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2396

ugh this sucks. I wanted to see Livers vs Franz.

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2397

Curious who we guard Franz with. And if Franz will guard Cade. And how we defend Paolo. Fun opening night game!

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2398

Iā€™m guessing Bey on Franz and Bojan on Paolo. It might not be pretty.

2399

Isnā€™t the Pistons whole thing this year to switch everything?

2400

Unfortunately yes. Stewart is great at it. The others not so much.

2401

Stewart is said to be the best perimeter defender

Which is sort of a good and quite bad thing?

Also canā€™t wait to see Bagley switch (gotta keep my brand)

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2402

They tried it in the preseason, but it didnā€™t work very well. The coach said they were open to looking at matchups once the regular season began and maybe switching 1-3, but then not switching certain guys. Bojan Bogdanovic was a turnstyle in the preseason, so they have to find a way to hide him because switching him onto a guard results in what felt like 100% offensive success rate.

2403

I like Bojan watched him for many years itā€™s unfortunate he has pylon defensively in Bey as well. Difficult to play both of them together.

2404

The Pistons switched everything last year as well and were bad at it then too.

2405

I think if Duren or Nerlens are in theyā€™ll switch 1-4 and keep the big in the paint.

2406

What is the injury that livers is dealing with? I havenā€™t heard and Iā€™m hoping itā€™s not a recurrence of some of his past injury problems

2407

Bojan actually does a pretty good job holding up against big strong guys. Guarded Lebron pretty well as a Pacer.

2408

Defense looking rough so far.

2409

So whats up with Cade? Deferring to less talented guys, not driving, not looking for his shot. Even saw that in exhibition.

2410

Tank is on with Kevin Knox in the game

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2411

Knox will be pushing Livers for PT

2412

If he is, thatā€™s an indictment on Livers. I know heā€™s probably getting Liversā€™ minutes tonight

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2413

Yeah I was hoping Cadeā€™s passivity was a preseason thing. Not great to see Hayes with 3 shots, Knox with 4 and Cade dairying at 1.

2414

If thatā€™s the case heā€™d better start updating his post-career resume because Knox stinks

2415

28-17 after 1. Defense got better with the second string in. Killian best Piston so far.

Could be much worse considering that start