01/19/2023 3:00 EST Chicago Bulls vs Detroit Pistons in Paris

[casimir]

   

Chicago Bulls vs Detroit Pistons

[buddha]

my favorite city in the world hosting my favorite basketball team.

[casimir]

4 hours ago, buddha said:

my favorite city in the world hosting my favorite basketball team.

Allez les Pistons!

[Deleterious]

I wonder what league exec lost their job scheduling these two turds in a showcase game.

[Betrayer]

I think they knew that the odd, compacted schedule required for this travel game wasn't going to impact either of these team's playoffs hopes, so no issues there.

[buddha]

29 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

I wonder what league exec lost their job scheduling these two turds in a showcase game.

its the bulls.  theyre still one of the most popular bball teams in the world thanks to jordan.

the pistons, otoh....

[Deleterious]

Fun trivia fact.  He made the first NBA 3 pointer.

 

[casimir]

I forgot to record the game.  I didn't realize it until about 5pm ET, even though I knew the game started at 3pm ET.  Guess I saved myself about 2 hours.

[Betrayer]

Yep, it was painful. Killian was really bad, nobody could hit a 3, and the defense was the usual 30pt per quarter open lane to the bucket. Also, Casey decided to start Stew at Center again even though Duren was back (hopefully it was just a minutes restriction), and it looked really bad (again). Casey also loves to start both Bogie and Bey in that lineup, which we all know is a train wreck defensively.

On a positive note, Hami has been playing really well since Bagley's been out and they've been using him as a PF (mostly). He's undersized for it, but the playstyle suits his skillset way better and he's been able to be effective in the dunker spot, setting screens, cutting, and beating his man down the court as opposed to standing at the 3pt line where we all know he can't shoot. Took 2 years and multiple injuries for Casey to be forced into figuring out what we all knew from day 1 about Hami's playstyle.