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Same here.

On the flipside: After seeing all these moves, is it enough for Gores? Does he think Bojan had a higher price last year (were any of those "1st rounder" real offers, or just rumors)? He gave Weaver a directive to change this team before this season ends. Was it an ultimatum? I wouldn't close the door on this. It may depend on how the Pistons finish the season with all these new kids. With some... hope? Or looking worse than ever...?

Would Gores so much as move off of Weaver in the offseason? Has he seen enough? What does Monte Williams think about all of this?

Well I don't think Ivey needs to be a Jason Kidd-passing wizard... He only needs to be able to pass out of a double-team when he drives & dishes... The out of control is probably not great... And maybe "primary" is not the correct term for what I am thinking. Less of a "primary" and more like a "break down artist". There are different ways that Ivey can get the defense moving and once that happens, as long as he can pass out of double teams and the ball gets into Cade's hands, I think Cade has better options once the defense is moving...

I think Holmes can find pass-rushers in the draft. And a lower cost free agent pass-rusher or bookend DE that will be effective enough to help out Hutch & the D-Line. It's CB that is always a problem to find a guy good enough. The only FA I want Detroit to sign, at least as a priority where serious money is spent, is at CB. Probably $18M AAV for the top or near-top guy out there. If Sneed gets squeezed out by the Chiefs' salary cap. That's the one and only free agent priority I have. That's the guy I want.

Which is why Ivey should break down the defense first. I think that opens up Cade in a big way... instead of getting hemmed in as you say.. And to your point... that probably reduces Cade's turnovers ("nothing good"...) significantly, if he's facing broken defenses versus double/triple-teams. And should open his passing lanes too, if he wants to go that route (or the play design does...). Again, another way to reduce his turnovers. Just my 2 cents.

No, I don't see that anymore. Now he's at least trying to get the women and children to the life rafts. And Cade, Ivey and Duren too.

I've been saying this for at least the past year: Ivey should be the primary and Cade the secondary. The key thing to me is: if the defense collapses on Ivey as he drives, and he kicks it out to Cade... what is Cade looking at? A somewhat broken down defense? I think Cade thrives BIGLY after Ivey breaks down a defense... IMO. Just my 2 cents.

So do we just release 4 guys to get back down? Fournier, Danilo & Muscala (the "corpses" as you guys have named them), and...? Ryan Arcidiacono? (the new guy...)

Gotcha... Thanks.

Bojan's on the bench... not hard to figure out why... But why's Cade on the bench too? Did he get nicked up again?

I thought the Grizzlies had some interest in Killian. Maybe not... it was just trade rumors...

That's the good part. Also good, IMO, is that her fund-raising has been drastically subpar. (But I think that's a reflection of Trump Toxicity). The bad part was that... he was pissed at her for staging the Republican Primaries. He didn't want anyone else showcased because he wanted to just waltz right in and take the nomination at 100%, with no opposition. And he told her not to dfo the primaries. Ronna didn't follow his orders... subsequently... 49% of Republicans (and Indies where eligible) are NOT voting for him, which makes him look bad. Worse... Nikki now looks good, and a viable alternative. At least to the Never-Trump crowd on the right. So of course he wants another lackey there who does nothing but follow his orders. And despite you thinking that there may be more wasted resources... you're forgetting who Trump is. He wants all of the funding that goes to the RNC to go directly into his own pocket. So he can decide what he wants to spend that money on. Probably another portrait of him & Melania & Barron.

Hmmmm... Hmmmm... Hmmmm (still thinking)... Oh sure, why not? 😄

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PS: A little late... but I was just being facetious. I was interested in what kind of commentary would come of that but... not much. The 600 RBI's is way too much for that to be "in the ballpark". 400 would be outstanding. And "maybe" achievable? Too far in the future though as we still don't have a clue how these young hitters are going to turn out. Even including Tork.

Do whatever King Trump dictates or face the consequences.

Oh please please please please PLEASE Let me see that! HAHAHA (wait... I better not do that in advance... need to count those Republican chickens AFTER they hatch!!!)

The most COMPROMISED Congress.

Trump is firing Ronna McDaniel from the RNC... effective after the South Carolina primary. She didn't follow his orders over the past year so he's had enough.

I believe House Republicans are SAYING the bipartisan bill is DOA because it's not the immigration reform that THEY want. But you might be right... If the Senate passes a separate bill covering ALL of the defensive help they want to offer (Israel/ Taiwan/ Ukraine/ misc) and then runs the immigration bipartisan agreement from the Senate ONLY, as a separate bill... That might put the House on the spot: A) If they refuse to bring the defense portion to the floor they're showing their anti-Ukraine Pro-Trump hand publicly. B) If they table the immigration portion because it's "too close to the election", they're boot-licking Trump and NOT working to solve America's problems. B) If they run their OWN version of an immigration bill in the version that they keep SAYING they want passed; which would then go to House-Senate committee to resolve differences and then if it passes both chambers and sent to Biden for signature... then they are working for America and not Trump. In effect... calling their bluff. On Israel. On Ukraine. On Taiwan. And on immigration. Which I think is your intent here...

The Dems wanted Israel & Ukraine and other defensive priorities bundled because Republicans are now boot-licking Putin & Trump (not necessarily in that order) and so now "Screw Ukraine" by a significant portion of Republicans. Or maybe they're just nativists and want to shut down anything that isn't America First. Except they support Israel funding and Pacific funding and other defensive funding... just not Ukraine. That tells me they are boot-licking. Republicans wanted all the defense spending attached to immigration reform because they wanted that done. Until they didn't. So the result of these stand alone bills that you want is that the Republican controlled House will pass Israel-ONLY funding (they've already done that). And NOTHING else. You're OK with that? Just asking...

Here's some luck: The ball bounces off Vildor's facemask. It bounces... Off to the right and bounces straight into the ground. End of play. No wait, instead, it bounces straight into the air where Aisuk catches it and gets in for the TD. Was the ball bouncing straight up into the air, instead of off to the side, and straight into the ground: Skill, or Luck?

I thought he played a few games at 2B for the Tigers... But no, you're correct, he did not... in any MLB year. I thought he did. 1B, 3B and DH only...