1984Echoes

I'm eager to see Sebrango up here as well as Berggren... In fact, why not call up Sebrango and give him minutes instead of Witter? Get his feet wet so to speak...

Who did they call up after sending Brattstrom down? They're still showing Brattstrom on the GR roster...

I'm good with a 2nd round QB to see if they can develop one into something.

19 yo's are not old enough to be great and savvy. It's too early to tell... that's all I'm saying. And to Buddha's point... Grant is a great and savvy move, but the real tell on signing him will be if Weaver can turn him around for more/ better (future) assets. We are waiting on that one... (Ben Simmons, right?)

The only thing I would say on these 3 (and Saben Lee and Diallo too) is that they are still kids. Especially in the NBA.

That's a stocky dude... Unleash the POWER!!!

As close as I can get. I can't do the no-confidence thing... I don't understand the no-confidence thing. Unless it's just a pessimistic personality speaking out loud. Buddha, I think you resemble that last comment. I mean... it's pretty sucky watching them right now... And I am not going to champion their future prospects (winning, not players). I would just say... it's way too early to make any judgement calls at this point. What I would say is that, even if you don't like all of Weaver's moves, including those damn stretches... That he IS able to identify and draft talent. And this team hit rock bottom thanks to SVG, and so... we're going to be getting a few top-o-the-draft picks so... It might take a couple years but, let's see who Weaver drafts over the next two years, what kind of team he assembles, before rushing to judgement.

Proven evaluators in the Pistons front office as well. To the point that they are able to identify talent in the 2nd round that can stick in the NBA. Excuse me? They'll have a top 5 draft pick next year. And probably hit the lottery the following year as well (if they don't, that means they're already in the playoffs....) It all rests with Cade? BS. That's this year, and next year will be totally different for the Pistons because basketball teams can change just that much. This comment makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. None.

On confidence... It's going to be a tough slog for the Lions. There's just too much to do and too many weaknesses to fix... With the Pistons, it's just easier. It's basketball. Top 3 pick next year: Get lucky #1 and we get Paulo Banchero. Lesser pick still = Jabari Smith or Jalen Duren. The next Chris Webber/ Blake Griffin, Rashard Lewis, Dwight Howard? Yeah, we'll see about that. But here's the downriver: Jerami Grant gets pushed to SF where his lack of rebounding gets hidden. Saddiq Bey gets pushed to the bench as a 3&D Scorer off the bench that will have an advantage against most bench SF's... We just fixed 3 problems with one draft pick. I'm confident that the Pistons have an easier road to competitive/ playoff basketball and will get there sooner than the Lions. The Lions are in a worse spot with a more difficult road to travel to get back to being a good team. And might never get there (under the current Admin). I'm pretty certain the Pistons will. Even though their play this year is just as ugly as the Lions play this year...

Top 3 pick in the draft next year.

The Oesterle show...

Cade's looking damn fine. Bey is hitting his shots. Killian also hitting some nice shots! Grant doing his thing. Need to bring this play against better teams...

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Says the guy who is supposedly a "weapons expert".

Biden's problem is that Fox & etal right wing fascist media is going to bash the hell out of him no matter what. They're biased. And they'll excuse Trump's fascist violence because they don't care about anything except their Partisan Hackery. So Trump is starting from a base of biased support, and Biden is starting from a base of antagonistic news media: NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. So if Biden hits a rough patch, mainstream media will also bash Biden whilst Fox & Fellow Fascist networks will bash him regardless. That's how Biden slips below a guy who tried to overthrow Democracy and the Constitution of the United States.

Pssst: Philly.... Wanna a 1-1 pick?

Hey Philly: I have a great deal for your (3) 1st round picks...

We'll see about that... But so far... Yeah!

And they expose all their identifying "markers" with such aplomb, too...

I find that contemptible.

Omigosh... he had a KNIFE. Solution: EXECUTE HIM. Do I have that right?

They have no morals and no conscience. It doesn't hurt them one bit.

2nd round. And we will have that 1st pick.

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That's why I think it's next season before we see a real playoff level type of improvement. We're toing to just miss this year. Or at least that's where I'm setting my expectations.