10/9/25 8:00PM Pistons @ Bucks Preseason Game 2 of 3

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Milwaukee, WI - Fiserv Forum

 

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Watching this late. 

Looks like they start the game with Ausar on the ball and Cade off. Cade had 9 points in the first 4 1/2 minutes.

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Thompson looks like he had worked in his handle a bit. It appears to be much more compact and not as much upright as he was last year. 

Free throw shooting is still an issue for him. 

Cade had 11 points in the first.

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Loving aggressive Cade. 17 points with 9 minutes left in the second quarter. 

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No Cade to start the 2nd.  His 6 assist might be the most impressive stat since Ausar was on the ball quite a bit when Cade was on the floor.

Cade played 19 minutes and shot 8-14 from the floor.  

 

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I’m a fan of Ausar handling the ball at times, so this isn’t a complaint.  However, giving him more on-ball reps could slow his progress as a shooter.

Players who operate on the ball rarely get corner 3PT looks—the shortest shots on the floor. Their attempts mostly come from above the break, where the distance is greatest.

You also lose those wide-open catch-and-shoot chances when you’re creating the play, and that’s the bread and butter for boosting a 3PT percentage.

As I said, I still like the idea, but it works against efforts to improve his shooting.

On the flip side, Cade shot 35.9% while almost always running the offense last year. If he spends more time off the ball this season, his 3PT% could rise by a point or two and make things open up even more for him.

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It's only preseason, of course.  But Cade has posted TS% of 81.2% against Memphis and 74.2% against Milwaukee.  

He only has 14 regular season games with a TS% >70%.  

His career TS% is 53.9% which is awful.  Last year it was 56.5%.  You would like to see it at or above 60%.  So he has some work to do.