Game 42: Pistons (18-23) @ Jazz (24-16) - 10:30 PM EST

whitehops · Post #1 » by **whitehops** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 5:43 pm

another night of staying up until 1 AM to watch our team play... i hate west coast road trips. been dead tired half the week. at least there's no work tomorrow, i suppose.

no leuer, no KCP, no defense?

not a lot to be positive about with this team right now, but there's no better time to break out of a slump than right NOW!

go pistons!

El Chivo · Post #2 » by **El Chivo** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 5:45 pm

18-24 would look like a white flag.

mattao313 · Post #3 » by **mattao313** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 5:47 pm

they probably win this game.

hoophabit · Post #4 » by **hoophabit** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 6:18 pm

This season!? It's looking like "injury marred" is a fair descriptor. Reggie and Bullock to start the season, now Leuer and KCP. Those advocating the youth movement are going to get their wish out of necessity. Their shooting is abysmal. Nowhere to go but on though, so go Pistons!

In SVG We Trust · Post #5 » by **In SVG We Trust** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 6:46 pm

IT'S - S T A N L E Y - TIME

BadWolf · Post #6 » by **BadWolf** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 7:31 pm

is Pope officially out?

MotownMadness · Post #7 » by **MotownMadness** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 7:59 pm

If Pistons can beat the Jazz and then the Lakers next they will have a good chance to build some steam with a lot of home games coming up. This next couple of weeks are make or break time for this season.

mercury · Post #8 » by **mercury** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 8:43 pm

BadWolf wrote:is Pope officially out?

He was getting an MRI this morning... still no word.
The game is on ESPN tonight

joedumars1 · Post #9 » by **joedumars1** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:00 pm

I'll probably just catch like 30 minutes of the game. Hopefully we bring effort. If we do that should be a grind it out game

mattao313 · Post #10 » by **mattao313** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:12 pm

mercury wrote:
BadWolf wrote:is Pope officially out?

He was getting an MRI this morning... still no word.
The game is on ESPN tonight

Read on Twitter

russkopp · Post #11 » by **russkopp** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:34 pm

Welp. Goodbye to our season and HELLLOOOOO draft express.

Blkbrd671 · Post #12 » by **Blkbrd671** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:57 pm

all those saying our seasons over, how many games are we out the playoffs? how many games left?

hoophabit · Post #13 » by **hoophabit** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:39 pm

Lots of season left. KCP basically has a sore shoulder. It's not a sprain or a full tear? It may well be several games, but I'm more worried that the entire team can't seem to find any consistent rhythm.

DetPistons04 · Post #14 » by **DetPistons04** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:48 pm

hoophabit wrote:Lots of season left. KCP basically has a sore shoulder. It's not a sprain or a full tear? It may well be several games, but I'm more worried that the entire team can't seem to find any consistent rhythm.

I figured it would be an AC joint sprain which is more common with an impact-type injury like KCP seemed to get.
I'm a little surprised it was a rotator cuff because it didn't seem like his arm was extended and stretched or rotated awkwardly.
Whatever the case, if it's a grade 2 then that's not ideal. Definitely involves some degree of tearing of the muscle and/or tendons. A grade 3 injury would be a complete tear of muscle/tendons and would likely require surgery.

DBC10 · Post #15 » by **DBC10** » Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:54 pm

Damn, didn't want him to injure a tendon or any fibers. That's going to be an ongoing thing unless he's absolutely 100% cleared which likely takes a decent amount of time.

hoophabit · Post #16 » by **hoophabit** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:00 am

DetPistons04 wrote:
hoophabit wrote:Lots of season left. KCP basically has a sore shoulder. It's not a sprain or a full tear? It may well be several games, but I'm more worried that the entire team can't seem to find any consistent rhythm.

I figured it would be an AC joint sprain which is more common with an impact-type injury like KCP seemed to get.
I'm a little surprised it was a rotator cuff because it didn't seem like his arm was extended and stretched or rotated awkwardly.
Whatever the case, if it's a grade 2 then that's not ideal. Definitely involves some degree of tearing of the muscle and/or tendons. A grade 3 injury would be a complete tear of muscle/tendons and would likely require surgery.

Yes, not the kind of activity that typically injures the rotator cuff? Tendon injury is worst case of course, but at this point who knows? I'm just taking solace in not hearing those other terms. Should get Bullard back on the floor soon. Roster has gotten thin! I guess SJ is getting his chance at redemption?

DetPistons04 · Post #17 » by **DetPistons04** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:05 am

hoophabit wrote:
DetPistons04 wrote:
hoophabit wrote:Lots of season left. KCP basically has a sore shoulder. It's not a sprain or a full tear? It may well be several games, but I'm more worried that the entire team can't seem to find any consistent rhythm.

I figured it would be an AC joint sprain which is more common with an impact-type injury like KCP seemed to get.
I'm a little surprised it was a rotator cuff because it didn't seem like his arm was extended and stretched or rotated awkwardly.
Whatever the case, if it's a grade 2 then that's not ideal. Definitely involves some degree of tearing of the muscle and/or tendons. A grade 3 injury would be a complete tear of muscle/tendons and would likely require surgery.

Yes, not the kind of activity that typically injures the rotator cuff? Tendon injury is worst case of course, but at this point who knows? I'm just taking solace in not hearing those other terms. Should get Bullard back on the floor soon. Roster has gotten thin! I guess SJ is getting his chance at redemption?

Yeah I'm obviously not a doctor, but typically you'd see a rotator cuff injury when the arm is extended and gets forcefully rotated backward. KCP seemed to have his arm pretty much up against his body when he caught that screen similar to what happened to Stanley last year.

treefi · Post #18 » by **treefi** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:19 am

In SVG We Trust wrote:IT'S - S T A N L E Y - TIME

This is the only path to being a happy Pistons fan at this point imo. I hope it happens.

In SVG We Trust · Post #19 » by **In SVG We Trust** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:24 am

The Jazz has suffered so many injuries these last two years, and now they're a top team. We need patience and to add some key pieces, but again we need effort and bad boy attitude coming from our youngs, if there is any player who is not giving 100% we should be open to trade him.

DetPistons04 · Post #20 » by **DetPistons04** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 12:29 am

In SVG We Trust wrote:The Jazz has suffered so many injuries these last two years, and now they're a top team. We need patience and to add some key pieces, but again we need effort and bad boy attitude coming from our youngs, if there is any player who is not giving 100% we should be open to trade him.

I agree... The off and on nature of this group is starting to confirm my feelings that some of the guys aren't buying into the system and/or aren't willing to give maximum effort. These guys are just playing selfishly on offense and lazily on defense way too often. Way too little ball movement and people movement on offense and way too many miscommunications and missed rotations on defense.
At this point whoever is at the core of these problems should have their role reduced or even be traded if possible. It's a large enough sample size now for me to go there.