Betrayer
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You can if you make him the ball handler, the screener, the cutter, or the dunker. It's not that tough as long as you have a couple other spacers on the court. Monty couldn't figure it out at all all last year and benched Ausar after his excellent start and then stuck him in the corner when he did give him minutes. Luckily it only took about 30 games (and a Jaden Ivey injury) for JB to figure it out. Fact is, contrary to internet logic, the Pistons offense has actually been a lot better since Ausar moved into the starting lineup on January 1st. And, of course, the defense has been better as well. Speaking of which, Duren's getting a lot of praise for his recent improvement, and some of that is true, but a lot of it is also what Ausar does to make his life easier along with JB's change to their overall defensive scheme.
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That was a fun game last night. I haven't seen a defensive beatdown like that since the Going to Work days. At the beginning of the season JB said that we would tune in to this team in February and be able to say, "That's Piston basketball." He wasn't lying. That was Piston basketball. Monty's total fail makes it a tough comparison, but to be where they are now after last season JB clearly has this team playing greater than the sum of their parts. First Piston coach I can say that about since Larry Brown. We can question his ability to adapt and strategize in reaction to the opponent come playoff time, but to start with they needed internal development and chemistry. JB's doing a "Coach of the Year" level job at that. He may not win it, but he'll certainly get a lot of votes. Ausar was looking like Giannis-lite against the Bulls. Done laughing? Ok seriously, with his build and athleticism, it's not a bad idea for him to watch some Giannis film for the footwork. He can be an absolute terror on both sides of the ball and is an All-Star in the making if he keeps improving. This is why I've been calling for a Cade/Ausar backcourt since pre-season.
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The headline and the content are completely different. Congrats to NBAFilmSessions, they got people to click.
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It's correct. The NBA scheduling can be odd, especially over the past few years since they've tried to reduce travel a bit.
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Exactly. Same thing when people used to say Drummond was a good passer. Making a pretty pass every now and then doesn't make you a good passer. You have to be able to do more good than harm.
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That's really disappointing. Not because I care about the Mavs, but just because I wish he was still on the Lakers if he was going to miss a lot of games.
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Good win. A little scary for a few minutes, but they made a run and closed this trash team out. These games against inferior opponents are important down the stretch because there are some tough opponents ahead. Need to get these two against Chicago as well.
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Didn't realize you posted it in this thread, so I commented about this in the February NBA thread. But my reaction is still the same: How does Cade get in and not Beasley? What in the actual f---?
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They named Cade to the 3pt contest and not Beasley. What the actual f---?
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A dude who's been the heart of this team and is in the conversation for 6th man of the year says he actually wants to be here and we just immediately go to, "it was a mistake" or "we're gonna pay for that later"? The fanbase trauma is hilarious, even when the team is exceeding all expectations.
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Yay for the Pistons. Booo for me. That probably means League Pass will put it on 3 hour delay. Might have to resort to...other options.
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ESPN's coverage is terrible and Perk might be the worst of them (though there are several contenders for that spot). I guess he's leading in that category.
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All Star teams got picked and they did a terrible job. Cade is on a team full of young guards, while Chuck picked all MVPs, and Shaq picked the old guard. It'll be a Shaq vs Chuck final, which I suppose is probably what they wanted anyway.
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I'm still trying to figure out why Garland shot two technical free throws on that Flagrant. I sorta get the one on Beasley who came in with a soft push.
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Looks like KJ and a second are re-routed to get Schroeder, so let me rephrase this: Gave up nothing and got a backup ballhandler and two 2nd round picks. Everything else I said still stands.
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Dust is still settling, but this is shaping up to be a very successful trade deadline for Trajan. Gave up nothing and got a backup ballhandler (Schroeder), and young 3-and-D wing with athleticism (Martin), and three 2nd round picks. Weaver would've given away picks to get another useless draft bust Center. They're playing with house money right now sitting somewhere between a 6-8 seed when most people had them as a 10th seed or lower to start the year if they were lucky. There was no need to sacrifice the future if the right deal wasn't there. Gain assets, improve on the margins, and see what happens. You probably need a healthy Ivey and access to your picks (after this draft) before you can make a significant trade anyway.
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I'd love to see that if only to give teams more ways to compete. But the reason it disappeared is because having that big man in the lane hurts the spacing and is not as efficient as driving and kicking to 4 shooters every time. You have to solve that problem first and then teams will start to look for other ways to score including post-ups and mid-range shots.
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Genuinely curious - what would that accomplish? The 3-second rule is all I can think of, but I'm not sure camping in the paint against a league full of shooters is going to help.
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That's because it's nearly impossible to stay in front and defend someone when they have all the rules in their favor. So you either give up a wide open layup, which is the highest percentage shot in the game, or you rotate and try to cover shooters after cutting off the drive. But with the corner three you can't move fast enough to cover every part of the court. All three of the things I posted above would alleviate this issue. Defenders would have the right to defend and not worry about the player initiating contact also getting the call. Illegal moving screens wouldn't be allowed to create the space they do today for offensive players to gain an advantage on drives. And finally, eliminating the corner three reduces some of the spacing, allowing defenses to recover more easily and actually defend.
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Another buzzer beater loss. Painful! I assumed we were going to get blitzed and all game it felt like the Cavs were just toying with us, so it was nice to be in it at the game. Just sad that Cade's 4th quarter performance gets wasted because he carried the team.
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I agree. But even if they took a more balanced approach, it would be better than what we have now. It wouldn't be that hard to accomplish either: 1. Allow defensive players the right to their space on the court - No more offensive players initiating contact and getting to the free throw line. At best it's a no-call, at worst an offensive foul instead of a defensive foul. 2. Eliminate the moving screens on every play. 3. Make the three point line a fixed length - that means eliminating the corner three. Do that and every team doesn't have to play the same brand of basketball where every player has to be able to space the court and chuck threes. It also gives defensive oriented teams a chance.
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All of the counting stat records are going to continue to be broken by this era of defense-less basketball. Unless the NBA changes the rules to rebalance the game, all of these "record breaking" moments will continue to happen and they'll continue to mean little to nothing. It's great for hype and so they've started giving us records based upon the "Play-by-play era" because that covers the lowest scoring era. Starting in 1997 means you can break records every day when the average team scored 95.6 in 1997 and now it's 113. That's an 18% increase. In fact, you'd have to go back to the late 60s to find a year where scoring was (just a touch) higher than it is now.
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It's a solid move that I like whether they flip it into another trade or not. At the very least you've nabbed a decent 3 and D wing on a small contract to bolster the bench, while adding more draft picks in the process. Nothing to complain about there.
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Exactly. I'm not switching automatically, but sometimes you have no choice and I'd rather be prepared for it with better defenders at multiple positions.
