Love to get a Pistons and UM victory on one night. Great game by Stewart. Love seeing Ausar back and seeing him knock down a 3. Big time shot at the buzzer for Jaden.
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The Red Wings even won a game!
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Huge win for Pistons. They win Tuesday off to the NBA Cup quarters. They could get a wildcard but too early to look at that.
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They still need help if they donāt beat the Bucks but theyāre in good position to move past the group stage. Win and they advance. It should be a nice confidence booster for the young core if they make it to the next stage.
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Think the wildcard scenario if theyād need the Magic to beat the Knicks and theyād need to lose by less than 7 to stay ahead of the Celtics in the tiebreaker.
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Warriors losing and Mavs winning would help because Warriors are undefeated with a +12 point differential.
Does it matter what happens with Western Conference teams?
I donāt think so. I believe the wild card spots are done by conference.
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Thatās what I thought. Thanks!
The Pistons end a 16-game losing streak to the Knicks tonight, winning 120-111. Cade with another triple-double.
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Take that James Edwards III!!!
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The rise and fall in like 18 months of Mikal Bridges is super weird
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Still wild to me that Knicks traded 5 first round picks for him. Heās a solid player, but feels like they could have gotten a better player than Bridges if they were willing to offer 5 first rounders in a trade
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Trae Young vs NYK fans are the best rivalry in the league
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Weāre gonna raise a banner in Atlanta
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Heās not even a solid player anymore!
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Yeah the bull case was theyāll right size his usage and heāll go back to being a defensive monster who shoots the lights out but that doesnāt really sound like a 5 pick player? Gobert and Mitchell are much better than that hypothetical player and I donāt think any of those swaps are happening any time soon for either.
And, yeah, that just isnāt really what happened at all. Heās just kinda the same guy as last year with worse usage. Itās like heās secretly 34 instead of 28.
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Yeah, the arc of his career Iāve the last 4 years:
-3 and D low usage quality shooter (60%+ TS) defensive ace
-High volume scoring on still great efficiency (over 60% TS), diminished defense, assumed to result from offensive workload
-40 point drop in true shooting, usage still high, defense still diminished due to workload I guess?
-Usage cut from 25% to 19%, true shooting unchanged from the aforementioned drop, defense still bad
So he went low volume high efficiency good D
To High volume high efficiency mediocre D
To high volume, slightly below average efficiency, mediocre D
To low volume, slightly below average efficiency, mediocre D
Thatās an entire career arc from age 25 to 28
The only crazier arc is JJJ who has been a different player every season of his career (most of those players are very good)
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I donāt like Trae but thatās at least in large part due to him being an incredible heel? Itās truly commendable
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He embraced being a heel. Hearing New York fans chanting F Trae Young during the game and other sporting event is hilarious. They chanted F Trae Young during the Yankees game last summer!
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