Detroit Pistons & NBA Talk

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 donā€™t beat the Bucks but theyā€™re 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 theyā€™d need the Magic to beat the Knicks and theyā€™d 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 donā€™t think so. I believe the wild card spots are done by conference.

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Thatā€™s 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. Heā€™s 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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Weā€™re gonna raise a banner in Atlanta

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Heā€™s not even a solid player anymore!

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Yeah the bull case was theyā€™ll right size his usage and heā€™ll go back to being a defensive monster who shoots the lights out but that doesnā€™t really sound like a 5 pick player? Gobert and Mitchell are much better than that hypothetical player and I donā€™t think any of those swaps are happening any time soon for either.

And, yeah, that just isnā€™t really what happened at all. Heā€™s just kinda the same guy as last year with worse usage. Itā€™s like heā€™s secretly 34 instead of 28.

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Yeah, the arc of his career Iā€™ve 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

Thatā€™s 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 donā€™t like Trae but thatā€™s at least in large part due to him being an incredible heel? Itā€™s 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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