11/20/2023 7:00pm EST Detroit Pistons vs Denver Nuggies

[Betrayer]

On paper you'd expect us to lose game against teams like the Nuggets, Bucks, and Suns. But when these teams are sitting (or losing) their best players, you're just throwing away gifts.

It's also really painful to watch Monty slowly learn the things we all know. Took him 10+ games to learn that you need spacing around Cade.

Now I see he needs to learn the lesson that Stewart can't play Center except in rare matchups. That stretch in the 2nd half last night was atrocious, just like last year when Bagley was out and Stew played a ton of Center.

He also needs to learn that if you do wind up playing Stewart at Center, then Ausar is the guy in the dunker spot or setting the screen and Stew needs to be the guy on the three point line spacing the court, not the reverse. Some of those plays down the stretch were painful with Stew in the dunker spot and Ausar crashing in as well, so the paint just gets totally clogged.

Edit: I should also say that this is on Weaver as well. We needed our 3rd center to be a rebounding veteran big man and we got Wiseman instead. He can't be trusted to play real minutes and now here we are with Bagley starting and Stew playing Center minutes.

Edited November 21, 2023 by Betrayer

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

 

[Deleterious]

Lol

 

[Betrayer]

Hearing that Monte Morris is now going to be out for 6-8 more weeks.

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, Deleterious said:

 

The problem with people who basically get paid by the word is that they may ask you for (...checking..) 12 minutes and 47 seconds of your time for what you only need 5 seconds to hear:  The pistons are a bad team with an unworkable roster and directionless management. 🙉

Edited November 22, 2023 by gehringer_2

[buddha]

19 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

The problem with people who basically get paid by the word is that they may ask you for (...checking..) 12 minutes and 47 seconds of your time for what you only need 5 seconds to hear:  The pistons are a bad team with an unworkable roster and directionless management. 🙉

i hate valenti but he's right.

12 mins and 47 secs?  i could rant like that about the pistons for an hour.

[casimir]

57 minutes ago, buddha said:

i hate valenti but he's right.

12 mins and 47 secs?  i could rant like that about the pistons for an hour.

That’s one way to kill time over a holiday weekend.

[Deleterious]

Maybe Green wont assault Ausar the next time they play.

 

[buddha]

3 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Maybe Green wont assault Ausar the next time they play.

 

i think ausar is getting nothing but positive press everywhere.

if anything, the fact that he cant shoot at all is not being talked about enough.

[Shinzaki]

Ausar is a normal Dennis Rodman

[Hart]

Hopefully the Pistons start Bojan and Ausar together.  Kind of looking forward to seeing what that looks like.

[gehringer_2]

On 11/23/2023 at 8:37 AM, Shinzaki said:

Ausar is a normal Dennis Rodman

The are both listed as 6'7" but Thompson seems smaller than Rodman to me. Maybe the NBA just keeps getting bigger in general.

[1984Echoes]

I thought Rodman was 6' 9".

Probably 6' 8" without shoes...