pistons have a nice group and are bought in to monty 100%...been fun to watch em
Detroit is a fun team. I'll keep an eye out for them.
Bulls are on the end of a back-to-back, but then so were the Pistons (who beat down the Hornets last night). Chicago has to blow this up. LaVine had 51 and they weren't really close. Hard when two starters - Coby White and Patrick Williams were 0fer with no points between them. LaVine makes way too much per season but someone might grab him. Move an expiring DDR. Just pull the plug.
Duren first 3 games, second season and still 19 years old.
23-15-5-2 blocks
17-14-4-4 blocks
14-17-3-2 blocks
The Pistons core four of Cunningham, Ivey, Duren and Thompson has a lot going for it (shot creation, positional size and athleticism), but there's a collective lack of shooting, it's unclear if Cunningham's ceiling is any higher than All-Star caliber and they somehow have a deficit of picks.
They need to clear out the C and guard logjam and add wings/forwards who can shoot.
Anything happening with Walker Kessler? Slightly fewer minutes and his numbers across the board are down significantly even per 36. 2 blocks in 3 games, Maybe averaging what, 5.6 pts and 5.6 rrebounds in 21 or 22 minutes a game?
Memphis is not only missing Ja, but Adams is out for the season and Brandon Clarke is injured as well
afraid jokic is going to take wemby on a tour of clown town
A Duren archetype would be the perfect pairing for Wemby. I’m happy with the Sochan pick but I really liked Duren at the time
He was my man over Sochan. Would fit nicely next to Victor.
First time he tries that little no jump fadeaway, it’s going into row 8.
There's so much hand-wringing and drama in Chicago, and it's all for a team with three "stars" that are, at best, third options on a le team. There's no way that team composition could lead to big time success, but with all the talk surrounding their players you'd think they were right on the cusp of actually challenging for something significant. God, what a relief to be past the days of seeing DeRozan, Mills, and Forbes on the floor together, those days of knowing that a serious quality team was many years away.
Only with a PG who can shoot.
Even then, as Wembanyama gets stronger and the team improves, the goal should be to increasingly get to him at C lineups, especially to close.
If Duren hits his ceiling, that'd be difficult to do without it causing an issue.
Leave Wemby at PF. It worked with Duncan and Robinson. Duren was the better pick than Sochan with now adding Wemby.
Duren with the Spurs passers wouldn't look as good.
Duncan only primarily defended PF's until he was 30 because in Robinson, they already had one of the GOAT C's and it worked because they were two of the GOAT players and it was a different era.
But like all hybrid bigs, Duncan's skills were amplified and the offense in general was at it's best when he played with a stretch PF. That's the advantage of that archetype; being able to take on traditional big duties solo, so that they can be surrounded by as much skill as possible.
Reality is both Duncan and Robinson switched back and forth playing Center and PF from possession to possession. I've watched old tape and sometimes Robinson would be down low and sometimes it would be Duncan. Both would be able to take it to the basket on short drives or short jump shots.
r/nba bans people?!
Duren, Ausar Thompson and Detroit in general have looked really good.
Nuggets just absolutely smoked OKC. Jokic being able to physically overpower Chet could be an indication of how things go against Wemby (I know, Wemby is taller, I think he's better now even being 2 years younger and missing a year of experience...but they have similar weaknesses now in terms of...weakness).
The length will make all the difference. Şengün threw his body into Wemby, knocked him off his spot, and still got blocked
guess this is just the designated thread for non-spurs games
poodle dominating milwaukee
Holmgren dominating. If he doesn't get injured I really think he's gonna steal RoY from Wemby. While the Spurs are experimenting, the Thunder just play to Chet's strengths.
Minnesota is like the one team that has a decent matchup with Denver but have nothing for other teams
Damn the refs might hate Rudy more than any other player in history.
Gets hammered and hit on the arms right in front of the refs, and I mean directly in front, and the refs don't even care
OKC already has the infrastructure in place with an established all-nba lead guy in SGA, and Dort/Giddey with established roles in the starting unit.
chet comes in with a very defined role and one that he will exceed at. everything he does on offense is purely feeding off the team. they never just dump the ball to him and expect him to go to work.
chet is a legit threat in the DPOY race because of that
Toronto has been pounding Milwaukee but still time. Raptors showing resilience coming out strong.
Houston recognizes they need a win vs. visiting Charlotte. Rockets are winless and Hornets would slide to 1-3. Houston's upcoming November schedule looks horrendous.
As a note, Ausar looks much more impactful so far than Amen.
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