Cade's agent and "team" coming to Detroit to meet with Weaver about when he can start playing.

Manocad · Post #81 » by **Manocad** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:42 pm

aad wrote:Me and my wife bought tickets to this game so expecting Cade to play so if he doesn’t play we made up our minds that we will not be going to anymore games this season

It took Cade not playing to get you to that point? I made the decision years ago that I would no longer spend my own money attending an expensive sports event that I could just watch on TV. I'll spend the company's money, but not mine.

Cade's not real anyway. He exists only in the Matrix.

NYPiston · Post #82 » by **NYPiston** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:22 pm

The Moose wrote:
I think its pretty safe to assume Cade won't be playing in the opener at this point. The team was pretty clear he needed to have a few full practices under his belt from memory, and that doesn't appear to have happened yet. However, there is no benefit for the team to rule him out this far before the game, as you said, its just going to hurt ticket prices and hype for the game.

JEIII the Pistons beat writer for the Athletic was speculating on his podcast that Cade would be back by the 4th or so game this season. Either way, its not a huge deal for me, but I do think he'll miss the first few games

That's the thing, this isn't some normal player that they're being coy about. This is the first Pistons #1 pick since 1970, a player that the fanbase has been thirsting for since Grant Hill, and all they give the fans all preseason and now leading right up to the game is "He'll play when he plays". That's some BS IMO.

These paying customers, who essentially pay their salaries btw, deserve some insight as to what's going on with Cade yet here everybody is wondering what's going on the day before opening night. Is he playing opening night? Is he out for the next week? Next month? What's the exact injury? We're getting none of this and I doubt this is some strategic play to throw off the opposition. There's tape of him practicing but that doesn't really mean much in terms of real game readiness. I don't know, it's a bit frustrating being left in the dark about the franchise player we've all been dying to see in real game action.

whitehops · Post #83 » by **whitehops** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:29 pm

to those making fun of posters who are wondering if cade plays:

Read on Twitter

clearly it's not just us on RealGM. there's a lot of people excited to see the first overall pick play, is that bad?

at least Rod Beard has a sense of humour about it:

Read on Twitter

Detstones89 · Post #84 » by **Detstones89** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:41 pm

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theundefeated.com/features/detroit-pistons-cade-cunningham-diary-season-opener/amp/

Written today sounds a lot like Cade expects to play tomorrow.

The Moose · Post #85 » by **The Moose** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:55 pm

Detstones89 wrote:https://www.google.com/amp/s/theundefeated.com/features/detroit-pistons-cade-cunningham-diary-season-opener/amp/

Written today sounds a lot like Cade expects to play tomorrow.

These Cade journal entries are going to be a fun read this season

Sort · Post #86 » by **Sort** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:05 pm

If he's not playing, it will be because of the medical staff, not Cade. Or at least that's my takeaway from that journal. It will sure make that first game a whole lot more interesting...

DTP · Post #87 » by **DTP** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:54 pm

NYPiston wrote:
The Moose wrote:
I think its pretty safe to assume Cade won't be playing in the opener at this point. The team was pretty clear he needed to have a few full practices under his belt from memory, and that doesn't appear to have happened yet. However, there is no benefit for the team to rule him out this far before the game, as you said, its just going to hurt ticket prices and hype for the game.

JEIII the Pistons beat writer for the Athletic was speculating on his podcast that Cade would be back by the 4th or so game this season. Either way, its not a huge deal for me, but I do think he'll miss the first few games

That's the thing, this isn't some normal player that they're being coy about. This is the first Pistons #1 pick since 1970, a player that the fanbase has been thirsting for since Grant Hill, and all they give the fans all preseason and now leading right up to the game is "He'll play when he plays". That's some BS IMO.

These paying customers, who essentially pay their salaries btw, deserve some insight as to what's going on with Cade yet here everybody is wondering what's going on the day before opening night. Is he playing opening night? Is he out for the next week? Next month? What's the exact injury? We're getting none of this and I doubt this is some strategic play to throw off the opposition. There's tape of him practicing but that doesn't really mean much in terms of real game readiness. I don't know, it's a bit frustrating being left in the dark about the franchise player we've all been dying to see in real game action.

Agreed...it just comes off as disrespecting the fan base to me, which is a huge turnoff. And then the nerve of the beat writers being upset at fans for wanting to know about OUR FREAKING FACE OF THE FRANCHISE. He plays when he plays is such bull....and once again, no one wants him to play hurt we just want to know wtf is going on!

Manocad · Post #88 » by **Manocad** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:51 pm

Look at it from this standpoint--whether you know Cade is playing or not changes...what? I mean, if you already bought tickets and he doesn't play, you're screwed. If he does play, you're happy. You knowing or not knowing in advance doesn't affect either outcome. If you haven't bought your tickets yet and whether you do or not depends on knowing then sure, I could see you getting a little antsy. But it's not like the term "game time decision," i.e. right up to the minute, is a foreign concept to anyone in this forum. It happens.

But honestly--how many people here fall into that category? Next to none would be my guess. So it comes off like "The team is a bunch of jerks for not telling me right now BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW RIGHT NOW!!!"

So treat it like it's a "game time decision" and move on.

whitehops · Post #89 » by **whitehops** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:44 pm

Read on Twitter

shocker

from being on track to play in the preseason opener, to being on course to play in the regular season opener, to out.

bkseven · Post #90 » by **bkseven** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:54 pm

whitehops wrote:

Read on Twitter

shocker

from being on track to play in the preseason opener, to being on course to play in the regular season opener, to out.

Smfh. At least they're letting us know now than tomorrow.

Rip32 · Post #91 » by **Rip32** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:57 pm

bkseven wrote:
whitehops wrote:

Read on Twitter

shocker

from being on track to play in the preseason opener, to being on course to play in the regular season opener, to out.

Smfh. At least they're letting us know now than tomorrow.

Cade soft

Watch on YouTube

aad · Post #92 » by **aad** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:15 pm

They pretty much just pissed off they whole fan base LCA gone be empty as hell this season

mattao313 · Post #93 » by **mattao313** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:21 pm

That sucks injury must been a little worse than they thought.

Sent from my moto g play (2021) using RealGM mobile app

zeebneeb · Post #94 » by **zeebneeb** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:36 pm

Welp, there it is.

Hard to believe a simple ankle sprain is enough to keep the #1 pick off the floor on opening night.

How long ago was this reported injury?

bstein14 · Post #95 » by **bstein14** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:43 pm

I thought they'd role into tomorrow that he was "questionable" for the game kind of surprised they announced it a full day early. Perhaps partially because they have been getting hounded with questions and partially because they were worried about the optics of not announcing right up to tip off. Gives Chicago the ability to game plan for a team without Cade.

That said, I fully expect Cade to play against the Bulls a few days later, and his home debut to be the game on Saturday Oct 30th versus Orlando. Hopefully LCA is hot and ready for that one!

vege · Post #96 » by **vege** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:45 pm

whitehops wrote:

Read on Twitter

shocker

from being on track to play in the preseason opener, to being on course to play in the regular season opener, to out.

I guess I'm not watching it.

vege · Post #97 » by **vege** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:47 pm

bstein14 wrote:Gives Chicago the ability to game plan for a team without Cade.

Looking at our roster, do you really think we care about winning the game? We're going for a bottom 3 record again.

Manocad · Post #98 » by **Manocad** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:47 pm

aad wrote:They pretty much just pissed off they whole fan base LCA gone be empty as hell this season

I'm not sure you have a good grasp of how most sports fans operate.

Manocad · Post #99 » by **Manocad** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:53 pm

mattao313 wrote:That sucks injury must been a little worse than they thought.

Sent from my moto g play (2021) using RealGM mobile app

I disagree. If the team saying he's on track to play tomorrow means they're hiding a serious injury, then saying he's not playing tomorrow means the team is hiding the fact that he's not injured at all.

Or it means that, as suspected, Cade is a hologram.

OOOORRRR..it means that Cade stumbled through a portal into the spirit world and can't return to our world until he retrieves the eyes of Dahlver-Nar to pay for passage. And that takes a fortnight to achieve even if he does have the Dagger of Enchantment and a pair of trained of trained owlbears, which is highly unlikely.

Manocad · Post #100 » by **Manocad** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:01 pm

vege wrote:
whitehops wrote:

Read on Twitter

shocker

from being on track to play in the preseason opener, to being on course to play in the regular season opener, to out.

I guess I'm not watching it.

I hope you won't mind if I don't watch you not watch it. Question: did you watch the preseason games he didn't play in? Asking for a friend.