the pistons have lost to the pelicans without zion and ingram, the suns without book and beal, the hawks without trae young, the cavs without donovan mitchell, the trailblazers without anfernee simons, the bucks without giannis and middleton, and the nuggets without jokic and murray.

just because someone’s injured doesn’t mean the pistons are gonna win. (giannis and jokic weren’t injured, but ejected really early)

you guys went from #5 to #3 in the draft, can’t really be mad at that. detroit doesn’t like speaking of that lottery

that draft was so weird. killian hayes, obi toppin, and deni avdija go 7-9. then tyrese and tyrese at #12 and #21 end up being the real gems

have you watched any pistons games? it’s been soul crushing. we will likely pull a win against a random team, that’s just how sports go. but compared to where fans imagined they’d be at this point, they are so bad. and the statistic about the lions having more wins is worthy of a post itself, that shouldn’t be possible

i could do a deep dive, but i don’t even think that’s necessary tbh. they’ve been playing healthy teams, unlike the pistons. the 2 biggest factors of their losing streak are easily 1) devin vassell’s injury 2) team can’t shoot for shit.

devin got injured after 16 minutes in their second win against the suns, and his only good game since has been against minnesota (a game where the spurs bench combined for 21 pts). other than that, in all of these recent losses, you have most of their players shooting 2/7 and 0/3 from beyond the arc.

id be lying if i said i’ve watched the spurs at all, but seems like vassell is their core right now, and if his team could have a good shooting night while he’s healthy, the losing streak will end

if you look at the big picture, sure you could say that. but the teams that we actually played? only the healthy warriors and healthy 76ers are certified playoff teams. nuggets without mike malone, jokic and murray are nothing. same for the bucks without giannis and middleton, the pelicans without zion and ingram, the suns without dbook and beal, etc. we’ve consistently lost to teams resting their core players, it’s beyond embarrassing.

we lost to a team led by CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, MATT RYAN, and Jonas Valanciunas. the suns only had 35 y/o KD, eric gordon, and grayson allen. the trailblazers loss was the beginning of the end