casimir Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Detroit Pistons (21-56) vs Oklahoma City Thunder (22-54) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betrayer Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Welcome to the top 3 lottery odds, OKC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 killian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleterious Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Nice stealth tank playing Bey, Cade, and Stew 7 minutes each and letting the G-League team mop up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 10 minutes ago, Deleterious said: Nice stealth tank playing Bey, Cade, and Stew 7 minutes each and letting the G-League team mop up. nobody outtanks okc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerbomb13 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Just how bad is OKC? It’s like the have Gustav Lindstrom defending their net. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said: Just how bad is OKC? It’s like the have Gustav Lindstrom defending their net. like us, they are resting their "injured" players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 Meh….. not worried. Odds are still best for a 4th or better pick overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 killian 25-5-5-5 first piston to do that since grant hill. although i imagine hill did it against a real nba team and not a team trotting out a g league team like okc just did. nice to see portland enter the "so obviously tanking the league may step in" group. welcome to the club, portland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Damn Casey screwed with Cade's per game numbers by playing him for like 5 minutes instead of just giving him the night off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hart Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 9 hours ago, Deleterious said: Nice stealth tank playing Bey, Cade, and Stew 7 minutes each and letting the G-League team mop up. It backfired. We won anyway and now they will be more fresh for the next game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hart Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 (edited) Nice to see Killian surging a bit. I am still not convinced he is a great fit next to Cade and I think his best role is as a primary ball handler. I'm also not sure I am buying him as a starter in general long term. He has the physical gifts but you have to be really elite in other areas to be a sub 30% three point shooter and be a good player at guard. If this surge continues down the stretch, I'd definitely put out feelers for a trade. I think Orlando was rumored to be interested at one point...not sure how they are feeling about Jalen Suggs right now. Edited April 2, 2022 by Hart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hart Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 8 hours ago, RandyMarsh said: Damn Casey screwed with Cade's per game numbers by playing him for like 5 minutes instead of just giving him the night off. True. It's great to see him engaged and supporting his teammates on the bench though. That is not always a role the star player will take on. It's hard to measure leadership but he does seem to check all the boxes. He looks to be all about winning and a player that will care little about his own stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 I didn't think of the Oklahoma connection at first, perhaps Casey wanted to give any potential Oklahoma State fans that may have paid to see Cade atleast some action from him? IDK it's not a big deal either way just strange to see that he would even bother playing him for like 7 minutes. Seems like you'd just give him the whole game off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 interesting to see Livers making some noise. I thought he tended to be under-appreciated compared to his teammates at at UM, though Franz Wagner is also doing a good job of living up to his rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Hart said: Nice to see Killian surging a bit. I am still not convinced he is a great fit next to Cade and I think his best role is as a primary ball handler. I'm also not sure I am buying him as a starter in general long term. He has the physical gifts but you have to be really elite in other areas to be a sub 30% three point shooter and be a good player at guard. If this surge continues down the stretch, I'd definitely put out feelers for a trade. I think Orlando was rumored to be interested at one point...not sure how they are feeling about Jalen Suggs right now. you have to imagine he shoots well enough in practice (of course remember those videos of Drummond making threes in the gym.....) I guess at 21 I wouldn't want to say his shooting couldn't improve but yeah - it would be hard to refuse an decent offer. Of course given the Pistons history of giving up too soon on serviceable guards, maybe caution is in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hart Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 56 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: you have to imagine he shoots well enough in practice (of course remember those videos of Drummond making threes in the gym.....) I guess at 21 I wouldn't want to say his shooting couldn't improve but yeah - it would be hard to refuse an decent offer. Of course given the Pistons history of giving up too soon on serviceable guards, maybe caution is in order. If we didn't have Cade, I would be a lot more patient with him. Even though his jump shot is a huge issue, there are things to like. I am just not a huge fan of standing him in the corner while Cade runs pick and roll. Get an actual shooter for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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