Pre-Season #3 - Pistons@Suns - 10pm ET

MortSahlfan · Post #1 » by **MortSahlfan** » Fri Oct 11, 2024 12:47 pm

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Billl · Post #2 » by **Billl** » Fri Oct 11, 2024 3:22 pm

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.

bstein14 · Post #3 » by **bstein14** » Fri Oct 11, 2024 7:58 pm

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.

whitehops · Post #4 » by **whitehops** » Fri Oct 11, 2024 8:22 pm

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.

MortSahlfan · Post #5 » by **MortSahlfan** » Fri Oct 11, 2024 9:06 pm

Must be a business decision.

El Hespiritu · Post #6 » by **El Hespiritu** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 1:29 am

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

breezypeezy · Post #7 » by **breezypeezy** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:15 am

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

JLiv · Post #8 » by **JLiv** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:17 am

THIS is why you get a vet like Tobias Harris

tradez401 · Post #9 » by **tradez401** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:18 am

harris lookin good early whys thj still in the lineup?

guldakot · Post #10 » by **guldakot** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:19 am

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.

El Hespiritu · Post #11 » by **El Hespiritu** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:21 am

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

guldakot · Post #12 » by **guldakot** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:24 am

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

JLiv · Post #13 » by **JLiv** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:25 am

CADE CUNNINGHAM

ComboGuardCity · Post #14 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:25 am

This is a legitimate basketball team

zeebneeb · Post #15 » by **zeebneeb** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:26 am

Sucks the Pistons are saddled with Cades contract now.

ComboGuardCity · Post #16 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:27 am

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

guldakot · Post #17 » by **guldakot** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:28 am

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

Fennis Dembo · Post #18 » by **Fennis Dembo** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:37 am

How are people watching?

zeebneeb · Post #19 » by **zeebneeb** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:40 am

Fennis Dembo wrote:How are people watching?

League pass. No blackout.

El Hespiritu · Post #20 » by **El Hespiritu** » Sat Oct 12, 2024 2:41 am

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