Team morale at an all time high I think
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Congratulations now "bad boy pistons" is a needlessly gendered phrase.
It’s not.
You offended by "Bad Boy Pistons"?
even mygm players would do a better job than their current gm im afraid
Pistons have one of those GMs who refuse to sign shooters. That would fix lot of their and Cade’s problems
Signing shooters isn't really their big problem. The problem is that they've consistently used their lottery picks on guys who can't shoot the basketball.
I know that they are probably choosing the best prospect available in their minds at each spot, but I do think you need a fair amount of competent shooters on your team for your prospects to develop.
Cade got drafted to an awful situation but he hasn’t exactly lived up to that first overall pick hype. He’ll still get the bag tho despite being an inefficient chucker
drafted 5, 5, 1, 7 and 15 in the last 5 drafts. gotta feel for pistons fans
I too remember when our sub thought all it took is consistent tanking to get back into the promise land.
also traded for two #2 picks
Don’t forget, they also have the 2nd overall pick from the 2018 draft
The lottery really needs to go. I'm surprised there's as much support for it as there is considering how blatant the league is with fixing it.
They should've been picking 1st, 3rd, 2nd, 5th, and 15th. They'll probably tank the rest of the year but lose the 1st ovr to the Blazers or something cause the league has an obsession with rewarding bad teams for chasing off their stars
I’ve seen so many people claim the lottery being fixed but no one’s yet to give even a plausible explanation on how it could be rigged. They literally post the entire process from start to finish, uncut, in front of team representatives onto YouTube, clearly explaining the process and how it works. I’m happy to be proven wrong if it is fixed but I’ve not seen a single reasonable theory as to how the process can be rigged. It’s a game of chance, sometimes it really goes your way, sometimes you get screwed over badly.
I think they need to change the lottery but not get ride of it
Here's what I would do if I was in charge:
- A team can't be in the lottery more than three years in a row
- You can trade your lottery pick in the 4th year and the team you trade the pick to can still be in the lottery but you can't, so if you land the 1st overall pick in the 4th year, you get knocked down to the 16th pick OR you can trade the 1st overall pick to another team for players
That would force a team like Detroit to get more creative in their team-building strategy, they would be forced to make trades, sign guys in free agency etc. in order to build out a proper roster
That's my take
How do you have that many lottery picks and miss on every single one...? lol the entire front office should be fired...holt shit man lol
I feel for Detroit fans, that would be rough!
I remember all the "Fade for Cade" hype for the tanking race that year. I thought he was something special. What happened to him? What was he good at in HS or College? All I heard back then was he wasn't athletic.
He doesn't make threes and he doesn't get to the line. If you can't do those things, your ceiling is pretty low.
They missed the full quote.
He said ‘We’re bad, we’re bad, we’re really really bad, Shamone!’
Nothing wrong with acknowledging that you're bad.
Just gotta make sure it doesn't get stuck in your head like "this is forever", because "losing culture" is a real thing.
This is hilarious
Troy Weaver and Monty Williams have made a ton of questionable decisions.
Han Solo: “I know”
The new bad boys Pistons
#1 picks are overhyped. Lebron is the last #1 pick in 2003 to win a ring as the #1 guy. Unfortunately thats reality.
Oh wow, I just looked and didn't realize they were 2-12. Didn't expect them to be that bad--though at least their point differential isn't quite as bad as their record would suggest
Still think cade can maybe be a good 2n option but they really really need to get a good draft this summer. It’s on that brink. We’ll know more in 2 years tho still early for them
Still better than the Spurs.
time to build around Ausar and Duren instead
Every time another draft expert tells you that you don't draft for fit, you just take the best available player and figure it out, show them a picture of the Pistons starting 5. I get it when it's a generational talent but other than that, if there's little to no gap take the best fit.
Meh, the pistons have been bad for like a decade.