Cade Cunningham offered a harsh assessment of the last-place Pistons, saying it is "hard to just be like, 'Oh we're good, we're good,' because we're bad."
  • beverlyhillscop@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    #1 picks are overhyped. Lebron is the last #1 pick in 2003 to win a ring as the #1 guy. Unfortunately thats reality.

  • SometimesIComplain@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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

  • _Jetto_@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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

  • johnjohn2214@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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.

  • PumpkinHead555@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Pistons have one of those GMs who refuse to sign shooters. That would fix lot of their and Cade’s problems

    • SpeclorTheGreat@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      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.

  • _s0lace_@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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

  • 916Clout@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    drafted 5, 5, 1, 7 and 15 in the last 5 drafts. gotta feel for pistons fans

    • Noit56@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      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

      • Kevita24@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        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

      • odeepaanh@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        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.

    • Kevita24@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      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!

  • Dovahkiin_13@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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.

    • jrzalman@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      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.