Ugh. Up 14 with 9 minutes to play then the Clippers actually started playing hard and defending (honestly shocking to see) and Detroit had no answers.
Wondering where others stand re: Jaden Ivey. I just donāt see anything there. Mediocre jump shooter at best, canāt jump, and has all kinds of trouble keeping anyone in front of him on the other end.
Heās not good
Despite the loss, Boston also lost so the lead remains 4 games
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Itās still tough to judge him this year after coming off a broken leg 10 months ago and then surgery in October.
Heās still on a minutes restriction and he hasnāt found that gear that made him one of the fastest players in the league prior to his injuries. Last year, he was shooting 40% from 3 and delivered two game-winning shots in the final 5 seconds. So it seemed like he was heading towards bigger things. Now, I donāt know.
Yeah, it was a bummer to have the lead for 95% of the game but let it slip away in the final 2-3 minutes.
It was still a pretty good performance considering they were without Cade, Duren, Stew, and Tobias and the Clippers had all their starters. I think Bogdanovic and Jones Jr. were the only rotation players that the Clippers were missing.
The Pistons donāt play again until Thursday, so hopefully most of those guys will be back by then. Stew isnāt injured, heās just sick.
Duren was walking fine and was very active on the bench (ankle is probably good to go) and Cade didnāt have a wrap on his wrist last night. I think those guys are fine now and I believe Saturday was a way to get both of them more than a full week off given that theyāre now off until Thursday. Iām thinking last night was the old Bobby Cox āyouāre good to go? OK then youāll play tomorrowā game.
Could be. I certainly hope Durenās coming around. I believe heās had an ankle injury at least once every season but last year.
It looks like itās the season for Michigan hoopers to appear on the cover of SLAM.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTdPBcuEXbK/?igsh=NXYxeTZwNnE2djlt
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Joe thinks there was an illegal screen
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I het heās upset, but I donāt think acting this way helps his cause.
I guess I canāt make 3 posts in a row on a thread, even after a day or two passes.
So:
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After a 5 day break, Pistons play basketball again hosting Phoenix tonight. Cade isnāt on the injury report & Beef Stew, Tobias, & Duren are listed as probable as of yesterday
Good because I am going to the game tonight and would be very disappointed if they were all sitting again.
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Problems with this view (if your best players, or lots of your good players, who miss time are on rookie contracts youāll look like you get off easily, if you have bad, hurt, expensive players, it looks like youāre less lucky than you may be) but I think itās interesting. Basically, itās payroll lost to injury this year:
https://www.spotrac.com/nba/injured/_/year/2025/view/team
Indiana is 1st (Haliburton a huge part, but theyāve missed 227 player-games this year, which is insane).
Boston is remarkably healthy outside Tatum, but his salary is so big it gets them high up.
Detroit 5th least injured in salary lost, 8th least injured in games.
Unsurprising news Sources: Jonathan Kuminga demanding trade away from Warriors - ESPN
They took Kuminga over Franz. I have no evidence but Iām going to blame Draymond for that decision.
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Spoelstra has been odd this year. His lineup choices and decisions are weird at times. He goes through this periods of not playing Ware for instance and I canāt figure out what heās doing. Feels like whenever they give him burn he plays well and they win
They have too much talent to be 500 even with the injuries.
Pistons sweat out the W vs. Phoenix. Going 4 /12 on free throws over the last 2+ minutes caused Piston fans some undue stress but a winās a win.
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To be fair, I would have drafted Kuminga too, the guy was an interesting prospect.
I still think heāll be a good player with a different team
Obviously Franz would be really nice though next to Curry and Green