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yes but in the same token, it kept their price down on their second contract so in that sense we should thank for Monty for his utter incompetence.
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I continue to be intrigued by Ausar handling the ball more effectively. If he can do that more consistently against better teams that could really unlock this team's potential. It's too bad he can't shoot from deep because he does everything else at a high level and would be a legit #2 but without that shot becoming more consistent there's a cap to his ceiling as a player.
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Seriously. Why does it have to be that Philly played like trash, maybe the Pistons played well. Give them some credit.
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Missed the game but I heard that Ausar was impressive running the team. I've always felt that he had the 2nd highest ceiling on this team, has elite of the elite athleticism and feel for the game so if he got his 3 point shot up to respectable levels he could be an All Star and even if he doesn't (like what his brother is now) that's still a very good player. Tiny sample size but with Ausar running the team so well it makes me wonder if they should try an experiment of him sharing the ballhandling duties with Cade and seeing if they have something with Cade playing some offball which I always thought he would excel at, not that he isn't excelling as is as the primary ballhandler but in terms of scoring efficiency which has kind of cratered a bit lately.
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Well, the Wizards and Hornets were able to stockpile some 1sts for salary dumps so there were opportunities available. With that said, Langdon did fine. Got somebody competent to help Cade with ballhandling duties and got some 2nds whatever that means.
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Looks like this is it for Langdon. I didn't expect much yet still feel underwhelmed, still no ball handler to take the pressure off of Cade. Maybe they pick up somebody during the buyout period but, as is, this deadline was very Weaver-like. Edit: Or they get Schroder. That's...something even though he's kind of an idiot for his NBA=Modern Slavery nonsensical remark.
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Well, Luka, AD and Fox all just got traded so still seems like fun, no? Fun for Silver's golden goose franchises but fun nonetheless.
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In that case, we probably see a trade to use the cap space before the Martin trade becomes official. I can't imagine that this is Langdon's big move so I'd like to think that he planned on using the Martin contract to absorb into the exception not eat away at cap space.
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Kenyon Martin's kid, seemed kind of promising a few years ago. Apparently the Pistons are getting two 2nds to take his contract so seems like an ok move and hopefully not Langdon's only move.
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Actually, I didn't realize how poor his shooting numbers were until I just checked. I thought he was having a better year but those shooting numbers are putrid. I think I'm starting to backtrack on wanting him here. Is he even better than Sasser at this point? He's bigger so that helps defensively and he's a better playmaker but it's hard to get past those shooting numbers and it's a high volume of shots too.
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He's an injury risk but he's just a rental and won't cost much to acquire so there really isn't much risk with potential nice reward as a much needed ballhandler to alleviate some burden from Cade. I think it's imperative that Langdon add a ballhandler, he has to see that it's just too much on Cade's shoulders right now.
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Bad loss but I think we need to keep in perspective that this is overachieving big time considering the personnel so it's a minor miracle that they're in this position in the first place.
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That was my thought too when they made that trade, and they still have a giant war chest of assets to add more. This was arguably the biggest failure of the Weaver era outside of the 2020 draft, his failure to accumulate assets with all that cap space he had to work with. I still hope that Langdon is in asset accumulation mode despite them being in a playoff race, eye should still be on the bigger picture. I wouldn't mind if they added somebody like Lonzo Ball but not sure if it's time yet to be adding rentals with the remaining cap space.
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No chance. Guy is one serious injury from being out of the league and/or a few hamburgers away from being on "My 600-lb life"
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And they were calling it a "win now" move after trading Luka freaking Doncic. I just don't know what's going on here.
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Even if the writing is on the wall and Luka wanted out, how do you only get old AD and a 1st? Ridiculous and of course it's the Lakers reaping the benefits as they have for like 6 decades always getting these generational talents landing in their lap.
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There's just no way the Mavericks traded Luka Doncic. This can't be real....
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That's a nice win. Cade might very well be the MVP of the league in terms of value to a team. One can argue that Jokic does more for the Nuggets than anybody and he's quite obviously the best player in the league but you can't tell me that he has a worse supporting cast than what Cade has especially with Ivey out.
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Holy hell, every single one of those proposals made my eyes bleed. I'm not even a Duren fan but can you imagine giving up him and 5!!! 2nd rounders for a slow 34 year old center who plays on defense? Ivey for a bad contract? Giving Miami real value to take a problem off their hands? What was this guy smoking? Not even a contender should make idiotic trades like that nevermind a .500 team that probably won't end up at .500.
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The fact that the Pistons are near .500 and have beaten the likes of the Knicks and Rockets with guys like THJ, Harris, Duren and Ausar (love Ausar but he can't shoot in a shooting league) in the starting lineup where the Pistons are shorthanded against just about every team is a testament to how good Cade is. This is the Wizards with Cade Cunningham.
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I don't know why anybody would trade for Fox if the rumored talk of him wanting to go to San Antonio has any validity. That's a ton (whatever his high value would be) to trade for a year and a half rental.
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If you're so sure of Hooker having real value, give me a precedent of a QB in his situation netting a 3rd round pick or higher (which I assume is what you consider "value"). You keep saying he has value based on what you perceive to be high value but I haven't seen any precedent for it. If you want to throw somebody like Jimmy G out as a comparable. Drafted late 2nd round, sat on the bench for 3 years, only 25 at the time but, ok, not that young anymore. He showed a pretty high level play in his last season with the Patriots when Brady was suspended so there was a sample size of him showing that he can play in the league and flashes potential. Until Hooker does that, and lets hope that never happens, I can't see any team risking a high round pick on him and I don't see any reason for the Lions to trade him for that very reason.
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No team is trading anything more than a late round pick for a 27 year old QB, 3rd round pick, that hasn't played any meaningful NFL snaps. There's no precedent for this. What valuation would you put on Hooker if you think he has value and what precedent is there for a player in this situation netting a decent pick?
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Hooker has skills but his skills aren't overly special. He's also a 27 year old QB who has only taken a handful of snaps in mop up duty, there's very little value with him and there's no reason for the Lions to trade him for that very reason unless they want him to get an opportunity somewhere.
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It's not just laziness, he has zero help with ballhandling responsibilities so teams are blitzing him constantly and he also has one of the highest usage rates in the league due to that. I don't think there's a team that depends on a player to ball handle more than the Pistons do with Cade. This needs to be Langdon's main priority at the deadline, get this man some help.
