So we can all agree that the Wizards are an awful team. They’re one of the teams that the currently 2-13 Detroit Pistons seem like they can beat and they face them on Monday. But after that, it cannot be understated how tough their schedule will be for the remaining calendar year.
Here is the Pistons upcoming schedule, from today up to December 31st (Technically the 30th is their last game for 2023):
2x Pacers
1x Wizards
1x Lakers
2x 76ers
2x Nets
1x Jazz
1x Cavs
1x Knicks
1x Bucks
1x Hawks
1x Celtics
1x Raptors
With the exception of perhaps the Jazz - who are also in the midst of a rebuild albeit one where they snapped their recent losing streak - that is 14 games which seem difficult to win given they are against playoff teams or teams aiming to make them.
The Detroit Pistons are currently on a 12-game losing streak. They have won less games in the calendar year of 2023 (9) than the city’s NFL team, the Lions (10; they went 2-0 in January 2023)
For real, I’ve never seen a fanbase WANT their young players to be busts so bad
Well if they’re busts then that means they’ll get more lottery prospects!
A lottery prospect could be anything! It could even be a bust!
uh no, that guy is just being weird. Most sane people who sit down and watch a pistons game for a half will recognize that the team has absolutely zero ability to shoot the 3. our leading 3pm are Alec Burks, Kevin Knox Cade and Beef Stew, thats it for people that average over 1.5 3s a game (sasser should break into this group soon, 1.3 atm).
Burks is great but tbh shoudlnt’ be the leading 3pm mainly cause i don’t expect him to maintain his 2.6 per game at 40% clip. Burks also only just got back, only 9 games played. Knox similarly just got signed, can’t see him maintaining 2per game on 44%. Cade and Stew will likely remain about the same, but I woudlnt’ be shocked if they too dip.
Without shooters, Cade can’t play his game. Hes not a shooter, he shouldn’t be jacking up 6 a game at this point in his career and he wouldnt’ if he had space to exploit and drive inside. Without Bojan we are seriously hopeless.
Can’t comment on the last 2, but BURKS can absolutely keep that up, besides Fournier he was our leading 3 point shooter to.
Knox likely can as well, we picked him 8th and he fell out of the rotation, but we didn’t take him the because he didn’t hit 3’s.