems winnable. especially since their best players are paul george and joel embiid. sixers may actually start to tank soon. 1 Quote
buddha Posted November 29 Posted November 29 2 minutes ago, Deleterious said: I wanted to see the individual players that were here last year and this year. Thompson not included because he has only played 2 games. hey, ausar's shooting 25% from 3 this year! up from 18% last year! last year he had more air balls from 3 than made shots from 3, so it wont take much to show an improvement there. Quote
Deleterious Posted November 29 Posted November 29 5 minutes ago, buddha said: hey, ausar's shooting 25% from 3 this year! up from 18% last year! last year he had more air balls from 3 than made shots from 3, so it wont take much to show an improvement there. Holland would donate a kidney to shoot 18% from three. Our last two lotto picks! And neither is a post player. Quote
Betrayer Posted November 29 Posted November 29 35 minutes ago, buddha said: hey, ausar's shooting 25% from 3 this year! up from 18% last year! last year he had more air balls from 3 than made shots from 3, so it wont take much to show an improvement there. One of Ausar's 4 three point attempts was a 3/4 quart heave to end the quarter. So, he's actually shooting 33% in the 2 games he's played. He probably won't shoot that on the year, but if he does I'll certainly take it from a potential All NBA defender. Quote
buddha Posted November 29 Posted November 29 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Betrayer said: One of Ausar's 4 three point attempts was a 3/4 quart heave to end the quarter. So, he's actually shooting 33% in the 2 games he's played. He probably won't shoot that on the year, but if he does I'll certainly take it from a potential All NBA defender. ausar only works if you have 3 or 4 other lights out shooters. when he is on the floor youre playing 4 on 5 on offense. 3 on 5 when he's out there with holland. yeah yeah backdoor cuts, dunkers position...yeah yeah. he HAS to improve his shooting to play in today's nba. in fairness to ausar, they havent surrounded him with shooting talent. Edited November 29 by buddha Quote
NYLion Posted November 29 Posted November 29 2 hours ago, Betrayer said: Pistons really squandered a weak November schedule that could have seen them get to .500 or better. Get ready for some rough times ahead with the next 5 games being: Pacers Sixers Bucks Celtics Knicks After that you get Utah, which is winnable, but then a west coast trip against the Suns, Lakers, Kings, and Nuggets before coming home to face the Magic on Jan 1. Ouch. The tank is on Quote
Deleterious Posted November 29 Posted November 29 Harris and Cade were both left as questionable on the last injury report. 1 Quote
Betrayer Posted November 30 Posted November 30 6 hours ago, buddha said: ausar only works if you have 3 or 4 other lights out shooters. when he is on the floor youre playing 4 on 5 on offense. 3 on 5 when he's out there with holland. yeah yeah backdoor cuts, dunkers position...yeah yeah. he HAS to improve his shooting to play in today's nba. in fairness to ausar, they havent surrounded him with shooting talent. Every team in the league runs 3 or 4 guys who can shoot in their starting lineup. That's called NBA basketball and nobody is saying you shouldn't do that. That leaves you room for 1 or 2 guys who are questionable shooters and Ausar is one I'm putting in the game without question. I'm prioritizing his minutes over Holland's as well. Give me an All-NBA defender with top 5% athleticism, steals, blocks, great rebounding, good passing and bball IQ. And that's from someone who wanted Cam Whitmore over Ausar in the draft. Just don't be a dumb coach and stick him one pass away in the strong side corner (yet) like Monty did or like JB has done with Holland. It's literally the dumbest place to put a guy who can't shoot. Better yet, on offense he can be in the pick and roll as either the handler or screener. He can be the DHO hub like how they're using Duren (or how Draymond is often used). He can also operate out of the dunker spot as you called out. It works even better with Stew in the lineup since you can invert them. Now, not only do you have better spacing but you also have a better defensive Center in there to go along with Ausar's elite defense. 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted November 30 Posted November 30 Insanely small sample size. But I like JB putting Thompson on the ball. I think it makes the defense pay more attention to him. I hope he wasn't just doing because Cade is out. Quote
Deleterious Posted November 30 Posted November 30 Stewarts offense has looked better lately. Mostly just making himself available to the ball handler as someone to dump it to at the rim. But he seems to be catching the ball better. He had 9 points in the 4th quarter the other night when Ivey hit that last second game winner. Plus, I like watching him and Ausar on defense. Quote
Deleterious Posted November 30 Posted November 30 Cade can sit back and just distribute when others are hitting shots like this. He just has to be ready to flip the switch when they stop hitting shots. Quote
Deleterious Posted November 30 Posted November 30 Well, Thompson has confidence for sure. In about a 4 minute span Indian gave him a wide open 3 from the same corner. First two were ugly and very short. Third one ripped the net. 33%! 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted November 30 Posted November 30 How is that last second shot by Cade to end the third not a foul? Seriously? Did Cade do something to offend the ref community or something? 1 Quote
Deleterious Posted November 30 Posted November 30 lol that had to be a travel by Ivey on the bad Hardaway pass. Quote
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