OT: Pistons Back in Playoffs For First Time Since 2009
Good news for us Detroit fans. The Pistons beat the Wizards to quality for the playoffs for the first time since 2009.
Reggie Jackson sure had himself a game. 39 points and 9 assists. Pistons won 112-99.
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Good Day. Tigers also won to start the year 3-0
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If he could make a fucking free throw, he could play most of the 4th quarter. It's his own damn fault.
If his free throw shooting was any worse, the ball would end up going behind him.
It's my opinion the Pistons need to stop meekly taking him out of games when the other team goes into hack mode. The Bad Boys wouldn't have put up with this shit. Dennis Rodman was a poor FT shooter too and if other teams had repeatedly hacked him, Laimbeer would've turned up the Laimbeer to 11.
No Pistons team ever won a title that wasn't nasty and intimidating as hell. If the opponents want to play fouly-foul, then I say start giving it back in spades.
Drummond needs to try shooting free throws underhand. Seriously. Some guys just can't shoot them overhand. It's worth a shot.
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Dre and Reggie are non negotiables but everyone else is fair game to trade IMO. It's great we made the playoffs but we aren't going to get far without at least one more All-Star player. We would be in great shape if Reggie is our 3rd best player and Dre is 3b.
Wheel and deal, Stan.
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hence the "great shape" part.
He can rebound and block shots but he can't shoot FTs so he's a major liability at the end of games. 39% is not good.
He has developed an OK hook and back to the basket game but relies heavily on lobs to get baskets.
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Warriors and Thunder.
He would be unplayable at the end of games for this current Spurs team.
edit: He's unplayable at the end of games for any team that wants to win games.
Curry and who?
Leonard and who?
Just like a the pie % besides those 4 no one else on their team has a higher pie rating then Dre
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KD, Russ, Ibaka.
Steph, Klay, Draymond.
Khawi, Aldridge, and honestly, Duncan is more valuable to the Spurs than Dre would be. An organization like that would never pay for a guy that doesn't have basketball skills.
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Dude has been a great pickup. If he continues to progress like he has, he could be that 3rd fringe All-Star player to go with Mr. October and Drummond.
Honestly, I'm hoping that the Pistons can use their mid-first round pick to spend on Caris. Stash him away for a year to let him heal and he could present another matchup nightmare on this team.
Tobias can play, no doubt. But if it means we can package him and/or someone else for an All-Star, you have to do it.
Inge was an all-star.
of the first or the beginning of the 2nd for Caris, but I'm not sure the Pistons can risk a pick in the 18-20 range on a guy they aren't positive can stay healthy. Rather go for one of Marquese Chriss, Wade Baldwin, Demetrius Jackson or Thon Maker.
but a lot of good prospects have had a build similar to him. Amir Johnson was 6'10, 205 coming out of HS. Clint Capela at 6'11, 220, Porzingis at 7'3, 230. Then you've got Maker at 7'0, 220. Sure, Maker needs to put some weight on, but I don't think he's built all that different than Johnson, Capela or even Skal Labissiere.
He weighed in at 218 at the 2015 Hoop Summit and 219 at another camp in 2015. I'd be shocked if he lost weight in the last 12 months.
I guess I just have to remember he is 7'ft. But it's not just the number of his weight, look at his body style, ectomorph. The least desrible body type, he will never pack on mass. To be a good player he would basically have to be KD, and good luck with that.
Thon Maker makes Keon Clark look like a bodybuilder.
If Dre was your 4th best player, you probably have one of the best teams of all time. If that's what you want for the Pistons, you're asking an impossible task of SVG.
He has oodles of potential still to be found and he's made great strides on the offensive side of the court. Needs to shore up his defense and be more consistent. If he just becomes a 50% FT shooter, he will be able to stay on the court longer. And I think it's possible because his stroke is pretty solid. Mental thing right now IMO.
Core of the Pistons are all 26 or under. So they have yet to hit their strides. Depending on the offseason, I think we could see a big jump forward for them next year.
New York sports fan at heart, since I was a young lad (Giants, Knicks, Rangers, Yankees). But as a Metro-Detroiter, I'll always root for my hometown teams as well. Go Pistons!
NYR or DRW?
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