buddha

game opened at detroit -12.5. quickly down to detroit - 9.5.

Again, everyone (not on this site) seems to be acting surprised that this team has no reliable outside shooting and no creators not named cade cunningham. they brought in caris lavert to "create" for god's sake. lets see if duncan and/or huerter can get going in game 2. or tobias. they have to spread the floor cade to operate and duren to be effective rolling.

i dont disagree, but i dont think he's particularly "skilled." we may be working off different definitions of "skilled." the bottom six could use an upgrade and anyone with a pulse is likely to fit that bill instead of rasmussen. but if they are running mazur and james next year, they'll need a big upgrade in the top six to make the playoffs. honestly, if trading danielson or kasper and some of their depth gets you a highly skilled player they should do it. because kasper and danielson arent playing like future 40 goal scorers, they're playing like future 40 point scorers.

you throw a lot of hope up there and pray that it sticks. it hasnt so far, but our standards are different.

ausar played 9 second half minutes. jenkins played 16. he's looking for shooting to spread out orlando, and since his boss refused to get him any shooting, he's turning to a g-league player to get it (because duncan or huerter or lavert (!) were giving us nothing). as most knowledgeable pistons fans will attest, this team scores off its defense. when you take ausar away in some desperate search for shooting/spacing, you are playing away from your strengths. out. coached.

he scored 20 goals as a 22 year old playing against players younger than him. if he has any nhl ambitions i would expect him to do that. i dont think he gets his goals through speed, stick handling, great passing, or high end "skills," i think he gets them by charging to the net and being physical. that's great. the nhl is full of guys like that. but he's not particularly big, not particularly fast, and doesnt set the game on fire by being more skilled than others. he's carter mazur. a plugger. the world needs pluggers, but the world needs another alex debrincat more.

another fourth liner who tries hard but has limited skill. he'll fit right in on the first line here.

theyre bringing a lot of urban's old offense back. a lot more qb runs. that will take advantage of underwood's size and athleticism more. carr is athletic, but he has a pop gun arm. not sure he's a long term solution but it would depend on the offense they run. and if underwood did leave, they'll have LOTS OF MONEY left over to go get another qb.

underwood's comp is cam newton or vince young. He's massive, he can run like a deer, has a cannon for an arm... and **** mechanics that impacts his accuracy. i'm not saying he's going to final get it like young or newton, but that's his comp.

We all said "duren has to show it in the playoffs. regular season games when the other team is playing 3/5ths of their lineup and not trying is not a good measure." welp. not off to a great start. its only one game, but someone else is going to have to step it up. tobias harris is not the #2 guy on a championship team. duren has to be.

grand rapids gets beat again. cossa finishes with the worst save % on the team this year (he finished ahead of augustine, but he just got there so we'll cut him some slack). meanwhile, jesper wellstadt just started a playoff game and gave up 1 goal to dallas. #yzerplan.

you should be more concerned with the anti-semitic candidates who will be sitting on your board soon. says a lot about the democratic party as a whole, and the university of michigan's future.

Detroit is the first #1 seed in 27 years to never have a lead in game one of the opening series.

JJ was a great teammate too. not sure about milton. To your point, Underwood didnt seem to get much coaching last year. Let's see how he responds to actual coaching this year. so far, not good.

in better news, i made $20 on my magic moneyline pick tonight! and its only one game. plenty of time to bounce back. but they'll need a HUGE game from cade to do it.