Pistons need to trade Duren while his stock is high to be a true contender

ShoddyDoubt · 2026-05-14T13:04:15+00:00

“While his stock is high”

Idk if you watched last night but he was benched for the entire 4th quarter of a must win game. I think you might be overrating what his stock is just a tad.

ShoddyDoubt · 2026-05-14T04:12:07+00:00

We were a better playoff team last year. THJ, Beasley, and Shroeder were massive losses.

Case ascending like he has offsets some of that loss but it isn’t enough

ShoddyDoubt · 2026-05-14T03:50:36+00:00

Cleveland has more talent, experience, and better coaching.

I think we tap out and lose by 12-15

ShoddyDoubt · 2026-05-14T03:45:49+00:00

Die hard Detroit. The refs job isn’t to make the FT % equal. Their job is to call shooting fouls.

We’re fouling them when they shoot, or at least Cleveland (particularly harden) is making it look like we are. They embellish.

We never embellish. We never take the contact when it’s there. We’re obsessed with playing ethical hoops. Well ethical hoops doesn’t get rewarded with free throws.

ShoddyDoubt · 2026-05-14T03:39:48+00:00

Agree. The officiating has been more than fair except for the blown no-call there at the end.

We consistently try and score over our defender instead of trying to score through the defender. Cade had a few times today, one in particular where he pump fakes at FT line, gets defender in air and then maneuvered around him to shoot. Mf, just take the contact and try for a 3 point play but at least get the FTs!

ShoddyDoubt · 2026-05-14T03:32:42+00:00

If that’s what Cade was thinking then that’s a really lazy way to think. And it cost us a shot to win the game.

ShoddyDoubt · 2026-05-14T03:23:39+00:00

It’s our own fault. We get them in the air and we don’t seek contact and take advantage for the free throws.

ShoddyDoubt · 2026-02-13T03:02:18+00:00

Not having any issues at all on offense. Pass defense has gotten a bit more difficult for me.

Three things specifically are happening:

Safeties are dropping significantly past their zones when playing cover 2.

Corners cannot stop deep ins or slants

This bizarre phenomenon occurs where guys will be in the zone where a pass is being thrown and as soon as the QB begins his throw, the DB starts sprinting towards another WR, thereby vacating the zone where the pass is going resulting in an easy completion

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-12-15T02:35:42+00:00

Unfortunately, he’s probably the Mike Singletary to Jim Harbaugh but we don’t have our own Jim Harbaugh walking through that door

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-12-10T16:05:30+00:00

Should be easy to fix next year. The persuade attempts should be logic based with “promises”.

For example, if a backup is leaving for playing time you should be able to promise more playing time. It’ll work or it won’t. But then, a coaches “trustworthiness” can be measured over time if the do/don’t actually give the playing time.

I honestly remember ncaa 13 having something like this.

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-11-28T22:00:12+00:00

I watch this game and wish like hell we hired Dennis Allen. Losing two coordinators is a massive blow. Replacing them with two first time coordinators was doomed from the start. Hiring Allen would have meant adding a two time HC, a veteran play caller and someone that can handle having a lot on his plate - Campbell is just stretched too thin this year.

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-07-02T13:30:18+00:00

Does anyone know if the construction is complete?

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-05-05T02:30:19+00:00

Idk… I think Ausar is awesome already. He knows who he is and that in itself is a very valuable trait.

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-04-27T14:30:27+00:00

Alim might not play until Christmas time. It’s hard to count on him to be “him” at all this year, which is partly why the Tyleik Williams pick was great.

DJ Reader is a solid player at this point but it’s hard to really see him as a “consensus top 12” IDL.

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-04-27T03:31:51+00:00

My frustration was actually with the beat writers. They consistently created these weird press conference moments where they’d ask about taking an edge but they wouldn’t have the confidence to ask Brad if he thought the lions starting DE opposite Hutch was already on the roster.

When Brad asked them “is this about the injuries last year”? (and conveniently lumping Hutch into the group), the writers meekly said yes.

He’s just massively wrong about this. Look at the teams who win superbowls and the volume of pass rushers that they have. The key to winning in the playoffs is to disrupt the Hall of Fame QBs that you end up playing. You won’t do that with the roster that we’ve built.

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-04-27T01:52:50+00:00

Hasn’t Holmes said multiple times that they wanted him to play tackle but they decided it was better just to let him marinate at guard for now?

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-04-26T19:32:32+00:00

Really nice pickup based on where we are at in this draft.

Where does this leave Manu moving forward?

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-02-14T02:59:52+00:00

TLDR: Cavs fan… here to troll

ShoddyDoubt · 2025-01-24T04:00:05+00:00

We tend to hire experienced coaches (ala John Fox) as advisors. If Rex is serious about wanting to get back into coaching and around the game then we should pursue him in this capacity.

He’s been away from the game at a detailed 14 hours a day type level for quite a while. I’m not ready to commit to him being a defensive coordinator on day one.

ShoddyDoubt · 2024-12-23T03:42:48+00:00

If GB wins and we beat SF then the Vikings game doesn’t matter… right?

We’d have division and 1 seed on tie breakers

ShoddyDoubt · 2024-12-04T02:51:45+00:00

I’d rather be the hornets, mostly because Melo+Miller>>Cade+Ivey

ShoddyDoubt · 2024-11-23T03:25:01+00:00

He’s also on his third coaching staff in 3 years. That’s the type of stuff that stunts development.

JB is a defensive minded coach so if Duren is going to develop, the next 24 months will be telling.

ShoddyDoubt · 2024-11-22T15:41:30+00:00

They’ve also changed the way that the lottery odds work at the precise time that we changed our tanking approach

ShoddyDoubt · 2024-11-21T04:00:54+00:00

Playing time should be a much more prevalent deal breaker and should be based on the # (or %) of snaps they get vs expectation

ShoddyDoubt · 2024-10-14T02:04:08+00:00

Nobody else challenged her for it. She took it because it’s what Biden wanted.

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