[Highlight] Cade Cunningham absolutely cooks Paolo Banchero
So smooth, so good.
so fresh, so clean
so fresh and so clean clean
FTFY
Ain’t nobody dope as me, I’m just so fresh, so clean
so clean, so good
No need to ask he’s a smoooth operatooor…
So right
It’s a cool move - he gets into that low stance and gets his right foot out front. He plants hard on it and gets real low, and natural human ambulation would predict that he’d push off the right foot and bring the left forward maximally to turn all that power into distance. But he chops that left step short, way before you’d expect, and transfers prematurely back to the right foot coming forward now. The result is an almost teleportative visual effect.
Thanks, Claude.
Number one pick vs number one pick.
And ours is WAY better. We got a great year to get #1 (shoulda had Wemby too)
yea and we shoulda had carmelo anthony but we don’t have to talk about that one
The guy we picked won more titles than Carmelo, checkmate.
Do the Pistons trade for Sheed in a world where they have Melo?
We’ve been debating this for 20+ years man
Nah, and I’ve always dreamed that Melo could have brought a different offensive dynamic to it.
But Sheed was like 30% of that teams identity by himself
Big Ben would have choked melo out after bailing him out for the 300th time on D lol
I asked Stephen A Smith this in 2008 when he came to my college to speak. If we took Bosh or Melo do we trade for sheed and/or do we win.
He said Sheed was the piece they needed to go get it done, and they did. He was right
I personally think it’s still likely. First Larry Brown wouldn’t have played any rookie big minutes, especially if they weren’t buying into the defensive identity of the team, though he would have played more than Darko. Dumars had also been eyeing Sheed for awhile at that point and he became available pretty cheap. Even if they had Melo, why pass up a great player who fit the team perfectly like Sheed did when the cost wasn’t too high. Also,especially early on Melo was more of a SF, so PF was still a need. Plus in those days you needed as many bigs as you could get if you wanted to win a championship with Shaq dominating in LA.
That all being said, from everything I have heard at the time and over the years it was never going to be Melo. It sounds crazy to hear now, especially from young people who weren’t around, but Darko was considered an elite prospect at the time. Lots of teams would have taken Darko 2nd. From what I’ve heard it was either going to be Darko or Bosh, not Melo. Dumars thought we had our SF of the future in Prince and he wanted a PF. Obviously Bosh would have still been a major upgrade over Darko.
Yeah that is true on Melo being more of a SF. He got bigger when he was older and the league changed where he could be a PF while the 00s were the golden age for PFs who were big like Timmy, Dirk, KG, Bosh, Amar’e
Not sure where the “Larry Brown doesn’t play young guys” narrative came from, but it isn’t grounded in reality. Tayshaun and Okur were both big-minute guys for us as second year players. I mean hell, in San Antonio he started 2 rookies together (Admiral and Sean Elliott)
but Darko was considered an elite prospect at the time. Lots of teams would have taken Darko 2nd.
This is false. Very few people thought Darko was an elite prospect, because he didn’t play against any elite talent. People thought Dumars was crazy for drafting him, and many made fun of him for doing it. I personally do not know any Pistons fans who were fans at the time who wanted the Pistons to draft Darko. We wanted Bosh or Melo.
That’s complete revisionist history. You must not have been paying attention much to basketball at the time. It’s weird to me how this has changed over the years to people pretending that Dumars was the only idiot in the league who would have taken Darko #2.
I was glued into the Pistons and the NBA at the time. I was looking at every mock draft for the entire year leading up to that draft and Darko almost a consensus #2 for most of the year until Melo had his crazy NCAA Tournament run. At that point some people began to put him at #2, but no one had Bosh there.
Yes, I didn’t want Darko, but pretending that “very few people thought Darko was an elite prospect” is simply wrong. People around the league were looking for the next Nowitzki and people though Darko could be it. Just for laughs, where do you think most teams had Darko ranked in the draft?
Chad Ford is cursed name among Pistons fans of a certain age.
Yes, Melo’s NCAA run absolutely pushed his draft stock up. No arguments there. But my statement is not revisionist history.
Very few people thought Darko was an elite prospect because he wasn’t playing against anyone. Please, show me the draft reports that had Darko going #2.
Once the pick was made, people panned Dumars hard. If you were around at that time, you may remember how angry us Pistons fans were at the draft pick. It was ridiculous.
I know Simmons gets hated on now, but here is his entry regarding Darko getting drafted:
4:43 — During the montage of Darko highlights, House screams, “Look at the guys he’s playing against — I think he just posted up Scotty Thurman!” I haven’t seen House this riled up since HBO cancelled “G String Divas.” Both of us agree that the Pistons will rue the day they passed on Carmelo Anthony. What’s the difference between Darko at age 18 and Raef LaFrentz at age 18? Anything? Aren’t they the same guy? And you’re passing on the guy who just posted the best college season in 15 years? Really?
Very revisionist history. /u/ruiner8850 is right. It doesn’t mean everyone would have picked Darko over Melo, but he was the consensus #2 going into the draft.
This was the era of Dirk (the Euro Big) and KG (the high school Big who plays like a guard) and that’s who Darko was being compared to.
Darko wasn’t even originally eligible for the 2003 draft because he wasn’t 18 on the cutoff date, he had to petition the NBA for a special exception because either he was 18 at the draft or when the season started.
“Shoulda had wemby” you had a 13% percent chance
that’s literally the best odds.
13% isn’t enough to claim that they should have had anyone lol
If you have a 13% chance of rain, you probably don’t even bring an umbrella
But individually it’s still low
87% of not having wemby. cmon man. having the best odds doesnt mean ur most likely to get him. 13% is a super small number. thats the entire point. each team individually has a super small chance of getting it.
We lost 28 in a row and genuinely started the yr with playoff hopes. We weren’t tanking on purpose
Maybe the FO wasn’t but Monty Williams definitely was.
Fuck Monty Williams!
That was the year after
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Cade literally finished higher in MVP voting and has better stats in this series while being a better defender.
Won’t help you win the chip unfortunately
I mean he’s certainly going to be helpful in that regard than paolo ever will
I bet you weren’t saying this last game when Paolo beat Pistons
Yall acting like you just won the series when it’s just 1-1
Don’t choke
lol Cades been better than paolo his whole career, pistons could lose out and that’d still be the case. How’s it feel being an 8th seed after trading away 5 firsts and your first option is the worst jump shooter in the league?
I’d hope so. That should mean Pistons win this series. Let’s see how that plays out ;)
I know you guys are scared an 8th seed can beat a fraudulent #1 seed like yours.
How’s it feel that you’re going to max playoff dropped Duren this off season?
You’re really showing your smarts with these comments man.
Duren is 22 and facing a big team packing the paint against him, it’s been two games this sample size doesn’t make me feel any differently about him.
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Absolutely filthy.
That last little in and out move is INSANE
On top of Cade’s in and out dribble, something about the way his left foot moved really sold the idea that a crossover was about to happen.
A despicable act
That was disgusting
Goated username haha
Thanks
at his best, Cade seems to play the game in slow motion. it’s straight up beautiful.
I think that’s why he’ll able to play in the league for a long time.
He’s athletic but doesn’t overly rely on it. Has high IQ and still developing his 3 pt shot which isn’t that bad to begin with
cade is the most similar player to tatum i have seen
He’s also been much better on defense than expected. He gets more blocks than I’ve ever seen a PG get. Even in the all star games he had the same number of blocks as Wemby
Cade showing that fraud what actual first pick hoops should be
Cade is just so smart and athletic. Paolo always looks stiff and awkward while Cade looks like he’s dancing out there
I actually love how Cade twirls around other players like a ballerina
Dude is basically dancing out there
Slo mo Cade. Seriously, he’s so controlled and fluid it looks like it’s slow motion
Ironically, Paolo would be an amazing number two option on the Pistons.
I don’t think pistons need another lane driver who can’t shoot
Nah I feel like anyone who can shoot would be better. I know they won, but they shot 23% from 3 lol
This is a good team but that ain’t gonna cut it vs anyone actually good
Exactly, we need real shooters as soon as possible.
MPJ would be an ideal player for them
Came here for this and was not disappointed
Just nasty
My god he literally froze him in place
Some say he’s still standing there to this day frozen in time
Geez, that was nasty
NASTY
Toasted PB no J
Best in&out ive seen in a min juked him good 🤣👌🏾
Deep fucking fried
Like Kyle Anderson and Kyrie had a baby
Love a clean cross like that
It wasn’t even a cross. He juked him out with pure footwork.
It’s the hesitation move right before the drive that got Paolo. It’s a crossover.
Disgusting
send this to the top of the sub
they aren’t ready for it
It’s just a simple crossover, get ready to watch a lot of them from Mitchell and Harden assuming you can actually beat the Magic on the road. Youll be able to watch harden and Mitchell do it to you team for 4 games and then harden and Mitchell do it in the ECF
lol cavs fans are insufferable but at least they provide good comedy, imagine trusting harden in the clutch in the playoffs
Imagine trusting Duren in the playoffs
Have fun maxing this playoff dropper
i mean i never said i do??? like duren has to prove himself this playoffs and so far its been underwhelming
Harden has been showing up this far is the point.
When will your assumed aLl NbA center show up?
wow congrats, harden showed up for 2 games against the craptors, like we haven’t seen this story year after year of his career. i’m hoping my center decides to show up, but i’m not the one bragging about duren… so idk why you keep bringing it up
We all know Duren couldn’t even handle Poeltl
i mean in the 2 games he played the raps he averaged 25 and 11 on like 80% from the field, so if you say so, also flare up bitch
Like I said, it’s the playoffs.
Duren wouldn’t even be able to score against a cone in the playoffs.
Nah I got a life, sorry
First, it’s literally the opposite of a crossover. Second, the Magic are young physical and play hard defense. The opposite of the Cavs. This series will be tougher than that hypothetical.
What a bum ass comment lol
Cavs fans are like, weirdly insecure about the Pistons. I’m just enjoying the ride and hope we win the series.
If we beat the Magic and Cavs are our matchup then I’ll care about the Cavs.
Astonishing absense of hoops knowledge to call this a “simple crossover”
But it’s not a crossover you blind fool. It’s an inside-out dribble.
Cade Cumsinham
Please step away from the ham. and put your pants on, FFS
He just took 4 players to the hole!
He is a very bad man
Try recreating the footwork of that move. I almost fell on my face
That in and out was nasty
I was crossed so bad one time I dreamt about it, in a local park with like 5 people watching. I can’t imagine being cooked this much with thousands of people watching.
And its not even twitch fast. Just smooth and crafty. Disgusting.
in and out and slow motion is insane
the handle was so tight, paolo froze up
Nothing personal, kid
That’s some Davante Adams shit right there.
Paolo didn’t do himself and favors either, he almsot fell backwards over his heels, bad technique
Cool
Was this in slow-mo? I don’t watch Detroit often; does Cade always move like that?
The commentators always praise him for “playing at his own pace”, it’s kind of his calling card
It’s pretty impressive
Favorite description - he slows right by you
Cade hoops like he’s a smooth jazz enthusiast
That was clean.
Can’t even rag on Paolo on that one, just a great move
Mom- we have a first round first draft pick at home
Lol Paolo literally just killed it’s the way his right. Y he do dat????
One of the sickest shamgods i have seen in a while
Wtf happened to Orlando after halftime? All the guys were looking terrible, it was a tragic game.
That looks slow af
Cade has elite change of pace. He ”slows right by you”
Announcers were talking about this the rest of the night.
Paolo is such a shit talker. I’m glad the pistons shut his ass up tonight. I can’t stand that guy! I call him muscle face. Looks like he lifts weights with his face. 😂 ugly mfer.
Lmfaoooo 💀
sheesh
Dusgusting
It’s good to have this mf back!
Mans was bolted to the floor.
I wanted him to dunk it so bad.
Give that guy a map
Brandon Roy like
like a 2K animation package kinda uncannily smooth with it
Got em
I am such a fan of his game, something has clicked for him and he’s looking like a top player in the league.
I mean, it was good but the step Paulo took to his right was just….not the way to defend anyone
And yknow what? Paolo played great this game. Cade just played incredible.
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I think they can shut down the Cavs
I don’t think so but I’d love to get to the next round.
Man just a couple hours ago people were calling them frauds lol. Crazy how fast things change in pro sports haha
They had the best defense 2 years ago. They’ve just been injured
I meant people were calling the Pistons frauds just a few hours ago
Harden and Mitchell will struggle tho. And Mobley can’t get his own buckets like that.
Magic haven’t tried forcing him left one time this series
Because it’s not a good idea
Why? Cade goes left all the time
He can go left so it wouldn’t really matter lmao.