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Cade is a very good player, star player even, but it's hard to elevate him to superstar status until he starts to take over in big games. He's kind of shrunk in the big moments in this playoff series and the Knicks have owned the 4th quarters as a result. He can't be passive with this team, he needs to be THE guy when they need him and he hasn't done that in this series. Also, Beasley has been terrible. For anybody who was previously worried about losing him because he'd cost too much. Well, worry no more.

No chance, same with Pearce which is why I find it odd that Atlanta gave up a huge haul to jump presumably the Lions to get him.

Pretty underwhelmed by the Williams pick, not a fan of taking run stuffers that high even if he has the potential to be a bit more than that. Also, considering the absolute haul teams were getting for trade downs all night, I'm a bit disappointed that the Lions couldn't execute one. Just have to trust Holmes on this one. I do like that it was a trenches pick, Williams and McNeil could be a fun duo to watch going forward.

True but this schedule is certainly tougher. They play all of The Final 4 from last years playoffs on the road all of whom that are considered Super Bowl contenders again this season depending on what one thinks of Washington, the Rams, Bengals who should be much better one would think and of course the brutal NFC North which it's hard to imagine that they'd sweep on the road again. Brutal schedule. I could see them going 5-4 or 4-5 on the road. The home schedule is way easier and they're going to likely need to sweep it to compete for the division title. I have a lot of faith in the team but that's a gauntlet of a schedule.

Holmes history dictates that the Lions aren't standing pat and I lean towards trade up over trade down.

Jamo is as good as gone in a year or two IMO and out of the Gibbs, Branch, LaPorta and Campbell quartet, I could see LaPorta being the odd man out. One or two of these guys are getting moved or just let go, we should come to terms with that. Just keep drafting well and the Lions will be fine. My biggest concern is that they had two golden opportunities the last two seasons to win a Superbowl or at least get there. Up 24-7 against the Niners in the NFCG and 15-2 last year while they had cap flexibility with a bunch of key players on rookie deal. This is Year 3 of the Superbowl window IMO and the last year with cap flexibility depending on how they stagger the new contracts so the clock is ticking because the cap crunch is coming and the Lions are going to have to pay the piper eventually. Teams that don't have elite of the elite QBs have relatively brief SB windows, the Lions need to cash in on that the next few years (this year in particular) because it's only going to get tougher. Looking at the schedule this year? Yikes, the Lions are going to have to REALLY earn it this year. It has to be one of the toughest schedules in the league. There will be no 15-2 this year.

Zero chance they trade for Hendrickson or any other big name player. Holmes made this clear in his last presser and also made it clear that he won't be able to keep all his current guys even so that should slam the door shut on any Hendrickson or other big name player ideas.

They'd be trading Jamo because of future cap issues so they're not trading for a guy that will likely command an even bigger contract. It makes no sense to trade Jamo now. He's not going to net a return that would make it worth it and they have 2 more years of team control, cheap rookie contract next year then they can franchise tag him the year after like the Bengals did with Higgins. Then let him walk if he's so good that he'll be too pricey to retain and get a 3rd round comp pick so you squeeze 2 more years out of Jamo and still get a 3rd anyway.

Harder for him to flop/foul bait when he's being defended by a player of similar size, plus Schroder has quick feet defensively so Brunson has a harder time driving by him.

Pistons almost gave it away again but Schroder bailed them out , would like to see Cade more aggressive when the Pistons need a 4th quarter bucket. They could easily be up 2-0 in the series, it feels like they controlled the majority of the first two games. Hopefully Stew can get back for Game 3 with two days off in between, that would be huge.

Smart move and advice I should take

IF it wasn't for those guys the Pistons would have lost by 30. They were fantastic most of the game then ran out of gas in the 4th

Lol this guy with the coach again.

Cade, Ausar and Duren were not ready for playoff basketball, all three were hugely overwhelmed. The vets played lights out for most of the game then cooled down in the 4th and the team was cooked once that happened. If Stew is too injured to be at his best I think the Pistons get swept, he's the anchor of their defense and the Knicks were getting everything they wanted at the rim the moment he went out.

He has a dirt cheap contract for next season and the Lions can franchise him the year after so unless they're getting the offer of a 1st for him (not going to happen) then it makes more sense to hold on to him and if he progresses even further and is due for the really big payday then that would be a good problem to have to trade him at high value or pay him. I see zero chance of that happening this season, no draft pick is going to bring what Jamo brings next season and the Lions are in win now mode next season.