Greg

That Pels collapse. Yikes.

That was one of the best quarters I can remember from one Piston. Cade was, and is, SPECIAL

The Nets running a long stretch of a 5 man unit in the 2nd qtr with MPJ at the 2…was a choice.

I’ll up the Ron talk, and say we just do Ron for Jaquez straight up. MIL gets an extra year of Ron on his rookie deal w/higher upside. Jaquez slots in as shot creator at backup 4. The move leaves DET $43m under the 1st apron next summer to re-sign JJ, Daniss, and Paul.

I expect a big bounce back game from Duncan Robinson tonight.

If you’d have told me a week ago they’d start 3-1, I would’ve taken it. On to tomorrow…take care of business at home.

The Pistons won the 1st & 4th quarters by a combined 24 points…and still lost the game by 14.

Harkless is playing over Chaz?

It’s a long season. Give Okorie & Chaz some extended run

By no means is he to blame…but Tolu is -18 in 6 min. Oof.

The Pistons will shoot better than 5-21 from 3 in the second half.

With today’s OKC news, if I was Presti, I’d call up Zach Kleiman and offer Caruso into MEM’s JJJ TPE, along with a 1st (& maybe even a swap) for Jaylen Wells. Gets OKC all the way out of the tax, and gets them a SF fill-in. Caruso’s D would make MEM a serious pain to play.

This PHI doesn’t look like they want to play tonight.

So…Daniss. That wouldn’t have been my guess.

Why did Skattebo slide?

“Re-evaluated” has me guessing will see JD next around Thanksgiving. Tolu/Paul, it’s your time to shine.

Assuming they use caution w/ both guys, & neither play tomorrow. Last year started w/ some injuries, & the deep bench guys developed chemistry & confidence, leading a huge winning streak. Without AT/JD, I’m interested to see how much they lean into their shooting. 50 3pt FGA?

DET extended the lead from 13 to 23 in the last 3 min of the 3rd. The total salary of the 5-man unit that extended the lead: $39.3m.

Should Duncan start working in a shimmy?

Waking up early to learn that Cleveland ended up winning another game analytically.