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One of the cap gurus wrote an article today.  They mentioned Detroit could get to $20 million in cap space.  So now some fans are saying use the $20 million to sign someone new, then use the MLE to keep Beasley.

That is not how it works.  You can not double-dip like that.  You would take the $20 million number and subtract the MLE from it, which is $14 million.  So instead of just having the MLE to spend, the Pistons would get an extra $6 million for a total of $20 million.

 

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23 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

 

Wow, I'm more surprised that THJ is available than Cade sitting out. Dude looked like he would be done for 4-6 weeks and was in a boot after the game.

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43 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

Wow, I'm more surprised that THJ is available than Cade sitting out. Dude looked like he would be done for 4-6 weeks and was in a boot after the game.

Yeah, he looked really hurt. I was afraid at first it may have been an Achilles injury.

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Blood clots are odd.  Career ender for Bosh.  Asuar was out, what?  8 months or so.  The article says people are optimistic Dame can return this season.  Could be blowing smoke to keep selling playoff tickets I guess.

 

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20 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

Blood clots are odd.  Career ender for Bosh.  Asuar was out, what?  8 months or so.  The article says people are optimistic Dame can return this season.  Could be blowing smoke to keep selling playoff tickets I guess.

 

Blood clots are deadly. Or can be. The treatment is blood thinners. Which have their own dangers.

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2 hours ago, casimir said:

Is Marcus Sasser building up his trade value for the offseason?

Would rather keep him. He was just miscast as a pure PG, play him alongside a PG off the bench so he can focus on scoring and you have something with him.

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25 minutes ago, NYLion said:

Would rather keep him. He was just miscast as a pure PG, play him alongside a PG off the bench so he can focus on scoring and you have something with him.

It’s all relative to what a trade would look like.  I don’t not against Sasser, I tend to agree with you that he was probably miscast.   I can see him as a part of a rotation off of the bench.  Maybe he could develop some point skills, but definitely not in starter minutes, and maybe only in scaled back bench minutes.

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Great showing by Sasser, but we already knew what he was - a scorer who can get his own. Problem is he's not much more than that and he's undersized. Makes it really tough to find a spot in the rotation for him.

More importantly, the Pistons are now at least .500 on the season and they're 1 win away from doing something nobody has ever done - tripling their win total from the previous season.

Not only that, the few teams that have exceeded the Pistons single season turnaround in games won have done so by adding a Hall of Fame player. The Pistons added 3 vets who've never even been to an All-Star game and also lost their 2nd best scorer in early January. Atkinson will win CoY because that's been the narrative all season, but the Cavs won't hit the 70 games people were predicting and they won't even have the best record in the league.

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Bucks lose so Pistons jump a half game infront of them for the 5th seed. With the way Indy has been playing if we can't ge the 4 seed I wonder if we're better off dropping to 6 and playing the Knicks to be honest. 

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13 hours ago, RandyMarsh said:

Bucks lose so Pistons jump a half game infront of them for the 5th seed. With the way Indy has been playing if we can't ge the 4 seed I wonder if we're better off dropping to 6 and playing the Knicks to be honest. 

Brutal schedule incoming, so we could wind up in 6th pretty easily. I'd be happy with winning 1 out of the next 3 and they may not even get that (CLE, @MIN, OKC). Be careful what you wish for though, because Indy could pass New York as well.

Last 3 games are against the Knicks and Bucks x2. It'll be interesting to see how much could shift with those games or if seeding is locked and they just roll out the reserves.

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