4/2/25 9:30PM Pistons @ Thunder

[Deleterious]

That is not on Duren. He can't guard Chet and the cutter.

[Deleterious]

Pacers won tonight.

[gehringer_2]

33 minutes ago, casimir said:

He hasn’t by now, so what do you think the odds are that he will?

pretty much this. I suppose if JB started fining him it might get his attention, but can a coach even do that kind of thing anymore?

[Deleterious]

Derrick Isaiah Joe.  Don't serial killers have three first names? 

[Tigeraholic1]

I just don’t understand fouls in todays NBA.

[Deleterious]

1 minute ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

I just don’t understand fouls in todays NBA.

Congratulations! You're qualified to be an NBA ref.

[Deleterious]

Beasley always guards people 40 feet from the basket then gets torched on the back cut.

[Deleterious]

That was amazing. Thompson is a freak.

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

Two things Thompson needs to work on. Cut the fouls down and work on his handle.

[Deleterious]

Not defending Duren or Reed. But the perimeter defense is really bad. Guys are getting into the paint anytime they want.

[Deleterious]

Someone should ask Kendrick Perkins to spell SGA. 

[Deleterious]

What?

 

[Sports_Freak]

Pistons putting up a fight. Nice little comeback to end the half.

[Deleterious]

Harris out the remainder of the game with that same achilles injury.

[Deleterious]

Speaking of moving screens. Hartenstein was basically on roller skates when he set that screen.

[Hongbit]

9 hours ago, Deleterious said:

What?

 

This is so unnecessary.  I can’t imagine another owner in the league putting out a statement after a normal NBA fight.   Yet, this is so on point for Tom Gores. 6 paragraphs of meaningless word salad trying to remind people that he’s still here. 

[buddha]

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

This is so unnecessary.  I can’t imagine another owner in the league putting out a statement after a normal NBA fight.   Yet, this is so on point for Tom Gores. 6 paragraphs of meaningless word salad trying to remind people that he’s still here. 

tom wants attention.  as usual.

[buddha]

11 hours ago, casimir said:

He hasn’t by now, so what do you think the odds are that he will?

people mature as they get older.  but if he's told that's the role he's supposed to play then he definitely will not.

[NYLion]

Sounds weird to say this about the Pistons but it's all about the playoffs now, the rest of these regular season games don't mean much. Get Cade back up and running for the Milwaukee games just so he can shake the rust off and...that's all that matters at this point really.

[Betrayer]

Good effort to cut it to 4 with a few minutes left. That Duren offensive foul call was definitely a turning point where they could have cut it to a single possession and then the Thunder just took off from there to close it out.

Still, I can't complain about the fight they showed with Cade, Tobias, Stew, Holland, and Sasser out. I can complain about the first quarter defense and Shroder's shooting, but there's no point. We all saw it.

[casimir]

8 hours ago, buddha said:

people mature as they get older.

Huh?

8 hours ago, buddha said:

tom wants attention.  as usual.

 

Edited April 3 by casimir

[casimir]

19 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

pretty much this. I suppose if JB started fining him it might get his attention, but can a coach even do that kind of thing anymore?

 

8 hours ago, buddha said:

people mature as they get older.  but if he's told that's the role he's supposed to play then he definitely will not.

I fully understand it’s that same drive that makes him an effective if undersized big. But Stewart’s got that reputation now and too often crosses the line.

How do they get some of that defensive acumen into Duren’s game?  Just a smidge of basket protection.