Game 8: Detroit Pistons 3-4 @ Washington Wizards 1-4 Mon. 7PM

[guldakot]

Bruce is much more talented then he realizes, if he had Stanley Johnson's mentality he could turn into something special.

[GreekAlex]

Thon Maker should never play another NBA game. He is God Awful!

He’s welcome to play for any team that’s playing against the Pistons

[Manocad]

There is just not a whole lot this team does well

[zeebneeb]

There is just not a whole lot this team does well

We just dont know yet.

I'll wait until the team is actually a team.

Down 4 rotation guys is tough for any team nevermind the fact one is Blake Griffin.

[sludgefoot]

He can't shoot.

Bruce is much more talented then he realizes, if he had Stanley Johnson's mentality he could turn into something special.

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[Canadafan]

Go pistons

[ComboGuardCity]

I mean half the roster is out, including 3 of the teams best 6 players, one being the best. Just hovering around .500 will be a win until at least Blake is back.

[Manocad]

There is just not a whole lot this team does well

We just dont know yet.

I'll wait until the team is actually a team.

Down 4 rotation guys is tough for any team nevermind the fact one is Blake Griffin.

Yeah, we do know. The team around Blake Griffin is still the team around him whether he's playing or not. Unless you believe that having Blake in the game makes the rest of the team shoot better, pass better, make smarter plays, and defend better. Having the better players in the game makes the team better as a whole because playing time shifts from the worse players to the better players; the worse players don't magically become better.

I said it not long ago--with Blake being out we'll once again see how bad this team really is.

[rmfc]

Those trades for Thon Maker and Snell are flat out awful.

This management is just amazingly bad.

[NYPiston]

It's not worth evaluating these games. They're missing arguably 3 of their 4 best players (depending on how you rate Kennard) including their two top point guards and their best player.

The only thing we can take from this game and all previous games is that Thon needs to not play again but all of us outside of Casey know this. He's worse than Stanley which I didn't think was possible. All he does is run around the court with this arms flailing about aimlessly, zero basketball IQ in that young man.

[buzzkilloton]

Going to be a long season. Having 3 of our 5 best players hurt this early is bad luck but OTOH these are 3 players who're notoriously injury prone.

[DetroitPistons]

Disappointing loss but not unexpected with how many key injuries we have. People start coming back healthy on Wednesday.

Kennard averaging 17.4ppg and 3.9asts on great percentages in 31.6mpg. He needs to continue to start and get those minutes. If he keeps getting better he could be an 18-20ppg scorer in his prime.

[Snakebites]

Those trades for Thon Maker and Snell are flat out awful.

This management is just amazingly bad.

Yeah, tough to defend those. Should have just let the contracts we traded for them expire.

[zeebneeb]

There is just not a whole lot this team does well

We just dont know yet.

I'll wait until the team is actually a team.

Down 4 rotation guys is tough for any team nevermind the fact one is Blake Griffin.

Yeah, we do know. The team around Blake Griffin is still the team around him whether he's playing or not. Unless you believe that having Blake in the game makes the rest of the team shoot better, pass better, make smarter plays, and defend better. Having the better players in the game makes the team better as a whole because playing time shifts from the worse players to the better players; the worse players don't magically become better.

I said it not long ago--with Blake being out we'll once again see how bad this team really is.

Yeah, your just being argumentative for the sake of it.

No one improved (Kennard is terrible. Brown can't play PG)and having Blake healthy and starting wont improve the team at all.

Brown/Rose
Kennard/svi
Snell/sandwich
Blake/Wood
Andre/Wood

Good grief man. I'm not saying this team is gonna win a title, but they absolutely will be a better team when hes playing, and having him in the lineup absolutely will make them better at all those things.

Whatever though. I'm not going to argue with you as it's become pointless.

Team sucks. Andre sucks. Life sucks. Gotcha.

[Drwho17]

I like the way they are playing, teams aren't really supposed to win on the road anyway, especially missing key players. Look at what is developing though, Bruce Brown is becoming more useful and showing some leadership, Andre Drummond is working his but off out there putting the team on his back at times, Christian Wood I think is showing he is going a key rotational player, Derrick Rose has looked great, Kennard is coming on in a more featured role.

[Uncle Mxy]

Bruce is much more talented then he realizes, if he had Stanley Johnson's mentality he could turn into something special.

This is some fine snark.

[Manocad]

We just dont know yet.

I'll wait until the team is actually a team.

Down 4 rotation guys is tough for any team nevermind the fact one is Blake Griffin.

Yeah, we do know. The team around Blake Griffin is still the team around him whether he's playing or not. Unless you believe that having Blake in the game makes the rest of the team shoot better, pass better, make smarter plays, and defend better. Having the better players in the game makes the team better as a whole because playing time shifts from the worse players to the better players; the worse players don't magically become better.

I said it not long ago--with Blake being out we'll once again see how bad this team really is.

Yeah, your just being argumentative for the sake of it.

No one improved (Kennard is terrible. Brown can't play PG)and having Blake healthy and starting wont improve the team at all.

Brown/Rose
Kennard/svi
Snell/sandwich
Blake/Wood
Andre/Wood

Good grief man. I'm not saying this team is gonna win a title, but they absolutely will be a better team when hes playing, and having him in the lineup absolutely will make them better at all those things.

Whatever though. I'm not going to argue with you as it's become pointless.

Team sucks. Andre sucks. Life sucks. Gotcha.

Do you realize how dumb that sounds? Because I have a difference of opinion I'm "arguing for the sake of arguing"? And you're not? You're the damn resident Oscar the Grouch, like you drink kerosene in your coffee. Lighten the hell up.

Yeah, the team sucks. Andre is not a good bang for the buck. And I can't speak for your life but mine's pretty f***ing awesome.