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Post#21 » by DetroitPistons » Thu Oct 3, 2019 3:12 pm

hoophabit wrote:
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aad wrote:Damn it’s dead in here
Hard to get excited for mediocrity.

Welp, the sooner it starts, the sooner it's over, the sooner the blowup can happen.

Silver lining and all.


Everyone is entitled to their opinion. In my case I don't comment much anymore because the constant griping, negativity, and hopelessness takes the pleasure out it. I expect to be mocked for making this comment. I like some of the things the Pistons have done, and hold out hope for growth and improvement. Looking forward to the season starting. I'm thinking I might buy League Pass again this year as one of my favorite things is watching NBA basketball. I stopped it thinking that between ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV there's plenty on, but I get tired of watching Boston, the Lakers, and GS all the time.


I hear you. I'm the same way. The doom and gloom crowd is strong this offseason. I think most of them are just very short sighted in some respects. It doesn't take much at all for us to simply flip Griffin for future assets and then boom, we would actually have a good rebuilding start right away. It also wouldn't be hard for us to go out and get another piece to put around Griffin. Either way, people need to realize that teams can radically change in 1 or 2 years. It doesn't take 3-4 years, which seems to be a realGM mantra at this point. I personally want to keep building while we develop Kennard and Doumbouya. Winning also boosts the value of every player on the team too. One or two good trades could have this team up in the top 4 with how much weaker the East is.
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Re: Pistons Media day today 

Post#22 » by Manocad » Thu Oct 3, 2019 7:32 pm

Give it a rest. Having an opinion that the team won’t be very good and is a number of years and multiple moves away from being a championship contender is no more “doom and gloom,” pessimism, negativity, etc. than believing the team will be good and is one or two moves away from contending for a championship next year is delusional, wearing rose-colored glasses, or refusing to accept reality. They’re both opinions; nothing more.

You want doom and gloom? That’s the SOL crowd. “Doesn’t matter what the Lions do; they’ll always fail because they’re the Lions.” THAT’S doom and gloom, pessimism and negativity.
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Post#23 » by DetroitPistons » Fri Oct 4, 2019 1:01 am

Manocad wrote:Give it a rest. Having an opinion that the team won’t be very good and is a number of years and multiple moves away from being a championship contender is no more “doom and gloom,” pessimism, negativity, etc. than believing the team will be good and is one or two moves away from contending for a championship next year is delusional, wearing rose-colored glasses, or refusing to accept reality. They’re both opinions; nothing more.

You want doom and gloom? That’s the SOL crowd. “Doesn’t matter what the Lions do; they’ll always fail because they’re the Lions.” THAT’S doom and gloom, pessimism and negativity.


I'm a Pistons and Lions fan. Pistons fans are worse imo.
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Post#24 » by gerd10 » Fri Oct 4, 2019 1:48 am

hoophabit wrote:
zeebneeb wrote:
aad wrote:Damn it’s dead in here
Hard to get excited for mediocrity.

Welp, the sooner it starts, the sooner it's over, the sooner the blowup can happen.

Silver lining and all.


Everyone is entitled to their opinion. In my case I don't comment much anymore because the constant griping, negativity, and hopelessness takes the pleasure out it.


This. That's why I don't frequent this page anymore as much as I do in the past few years.
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Re: Pistons Media day today 

Post#25 » by Pharaoh » Fri Oct 4, 2019 2:06 am

Is it negativity though?

Seems more like realistic expectations given what we've followed for over a decade.

These glimmers of hope for sure but let's not go thinking top 4 in the East.

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Post#26 » by Manocad » Fri Oct 4, 2019 2:23 am

Pharaoh wrote:Is it negativity though?

Seems more like realistic expectations given what we've followed for over a decade.

These glimmers of hope for sure but let's not go thinking top 4 in the East.

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44 wins, 3rd place in the division, and a 4-0 1st round playoff loss was their best season in the last 10 years. Yet pointing that out gets called pessimism rather than realism. It's not negativity to call it like it is.
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Post#27 » by DetroitPistons » Fri Oct 4, 2019 2:29 am

Pharaoh wrote:Is it negativity though?

Seems more like realistic expectations given what we've followed for over a decade.

These glimmers of hope for sure but let's not go thinking top 4 in the East.

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Not yet but we have the assets to make a big trade that could put us up there. That's all I'm saying.
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Post#28 » by DBC10 » Fri Oct 4, 2019 11:59 am

Pharaoh wrote:Is it negativity though?

Seems more like realistic expectations given what we've followed for over a decade.

These glimmers of hope for sure but let's not go thinking top 4 in the East.

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Yeah, realistic expectations shouldn't be confused out of pedantic pessimism. It's really not personal, just a conglomeration of opinions based on history.

This team has just been a lump of head scratchers for a while.
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Post#29 » by GreekAlex » Mon Oct 7, 2019 7:44 pm

Anyone have a link to any video footage of the press conference for the Pistons new training facility?

I read Blake and Gores were there. I’m just curious if anything interesting was said.
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