Game 48: Pistons (21-26) @ Celtics (29-18) - 8 PM EST

MotownMadness · Post #181 » by **MotownMadness** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:45 am

SVG has to take tanking seriously. We can get a very nice young player out of this terrible season but I feel he's going to go all "we have pride" on us and get some meaningless wins giving us that 14th pick or something

Manocad · Post #182 » by **Manocad** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:46 am

Once again I'm reminded why I lost interest in this team

pistonsbball · Post #183 » by **pistonsbball** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:47 am

Man we should've taken Rubio for Jackson and not looked back.

TurboTitan · Post #184 » by **TurboTitan** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:48 am

Its not reggies fault he's dreadful its SVGs fault for continuously trusting him when we have proven clutch players like Tobias and KCP. SVG calls the plays.

DBC10 · Post #185 » by **DBC10** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:48 am

MotownMadness wrote:SVG has to take tanking seriously. We can get a very nice young player out of this terrible season but I feel he's going to go all "we have pride" on us and get some meaningless wins giving us that 14th pick or something

Funny that same pride is the reason we're stuck in this mediocrity anyways.

Whenever the season looked lost toward the 2/3 mark, we always had those string of meaningless games won when the playoffs were all but gone. I see it happening again this year.

MotownMadness · Post #186 » by **MotownMadness** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:50 am

DBC10 wrote:
MotownMadness wrote:SVG has to take tanking seriously. We can get a very nice young player out of this terrible season but I feel he's going to go all "we have pride" on us and get some meaningless wins giving us that 14th pick or something

Funny that same pride is the reason we're stuck in this mediocrity anyways.

Whenever the season looked lost toward the 2/3 mark, we always had those string of meaningless games won when the playoffs were all but gone. I see it happening again this year.

I feel like SVG is smart enough to know better being the GM or maybe I just hope he is.

hoophabit · Post #187 » by **hoophabit** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:52 am

Different day, same....

aad · Post #188 » by **aad** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:52 am

Everybody faulting reggie but its coaching SVG has wore out his welcome he takes ish out to put reggie in while we playinh at our best

The Moose · Post #189 » by **The Moose** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:52 am

DBC10 wrote:
MotownMadness wrote:SVG has to take tanking seriously. We can get a very nice young player out of this terrible season but I feel he's going to go all "we have pride" on us and get some meaningless wins giving us that 14th pick or something

Funny that same pride is the reason we're stuck in this mediocrity anyways.

Whenever the season looked lost toward the 2/3 mark, we always had those string of meaningless games won when the playoffs were all but gone. I see it happening again this year.

Yep, we have never actually tried rebuilding.

I think Dumars was handcuffed, and SVG is SVG, so we've just never really had a chance to rebuild properly.

aad · Post #190 » by **aad** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:55 am

This team was playing better early in the season with ish as our pg svg should start ish and bring reggie off the bench

MotownMadness · Post #191 » by **MotownMadness** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:01 am

aad wrote:This team was playing better early in the season with ish as our pg svg should start ish and bring reggie off the bench

Just ride him out til the trade deadline as we don't want to risk him losing anymore value being benched for Ish. Maybe some dumb team will see 17ppg and 39% 3 point shooting and trade something for him.

potatoaim · Post #192 » by **potatoaim** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:13 am

Im all for tanking, dont get me wrong, but the issue is that this team isnt bad enough to tank. Theyre bad, but theyre only 10-13 pick bad. That isnt going to do anything for them. This franchise is literally in the worst possible position. NBA Purgatory. Not good enough to win, not bad enough to get a top pick and get a potential star.

SVG has to see that this roster isnt going to win as constructed. He cant be that dumb, can he? Ship RJ for anyone/trade AD to BOS for the BKN pick. That would be a good start.

MotownMadness · Post #193 » by **MotownMadness** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:17 am

potatoaim wrote:Im all for tanking, dont get me wrong, but the issue is that this team isnt bad enough to tank. Theyre bad, but theyre only 10-13 pick bad. That isnt going to do anything for them. This franchise is literally in the worst possible position. NBA Purgatory. Not good enough to win, not bad enough to get a top pick and get a potential star.

SVG has to see that this roster isnt going to win as constructed. He cant be that dumb, can he? Ship RJ for anyone/trade AD to BOS for the BKN pick. That would be a good start.

At this point we are only a couple wins out from that 4-6 pick area. If we did it right we could pull it off and it would be a huge payoff. Outside of Brooklyn, Phoenix and Lakers everyone else is still being semi competitive and hitting little streaks here and there.

Post #194 » by **Snakebites** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:22 am

This team will not tank. Its simply not a productive line of discussion.

russkopp · Post #195 » by **russkopp** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:29 am

Snakebites wrote:This team will not tank. Its simply not a productive line of discussion.

In that case, If Reggie is on this team after the deadline, this board is gonna go nuts.

Han Solo · Post #196 » by **Han Solo** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:36 am

We suck ass

Pharaoh · Post #197 » by **Pharaoh** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:55 am

Snakebites wrote:This team will not tank. Its simply not a productive line of discussion.

From the looks of it we don't need to actively tank! We're bad enough already.

An "injury" to Drummond would kill the season dead as can be since RJ would go into full blown Westbrook mode...

What we need at the PG spot Reggie simply can't provide.

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DTP · Post #198 » by **DTP** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:09 am

Didnt see second half, fell asleep. Regardless, definitely need 4 out of the next 5 to really make a move here.

DarkSyde · Post #199 » by **DarkSyde** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:22 am

They need to start Ish. He pushes the ball and is a better ball handler. He is a smart player and he sets others up for high efficient shots.

I'm not sure what the deal is with SVG. If it ain't working, fix it! How can we all see it and not him or the assistant coaches? :banghead:

mattao313 · Post #200 » by **mattao313** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:31 am

I knew this team was trash after they had that dumb meeting about touches...like touches really?