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Not until late October. See what I did there?

It’s not a direct impact, but it does roll up under his umbrella. I don’t know, I could be wrong, but it seems like the Tigers have a high rate of pitching injury.

Is Reed an RFA?

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know when you’re going to open in it and see that someone took a bite of that nasty chocolate covered orange cream and then put it back in the box like nobody else would notice.

12 playoff games. 6 single digit scores, 6 double digit scores. High score of 15.

Agree, mixed bag. Some hits. Some misses. We thought the minors was going in the right direction. I don’t know, is it? How much of the pitching lack of health fall on Harris’ responsibility?

I completely agree with you on the platoon and outlier seasons. I guess the question is did they lazily sit on these players without looking to move them? Could they move them or did other teams see how these were outlier seasons? I wonder specifically about Carpenter. If a team has much of its offense dependent upon a guy that is deployed only in a platoon, that’s probably a guy to move on from. But then you throw in his defense, his lack of durability, maybe there wasn’t much of a market for him.

This is better than shoveling snow, right?

I’m not watching. Are they still directing traffic at the batter on deck circles?

They ain’t picking’ up what we dropped, dog.

April and May showers bring October playoff games. —- Casimir 3:16

Yes, get some movement. Start on side of the key and open things up on that side. Could they run screens for Cunningham to run through off ball like with Rip Hamilton? The one out of bounds play last night that was correctly changed from a 3 to a 2, Cunningham kind of improvised there, but it gave the opponent another look. Maybe it doesn’t always have to be Cunningham on the receiving end, maybe it’s another shooter and/or Thompson/Duren come off from screening as cutters? In one of the timeouts, Bickerstaff was imploring to play defense and break when possible. But creating more movement in the offense should help create that bit of chaos in a half court game.

Duren has mobility, he has improved every season. He’s 70% at the line. Is there something in there to where he should be able to pick up a bit of a mid range game? Did the Pistons pull the plug too quickly on Stewart at the arc? Now, look, he hit two last night, small sample size. His form looked fine. It seemed like they talked about it once and it was short lived. Was it too short lived?

All of the talk during the regular season about the chemistry between Cunningham and Duren. But I wonder how that chemistry is during these playoffs. I understand a slight drop in production from the regular season to the playoffs. I understand a first foray into the playoffs might be tough for a player. But Duren has all but vanished in these playoffs. There’s not one improvement in his per 36s from last playoffs to this except for personal fouls. He’s gone from, 24.9 points and 13.4 boards in the regular season to 11.8 and 9.7. Ok, yeah, we’ve all seen it in action, it’s been a popular topic heading into and during the playoffs. But how is this grinding on Cunningham? Especially after last night and seeing the overt double teams above the arc late in the game and knowing the opponent will all any other Piston a crack at scoring rather than allow Cunningham that shot. And while we love Thompson’s defense, and holy smokes is it a thing of beauty to watch, he’s got to pick up some sort of offense this offseason. A 3 point shot that’s enough to keep the defense honest would be great. A mid range along the baseline to open up the key a bit for drives/posts. Something besides back door cuts (which are still beneficial).