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Neither can shoot. At least Killian got good defense
Cade Cunningham Calls Pistons 'Bad', Says Competitive Level Is 'Unacceptable'
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Neither can shoot. At least Killian got good defense
Like I said, I get that point but he was a high lottery pick. Monty wants to set a culture that you gotta play defense to get PT, makes sense, but winning clearly ain't the priority now and maybe giving him PT is the best way to iron out these issues. Matter of fact, what if he's just always a net negative defender?
Yeah, it's been a sort of "the process" following their blueprint, but we haven't had Embid like talent to hit on. And the year that it finally looks like a legit generational type talent in the draft, we have the worst record and end up with worst possible draft outcome we could have and drop to 5th.
Then he better have all worldly offense to make up for it or he’s going to be a role player or out of the league altogether.
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Maybe they’re trying to build up Killian before moving him
Obviously Detroit will be a losing team this season
But Killian time is running out and he was a lottery pick as well
Ivey's rookie season: 41.6 FG%, 34.3 3P%, 16.3 pts, 5.2 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 3.2 TO
Granted, on a horrible team but that's what you want to see from a young guard. He might need to be moved for a better fitting piece.
Hayes is bad, Ivey is dumb. Cade is not a PG. Thompson is their best prospect with Duren. Detroit misses on too many guys. That's their biggest issue.
He reminds me of Steve Smitty Smith. Former Hawk legend and MSU great. He needs to be moved to SG but Detroit don't have a better option at PG.
I honestly don't know why Sasser doesn't smart. He's actually decent. Decent SG.
Ya'll got about 5 SGs, 4 centers, and 2 tweeners with no position. I have no clue what Detroit is doing
Players of value
Ausar and Duren
Players who can play
Bojan, Cade, Monte and Sasser.
Idk what to expect
Joe Harris and Stewart
Talented players but they stink
Ivey, Bagley, Knox, Wiseman,
Stink
Hayes
I think Cade was a major miss. You could have had Barnes or Mobley. That said, he's better than Suggs or Jalen Green although Green still got a lot of upside.
Pistons probably should have took Sharpe over Ivey.
Ya'll got about 5 SGs, 4 centers, and 2 tweeners with no position. I have no clue what Detroit is doing
Players of value
Ausar and Duren
Players who can play
Bojan, Cade, Monte and Sasser.
Idk what to expect
Joe Harris and Stewart
Talented players but they stink
Ivey, Bagley, Knox, Wiseman,
Stink
Hayes
I think Cade was a major miss. You could have had Barnes or Mobley. That said, he's better than Suggs or Jalen Green although Green still got a lot of upside.
Pistons probably should have took Sharpe over Ivey.
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How about they play Ivey at PG with Cade at SG for 30MPG for half the season and see what that looks like?
Ivey is retarded. Ivey just didn't translate from what I seen. Sometimes you peak way too early.
When Monte is back, Detroit will likely look better when they move him into the PG spot
He's 21 and played less than 100 games in the league. Maybe the defense never gets fixed but offensively he looks like any young guy on a bad team. I wouldn't write anything definitively about him just yet
If you look at detroit and houston, you'd think they'd be on the same trajectory but the difference is that houston signed respectable vets. Detroit is the youngest team in the league.
They shouldn't ignore this element of teambuilding, IMO.
They shouldn't ignore this element of teambuilding, IMO.
Young squad with bad habits and no shooters. Monte is going to fix things but it won't happen overnight. I do think Ivey is a bust, though. I'd look to trade him for another 1st or bring in a shooter.