Jaden ivey was right, pistons won’t save you on judgement day.

damn i completely forgot about the lung. but yeah at some point yall gotta flip those picks for another all star if you really wanna be championship contenders

You guys can get bonafide second fiddle RJ barett for duren in about a week

RJ in the playoffs:

24/7/4 on ⁴⁸⁄₃₈.⁶⁄₆₃ w 6 3PA a game against the cave

Jalen Duren against the cavs:

⁹⁄₆.6 on below 50% fg and bad defense

Youre getting a steal!

I know harden isn’t a good match for their defensive culture, but it woulda been real interesting if the Pistons picked up harden instead of the Cavs.

This comment is not righteous

Do you think if the Pistons could go back they’d keep Ivey and not trade for Huerter. I know he wasn’t healthy this year but Ivey could have given Cade some relief in the playoffs for 10 minutes. Huerter is legit useless he doesn’t play.

I don’t think 2026 Jaden Ivey would have helped, but I understand what you saying.

Jaden Ivey as a prospect and pre-injury self was the player y’all needed.

I kinda cant wait for our inevitable demise so we can start working on this roster this summer

I don’t even know if there was anyone realistically available for them at the deadline without trading some important assets but I really wish they got another ball handler and shot creator to take the load off him. Us having Ajay level up this year has taken so much off Shai’s shoulders, feel like that’s what Detroit needs to make a priority this summer

Honestly Jenkins has done well filling the Ivey role

You guys could have traded for Kawhi

Who would you want for this role? Any rumors on offseason improvements yet? I realize maybe not since your playoff run is still going.

Just having someone else to bring the ball up would be huge.

you can probably bring Ivey back on a non-guaranteed vet min deal now, just saying

Jokic…? If Cade had his responsibilities they would also be “not even” one and done

Jaden Ivey lol cmon was he even anything when he was sane? I don’t think so.

I think it started with him not knowing what to do when his typical lanes were shut down (he’s a guy who heavily relied upon lobs, tip dunks, and drop downs in the regular season) then he began trying to force the issue to compensate once he realized he wasn’t putting points on the board.

By now, I also think the mental aspect has likely settled in, where dude is likely thinking all about how he’s not performing and now it’s created a bit of a vortex of self-defeat.

Yeah like nobody predicted us to be the #1 seed and especially hold that the entire season. That was ahead of schedule.

And yet now due to the bad playoffs, people are acting like the entire team has to be blown up and the run is over lol.

We would’ve been better off as the 5th seed or something honestly. Instead it’s been “they are the worst #1 seed ever. Cade is extremely overrated. Duren is a bum.”

I’m not defending us this year in the playoffs, we’ve been bad. But we went from historically bad team two years ago to playoff team losing first round last year to #1 seed whole season and winning the first round this year.

Does this team have flaws and desperately need another shot creator/ #2? Yes absolutely. But everyone is acting like this was our last shot and we are a team full of veterans choking. In all measures, we overachieved this year and yet heading into the offseason it’s gonna be “crisis mode” lol

Yep, Langdon has revamped the rooster when he was brought in and made changes to get the Pistons here.

As much as some didn’t like to hear it he was right to evaluate cause the biggest issues with the Front Office before Cade was stuff like signing Drummond to the max and making big signings that knee capped the team.

Lagdon doesn’t want to repeat the sins of the past.

They don’t have a single actual core piece on a championship contender aside from Cade

Their situation isn’t as good as the regular season record suggests

It was such a weird year for the East, we feasted on a bunch of tanking/mid teams and teams with injured stars so much we looked like world beaters. I don’t think the front office expected us to get a 1 seed and just wasn’t in a position to trade/pay guys when you’re not exactly sure what the team needs on a higher level when you’re not just facing the Wizards every night. But I trust Langdon has seen how the team plays and will pay and keep who fits the team going forward and doing something about the Center position cause I really don’t think Duren will be on this team stinking up the joint next year for the Pistons in the playoffs

Jenkins is helping but literally everyone else on the team can go

Duren really just disappear

Atleast 2018 Bron had teammates who can shoot, they just had to face a fully healthy KD warriors. I think against any team 2019 and beyond, he could’ve fought equally.

plus teams just keep getting better and better

He did it for every year he was on the Cavs. In the 2016 finals, 78% of all offensive plays ended with him shooting, assisting, getting fouled or turning the ball over when he was on the court and he was on it most of the time. 

KLove was an All Star in 2018 and averaged ²⁰⁄₁₁ in that Toronto series…stop with the cap

Early Luka era. He needs a lob threat and reliable 3&d wings.

So Cade to Philly in 10 years?

James Harden too. Even when he was supposed to have load off his shoulders something would happen to his number 1 or his number 2 that would end up causing him to have to carry and gas out.

Honestly Giannis wouldn’t be a bad fit if they loaded up on shooters. PnR game between a tall guard and taller forward + kick outs to shooters would be effective. Question is who you give up for it especially with Durens value cratering in the playoffs.

Alright I think Cade is legit but we don’t need to make LeBron comparisons, we’re not there yet

Its why Wemby is licking his fingers everytime he matches against Pistons, they dont have a clear no.2 option yet they keep starting 2 nonshooters next to Cade (who also has brainfart moments but thats maybe due to double teams/triple teams???)

Getting help for Cunningham has been an ongoing issue for the past couple years. This shouldn’t be a revelation. All year long, in spite of them winning, the team’s flaws were obvious. They compensated by playing very good team defense.

Beasley was good last year in the sense that he could create his own shot, but he flamed in the playoffs and then came the off the court nonsense. Robinson has helped with spacing, but he’s essentially a 3 and D guy who’s not a real good defender.

Duren is young enough that he may still develop into a reliable post scorer, but there’s no guarantee that it is going to happen. And he is going to carry around being the goat, if they lose this series.

Winning all those games this season and last without a deep roster was a miracle. But after the team had been garbage for so long, it’s been a huge step forward to establish a winning culture.

They have the 21st pick so we’ll see what they do with it. It’s doubtful that they get an immediate impact player at 21.

Also Duncan Robinson out tonight doesn’t help.

Crazy that Mathurin, Sharpe, Dyson Daniels even all went after Ivey and they would all be so much more serviceable to the Pistons right now. Not even gonna bring Jalen Williams because that was a Presti snipe.

I mean it was cause Duncan was out this game.

If only ORL coach would’ve made an adjustment besides “play harder”

No they just need to get in shape /s

brunson had infinitely more help then Cade last season

KAT and OG are 10x better than anyone else besides cade on the pistons

Literally he’ll be coming up… And theyre all standing around doing nothing.. nobody cutting.. or doing anything. Weird

Kind of crazy Topic was supposed to be Ajay Mitchell. Maybe he will be next year?

Tobias hasn’t been an issue though, hes been good for the Pistons.

Love what Tobias has been doing for us but he would be so much better in a 3rd option role. He has started to fizzle out from the peaks he reached in the first round.

Not when Franz is healthy

We were 14-68 two years ago lol

Bro they turned their franchise around in 1 season. No way you fire the GM

Nah the GM is fine. They were just recently a historically bad team and now they’re the 1 seed in the NBA 2 seasons later.

Letting Schroder walk was such a mistake

GM hasnt been here long enough to be fired. Now if he does nothing again next season, I would agree.

He dramatically changed the roster between 2024 and 2025

Langdon did a great job quickly pivoting and getting Duncan Robinson when Beasley was unavailable. He got rid of Ivey which looks good now. He knew this team needed to grow and he needed to see what guys could do before he goes and spends money on someone. This team is going to be good for a long time. He’s doing this the right way. They won 60 games so clearly the strategy is not off.

He is the only other player who can handle the ball

Thompson is. They don’t win if he doesn’t play. Check the stats. Duren on the other hand…major questions there