12/21/24 9:00PM Pistons @ Suns

[Tigeraholic1]

Edited December 21, 2024 by Tigeraholic1

[Deleterious]

Ivey probable

Stewart out

Booker out for Phoenix.  

[buddha]

booker is out?  is stanley playing?

#neverforget

[Deleterious]

Pretty sure he means Duren.

 

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[Deleterious]

"I like pro V" 

I knew Greg was a baller.

[Deleterious]

Played well for 45 minutes, don't blow it now. 

They are intentionally fouling Duren, he made both.

[Deleterious]

Ivey had his ankle rolled up on.

[Deleterious]

Cade with the dagger.

[Deleterious]

I hope Ivey is ok. He looked great tonight. 

Good win.

[Deleterious]

Only 1 rebound tonight for Cade.  He salvaged the night with 28 points and 13 assists.  And a dagger.  

 

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[Shinzaki]

That little left hand shot in the lane has been money for Cade.  If nothing else, he's clearly established himself as a foundational piece this year.

Is KD ever going to age?

[NYLion]

Cade is a legit All Star, it's a testament to how weak the roster is around him that they're only 12-17. A player playing at his level deserves a better record. Ivey looks like an above average starter at times but then fades away at other times and they have one of the weakest 3-5 trios in the league. If Langdon brings in, lets say, a high level Stretch 4 this team could jump into the lower end of the playoff race not just play-in maybe even a bit higher the way Cade is playing. Banchero has Wagner plus a bunch of other solid players, SGA has Chet and a bunch of other dudes, Tatum has Brown, Luka has Kyrie, the Rockets have a bunch of guys that chip in etc.  Cade has Ivey sometimes and ???Cade needs help, he's too good to be barely holding down a play-in spot in a horrible east.

Edited December 22, 2024 by NYLion

[Deleterious]

Its nice they win the occasional game.  Kind of sad they do it almost exclusively with offense.  The defense is a mess and its actually getting worse as the season goes on.  For the 7 games in December so far they are giving up 123.9 points per game.  

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[buddha]

how many #1s can the pistons trade?

[Deleterious]

42 minutes ago, buddha said:

how many #1s can the pistons trade?

This years.  Then 4 after the Stewart stuff.  28, 29, 30, and 31.

So they could do 25, 28, 30 or 25, 29, 31.

Any year not listed can also be traded.  Easiest way is via a pick swap with the team they are trading with.  Those are less valuable because we receive their #1 back.

So basically 3 outright and more via pick swaps.

[buddha]

2 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

This years.  Then 4 after the Stewart stuff.  28, 29, 30, and 31.

So they could do 25, 28, 30 or 25, 29, 31.

Any year not listed can also be traded.  Easiest way is via a pick swap with the team they are trading with.  Those are less valuable because we receive their #1 back.

So basically 3 outright and more via pick swaps.

would you do the 3#1s plus 2 pick swpas for markannen?

[Deleterious]

10 minutes ago, buddha said:

would you do the 3#1s plus 2 pick swpas for markannen?

Not a chance.  If this years pick is top 10 then that and Holland gets it done.  Out of the top 10 I throw in another pick with heavy lottery protections.

Utah will be worst than Detroit for the next 5 years in theory.  So pick swaps to them probably hold no value.

[Betrayer]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

would you do the 3#1s plus 2 pick swpas for markannen?

No way. That's what you trade for an All-NBA player, not a 1x fringe All-Star. For that, you get a first and a prospect, as Del said.

[casimir]

10 hours ago, Shinzaki said:

That little left hand shot in the lane has been money for Cade.  If nothing else, he's clearly established himself as a foundational piece this year.

He’s starting to get good at harmless looking drives into the lane that end in a dunk.  He had that one finished off with a lefty dunk a couple of games ago.  He had a somewhat similar righty dunk in this game.  Just looks like he’s going to lay it up or float it and all of a sudden he hammers it home.

[buddha]

1 hour ago, Betrayer said:

No way. That's what you trade for an All-NBA player, not a 1x fringe All-Star. For that, you get a first and a prospect, as Del said.

someone else will do it.  you dont get him unless you overpay.

if you want a scorer on the cheap, you go for someone whonis already massively overpaid like lavine.  or about to be massively overpaid like irving.