2/1/26 6:00PM Nets 13-34 @ Pistons 35-12

[Tigeraholic1]

Little Caesars Arena - Detroit, MI

[Deleterious]

All Star reserves announced tonight.  He shouldn't get it, but Duren is a stone-cold lock since his coach is picking the reserves.  

 

[Sports_Freak]

4 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

All Star reserves announced tonight.  He shouldn't get it, but Duren is a stone-cold lock since his coach is picking the reserves.  

 

At the end of the Warrior game. Cade was being interviewed by ESPN and he called out "JD is an All Star" or something similar.

[Deleterious]

Duren isn't even a top 20 player in the East, let alone top 12.

[buddha]

48 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Duren isn't even a top 20 player in the East, let alone top 12.

as long as they dont pay him like one.

[Deleterious]

10 minutes ago, buddha said:

as long as they dont pay him like one.

What are you paying him?

[Deleterious]

LeVert out again with just an Illness listed as the cause.  His 7th missed game in a row.  

[casimir]

13 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

LeVert out again with just an Illness listed as the cause.  His 7th missed game in a row.  

He’s going to get himself unqualified for season accolades if he keeps missing games.

[Sports_Freak]

On paper, this game should be over by halftime. But...you just never know. The Nets are shorthanded.

[Deleterious]

**** out of here with Ernst & Young delivering the all star reserve list.  

[Deleterious]

Yeah, Duren made it

[Deleterious]

Chet is an all star but Sengun isn't?  

[Sports_Freak]

Half court buzzer beater but he can't make a free throw? 😅

[buddha]

6 hours ago, Deleterious said:

What are you paying him?

Less.

j/k.  looks like they'll just match whatever the market offers him, which could be dangerous.

[Adullin]

Stop he's already dead

[Sports_Freak]

It's good to see the Pistons didn’t take an inferior team lightly. 

[Deleterious]

15 minutes ago, buddha said:

Less.

j/k.  looks like they'll just match whatever the market offers him, which could be dangerous.

The good news is, restricted guys rarely get signed to offer sheets.  Pistons could say 4/$100 go find a better offer.

[buddha]

28 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

The good news is, restricted guys rarely get signed to offer sheets.  Pistons could say 4/$100 go find a better offer.

i'd be fine with that.  i'm sure duren wouldnt.

as noted by all, duren isnt the "second guy" the pistons need.  he cant really score on his own even if he is getting better at it.  the one thing i will say about duren is that he's gotten better every year.  he makes moves the basket now on his own.  he's a decent passer for a young big.  his free throws are decent.

but its baby steps.  and he still cant shoot a midrange jumper.  if he ever got that, he'd be a #2 scorer for the team....but then he wouldnt be the version of duren who actually exists.  😞

i like duren and think he's going to continue to get better, but i dont want to see andre drummond 2.0 where the team is saddled to an incomplete big man on a huge deal.

ausar not developing any type of offense other than dunking, ivey getting hurt, and holland just being terrible at everything but hustling has really capped this team's ceiling.  those are three top 5 picks and none of them are going to be legit #2 scoring options for cade.

[gehringer_2]

25 minutes ago, buddha said:

i like duren and think he's going to continue to get better, but i dont want to see andre drummond 2.0 where the team is saddled to an incomplete big man on a huge deal.

ausar not developing any type of offense other than dunking, ivey getting hurt, and holland just being terrible at everything but hustling has really capped this team's ceiling.  those are three top 5 picks and none of them are going to be legit #2 scoring options for cade.

rate of improvement becomes the key. Andre improved, but it was so marginal each year he was never going to get there. Duren is doing better, but is it better fast enough? Ausar's non-progress on his shot is the biggest disappointment to me other than Ivey. It's not like there was ever that much hope, but whatever there was he's put to rest. If you can't hit FT's you are still miles from hitting jumpers in competition.

With Ivey, I wonder if the team has knowledge that he's not fully recovered but still could be or will be, or has concluded at this point that is he is just damaged good to write off.

[Deleterious]

Plenty of people feel Duren will get the rookie max.  From Detroit that would 5 years and roughly $225 million.  From another team, 4/$185 million.