Stewart was terrible tonight. Can someone take his contract?
God I hate these corny MFers. The trash talk to talent ration is astronomical. Only team that can make me root for the Celtics.
Imagine dancing after going 1-9 from 3ā¦ Almost like he was the mascot of the US Olympic Team.
Rough to lose when Hali and Nembhard both stink
Undone by TJ McConnell
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Heās just a big fan of the Double Chunk Chocolate Cookieā¦
5/30 from 3 outside of Hardaway
Caris has 19 points and 4 assists on 9 shots with 8 to play
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Cooper Flagg youāre a Raptor.
Heās leading the starters in plus minus!!
(was just texting a buddy that Giddey is -22 and is apparently just gonna be the Bulls tank commander the whole year)
The bulls have somehow entered a world where the only tradeable assets they have left are the young guys who contracts they havenāt had the opportunity to mess up yet (Whote, Ayo)
Lavine? Vooch? PAW? Giddey?
LOL
Was shocked Giddey didnāt get an extension. Really hard to imagine he gets a big offer as an RFA so maybe they actually play hardball and come out okay? Not like Iād love him at 4/100 but thatās prob close to fair?
Iām always shocked when they do something sensible
If he rocks this year, match an RFA offer whatever
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It was nice to see TIMMAY knocking them down.
The Pistons need to learn how to win close games this season. They blew a lot of 4th quarter leads last year.
They looked good in the first 3 quarters, but their offensive drought has doomed the Pistons. I do see improvement and coherency from this team. On to the next one!
Iād imagine that Langdonās priority is to find a defensive center who can protect the rim. Duren showed flashes early on but his defense gotten worse as the game goes on. Duren left Myles open at the perimeter far too much for my likings. Iām not sure if itās due to scheme/game plan, but Myles has shown that he is a threat from 3 pt.
Thanks to all of the NBA games being free last night I actually watched the Pistons for once, which is very rare in the Chicago area unless theyāre playing the Bulls. There were definitely a lot of positives, but losing close games is something they have to figure out. Iām not a huge NBA guy or X/Os guy, but the biggest thing to me was that late in the game there were a couple of really dumb things (6-men on the court, fouling a lunging 3pt shooter, etc.) and then we still generated a half-dozen open threes for Tobias or others and they never fell. Not ideal shots, but open threes in the NBA should go down more often than 5-26 in non-Hardaway shots.
My unscientific take is that if youāre going to hold last yearās #2 in the league offense (121 Ortg) to a 116 Ortg (around league average last year would be 15th across the season), youād hope to win, especially since youāre playing last years 25th ranked defense (same personel basically as last year).
The Pistons 110.5 ortg, for context, would have been 25th last year (this is better than what their offense was last year - 27th at a 109.7).
So, an unqualified good defensive performance (holding a very good offense to league average counts as good). A still very poor offensive one.
Itās 1 game obviously lol.
The good news is that the variance is basically shooting - they were +5 possessions on the offensive glass and +3 possessions in the turnover department - youād generally win on those margins. Part of the issue is that despite producing 3 less turnovers, the Pacers had 4 more steals and 6 more blocks - things that lead to transition, and WAY higher PPP opportunities,
The bad news is that the Pistons have been about the worst shooting team in the NBA for years, so dying by not shooting wouldnāt be novel.
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Not sure if thatāll happen. Hardaway Jr. just doesnāt provide much value outside his shooting.
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THJ is a 32 year old role player. he was a bit player on a good team last year. thereās not much rejuvenating to be done. but heās made $135M dollars! So heāll be alright but likely heās a guy that just signs minimum contracts on bad teams for however long he has, if heās lucky heāll find his way on the end of the bench of a good team maybe
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