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I’m ready to turn the page after the Atlanta game.

I wonder if Reggie will play.

Embiid is questionable with an ancle sprain.

D. Rose is really enjoyable to watch, can’t wait till Blake is back.

If Embiid is out we MIGHT have a chance. I'm expecting a blow out loss here though.

An elite player on the perimeter has been one of our biggest needs for a long time. We're going to continue to have issues against good teams.

Hope to see a Pistons W tonight. They can try to gain some momentum early in the season.

Update: Embiid is officially ruled out

Dre finding out Embiid isn't playing:

Shady_ wrote:Dre finding out Embiid isn't playing:

Horford is better on the defensive end against Dre but at least he won’t put as much pressure on him on the offensive side.

Shady_ wrote:Dre finding out Embiid isn't playing:

Embiid out means we have a chance. Interesting. A win here would make up for the ATL loss.

if reggies out i would run a rose, kennard, snell, morris, drummond starting lineup then bruce brown, galloway, svi, wood, thon for bench.

"The best defense is a good offense" G. Washington... in BB, if the offense is nil (see B. Brown) then the guy who is putting up 38 does not have to exert or worry himself about playing defense.

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How is it possible for Bruce Brown to have a 1.1 PER????

Is there a starter in the league with a lower PER?

What was his PER for his rookie season?

GreekAlex wrote:

ducler wrote:

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How is it possible for Bruce Brown to have a 1.1 PER????

Is there a starter in the league with a lower PER?

What was his PER for his rookie season?

A 6.9, lol

I would love to see a Bruce and Luke backcourt tonight assuming we hold reggie out. That lets D-Rose continue to feast on the 2nd unit, while also maximizing Bruce’s offensive ability by putting the ball in his hands rather than having to play off of another ball dominant guard.

I would need to know what Bruces defensive ratings are cause as it stands a rose and luke starting frontcourt makes the most sense and you let reggie run the bench

Ehh, PER is compiled by countable stats per minute. Its heavily weighted towards offense.

Bruce Bowen's average PER was 7.9 per season. Bowen was obviously one of the best perimeter defenders in NBA history.

Boban Marjanovic had a PER last season of 24.25, Javale McGee 21.88.

I'm actually bummed Embiid is out. It obviously helps the aspirations to get a W, but I was hoping to see contract year Dre battle his nemesis.

thesack12 wrote:I'm actually bummed Embiid is out. It obviously helps the aspirations to get a W, but I was hoping to see contract year Dre battle his nemesis.

I’d rather see “Contract year Dre” battle Embiid with Blake playing.

The team needs some early wins at all costs right now.

I would like to see if Frazier can be a starting guard for the Pistons. I don't have high expectations, but we do know Reggie is not a starting guard - right now due to injury, healthy it's debatable - and Rose is fine right where he is at.

The game hasn’t even started and I already miss George Blaha.