Game 54: Pistons @ Suns 9 PM EST

[ComboGuardCity]

Disappointed In special K being upset about that block attempt.

[buzzkilloton]

58-64million of cap space and a top 5 coming. Tobais Harris and a French kid isnt going to fix this.

We need to make a fkn move for someone good at basketball.

[Neptune]

Pretty bad looking game tonight. First time I actually didn't finish watching it.

[Mr Peanut]

This game was like a perfect symphony of everything going wrong all at once.

Monty pulling his usual BS of running a 12-13 man rotation and our young core barely playing 20 minutes (only 15 in Ivey's case).

Cade being passive and a turnover machine.

Ivey and Duren looking checked out.

Wiseman an inexplicable -28 in only 12 minutes (!!). Meanwhile the guy he is getting minutes over (Muscala) is a +25 in 15 minutes.

Players like Fournier and Milton who have no future with our team playing the same amount or more minutes than our core.

Just depressing to bear witness to this. Gores has had a courtside seat to the last two games - how can he continue to stomach this?

[joedumars1]

Cade hurt?

[MortSahlfan]

I think these all-stars keep getting tossed so it technically doesn't count against them in this 65-game rule to get All-NBA, and Jokic, Giannis, and now Booker have all got tossed in the early minutes. Maybe without the new rules, they'd just call it load management again, but I'm sure the team wants to sell tickets. I had a feeling they would play better with him gone, because we game-planned with him in focus, and I think the ejection gave the fans and Phoenix players some extra fire perhaps.

So many comments online where Ivey's 20 agents go nuts because he didn't play 40 minutes. He got in foul trouble, but too many are becoming box-score fans.

[joedumars1]

I think these all-stars keep getting tossed so it technically doesn't count against them in this 65-game rule to get All-NBA, and Jokic, Giannis, and now Booker have all got tossed in the early minutes. Maybe without the new rules, they'd just call it load management again, but I'm sure the team wants to sell tickets. I had a feeling they would play better with him gone, because we game-planned with him in focus, and I think the ejection gave the fans and Phoenix players some extra fire perhaps.

So many comments online where Ivey's 20 agents go nuts because he didn't play 40 minutes. He got in foul trouble, but too many are becoming box-score fans.

never thought of that, wish you mentioned it before I bet lmfao. Only needed one more three from booker for $60 on $10 lol. Another **** variable to think about lol

[bstein14]

Disappointed In special K being upset about that block attempt.

A hard foul and shove on the team down big in the final minute of the game. Happened to Ben Wallace by Ron Artest back in 2004.

[whitehops]

I think these all-stars keep getting tossed so it technically doesn't count against them in this 65-game rule to get All-NBA, and Jokic, Giannis, and now Booker have all got tossed in the early minutes.

it might just be they don't want to play the pistons? with the 65-game rule they have to play at least 20 minutes for the game to count so booker getting ejected 5 minutes in wouldn't count anyways.

[Snakebites]

Wow what an awful note to go into the break with.

We had a few decent games but these last two were a stark and probably necessary reminder that we still have a long way to go.

[joedumars1]

Sad to say but seems we might need a tear down. Seems from this thread players might’ve quit, that’s sad for such a young squad. Is it Monty ripping the fun out? The rotations being messed up no consistency all year do to injuries trades mont playing people who shouldn’t be? What a **** franchise atm.

[ComboGuardCity]

Disappointed In special K being upset about that block attempt.

A hard foul and shove on the team down big in the final minute of the game. Happened to Ben Wallace by Ron Artest back in 2004.

That wasn’t anywhere close to that type of foul

[Moses ShamMoses]

The past couple games are the type that really get me down on the future upside of this team. It just feels like they have a mountain to climb just to be respectable.

[flow]

Wtf with Ivey last night? Thought he was feeling all swole with Killian being waived?

0-6 from the field, 0 assists, 0 rebounds, 2 turnovers, 3 fouls in 14+ minutes of play. Nice game.

[MortSahlfan]

the Pistons need veterans/leadership

[mattao313]

the Pistons need veterans/leadership

Lmao we just traded all of them

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[Kalamazoo317]

Just a turd of a game

[MortSahlfan]

the Pistons need veterans/leadership

Lmao we just traded all of them

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I know, and its going to show on the court. Playing along-side veterans is how they learn. Now our young guys are watching/learning bad habits from young players. We can do better than Weaver. Maybe Gores can pay Jerry West a record high?

[DBC10]

the Pistons need veterans/leadership

Lmao we just traded all of them

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I know, and its going to show on the court. Playing along-side veterans is how they learn. Now our young guys are watching/learning bad habits from young players. We can do better than Weaver. Maybe Gores can pay Jerry West a record high?

Stop with the record high BS. That's one of the primary reasons why we're in this place considering Monty doesn't give a care anymore since he has no pressure nor will ever be on the hot seat

[Piston Pete]

Weaver has been terrible.

Monty clearly doesn’t care

But even so, this is now on Gores. Every day he does nothing, it becomes more and more his bad. It’s up to him to kick these guys to the curb, preferably ASAP