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What is the point of west coast preseason games? Very few people are going to tune in for a 10pm start and it's got to just eat up all their practice time with travel.

Billl wrote:What is the point of west coast preseason games? Very few people are going to tune in for a 10pm start and it's got to just eat up all their practice time with travel.

We've done a bunch of preseason games with the Suns the past few years perhaps because our owners are both MSU guys and the Suns owner is from Michigan he's choosing where he wants to have his Suns play. It's also barely longer to fly to Phoenix than say Orlando.

That said, the trip out to the Warriors is a bit of a stretch for sure. That also could be because our owner lives in LA and its an easy trip for him to view that pre-season game.

bstein14 wrote:

Billl wrote:What is the point of west coast preseason games? Very few people are going to tune in for a 10pm start and it's got to just eat up all their practice time with travel.

We've done a bunch of preseason games with the Suns the past few years perhaps because our owners are both MSU guys and the Suns owner is from Michigan he's choosing where he wants to have his Suns play. It's also barely longer to fly to Phoenix than say Orlando.

That said, the trip out to the Warriors is a bit of a stretch for sure. That also could be because our owner lives in LA and its an easy trip for him to view that pre-season game.

i know regular season scheduling has to juggle a billion factors but considering it's preseason it's pretty silly to me that we play back to back games with a team across the country - in both locations. if anything have both games in on location and it saves like 8 hours of flights.

Must be a business decision.

Apparently Tobias will play.

Graymond Allen & Nurk still out for Suns.

Yet to know it there's some planned rest for anyone.

Addedit: Booker out (right ankle). Dunn starts instead.

Klintman (right calf) out for DET

Pistons starters: Cade - Jaden -Tim -Tobias - Jalen

Id rather see Beasley or Tek starting over Hardaway Jr.
I dunno, Bickerstaff must have his reasoning I suppose.

THIS is why you get a vet like Tobias Harris

harris lookin good early whys thj still in the lineup?

breezypeezy wrote:Id rather see Beasley or Tek starting over Hardaway Jr.
I dunno, Bickerstaff must have his reasoning I suppose.

This almost feels like hes forcing the issue with THJ to see if he has anything left, if not I can see him getting traded or even outright waived early in the season.

Maybe they money he's paid has something to do with this...

Looks like Cade found his shot, think he was sick last game.

CADE CUNNINGHAM

This is a legitimate basketball team

Sucks the Pistons are saddled with Cades contract now.

We actually have a full rotation of nba players. That hasn’t happened since 2019

It makes a huge @#$%@$%(@* difference when your not immediately bringing G-league players off the bench. We have an actual team now.

How are people watching?

Fennis Dembo wrote:How are people watching?

League pass. No blackout.

We usually sit in front of a screen with eyes open.