Yes

I still don’t really understand why they traded beef stew, I get they wanted to free up cap space but he’s vital to thier culture. They’re gonna regret that move big time imo

Kevin Huerter 3/$27M just baffles me

They’ll re-sign Duren, just in a standoff waiting for his market to dry up.

Heads shouldn’t roll at the first sign of failure. Reddit is too emotionally reactive

Cade now has 3 40% 3-point shooters around him (he had 1 last season). The team is also betting on continued improvement from their young core.

They were in the mix for more dramatic moves but didn’t reach the finish line for any of them. But this is still a team re-vamped around what was missing last year.

Pistons have been having a weird offseason, a big question mark is Duren also.

Detroit was on the lookout for a SG and wanted Reaves and Powell but settled with Joe and then Collins at PF.

I think they’re gonna run it back with a few tweaks to the lineup. Duren I think they agree to a contract but it’s weird they haven’t yet. The negotiations are probably going bad, maybe they work a sign and trade for Sacramento with Sabonis.

Langdon’s been trying to get a #2 (Kawhi). Just hasn’t been successful yet.

I really like Harris on the pistons during the season and then he really proved his worth in the playoffs definitely hurt losing him

Jaden Ivey getting injured pretty much screwed them up.

Pistons are turning into the Grizzlies. If they keep this up, Cade will want to leave and they’ll likely trade Duren’s overpaid future deal too. Don’t get wasting this team by doing nothing, especially last trade deadline 

Kept one Isaiah and rolled the name dice on John vs Tobias. We’ll see how it plays out

It’s only July 5th and reporters have been consistently saying we are going big game hunting.

They are kind of low on talent/assets. They could have went the Knicks route of slowly trading players to upgrade their roster but the Knicks had more players to trade up with. (Randle, Barrett, Quickley, DDV)

I think even if Pistons spent all their picks on a star they would still be 1 guy away. If the Jaden Ivey pick was better, they would have been in a much better situation.

Their GM is doing well though, tried to hit on some FA’s, it just didn’t work out. It’s smart to not go all-in right now, they still wouldn’t be championship contenders.

It all depends on Duren. And then the trade deadline

look at who they got my dawg cade going to war with man

I feel like some trade is coming with all the guards we have and only 1 PF

I mean, looks like the Spurs are also planning to run it back only with Tobias Harris.

Didn’t they try to get Austin Reaves? But Lakers gave him the max. So it’s not like they didn’t try. You don’t have to force yourself to make a trade just to make something happen, sometimes there just isn’t the right player available. I thought Isaiah Joe for two second was pretty decent, nice fit next to Cade

We’re paralyzed until further notice till this Duren situation is resolved.

Are they young snd ascending? If so, then no major changes needed.

I know we have become accustomed to constant changes - but I wish it would be more normalized for a team to run it back. Teams can get better by working together for longer and really learning how to maximize everyone’s strengths.

Its really nice as a fan to get to know a team and it stay somewhat the same. This is why i quit watching college basketball. It’s a complete new team every season.

There are only 29 other teams to get players from and they aren’t looking to make other teams better on purpose. Everyone always gets their hopes too high on what is typically achievable in the off-season.

They still haven’t confirmed any of their trades yet which opens a possibility to expand them. The off-season just started, I think they’ll try to do one more move, they just don’t want to get scammed by teams like NOLA with Murphy or similar. Then it also sounds like the price for Herro was unreasonable and Mlke wants to keep him for whatever reason. Feels like a game of poker where teams know what kind of players they are looking for and try to take advantage of it 

They can still land Rui, right? Maybe that is the move they are going for

this reminds me of when Sacramento got the beam season, I think had 30m of cap space, and instead of using it to improve the team, they just used it to extend Harrison Barnes and Trey Lyles, and brought over Vezenkov, and called it a day and ran it back with the exact same team. Prime example of if you don’t get better, everyone else would.

Paul Reed Victory Tour baby.

1st seed in the East. Core 3 are 22,23 and 24 iirc? They just got their first taste of playoff pressure and now have that experience.

They own ALL of their FRPs

They are in good shape cap wise.

Their “window” is JUST bringing to open. The FO can keep it open indefinitely if they stay calm..:)

Yeah not great, would be surprised if they are a top 4 seed this year

Duren. Holland and Ausar are young players with still room for improvement.

Probably 3 scenarios :

1. They’re trying to trade for Herro , but the Bucks probably see him as piece moving forward since the new draft lottery is going to take into effect

2. Probably waiting on Sacramento to release DeMar and try to convince him to sign with them , that’s an immediate upgrade if DeMar is willing to come off the bench

3. Stay put and have literally the same time , only with Joe and Collins

The defensive core is proven, but spacing is the problem. Either Ausar develops a 3-point shot, or Cade himself improves his scoring at the rim and from top of the arc.

I think they still have a move to make, preferably for a wing shot creator.

They have picks to trade, Ron Holland, and then Duncan Robinson or Huerter as salary filler.

Trey Murphy is probably the prize, but who knows what NOP are planning to do with him.

At least Isaiah Joe gives them 3P shooting. But yea, I assume they’re waiting to see how Duren, Holland, Sasser and now Jenkins further improve

Basically

There is still one more trade for an all star elite scorer: Kyrie

Sometimes a one star offense can do well too = more shots for Cade, MVP?

also they are paying duren way more for his production. apron rules suck.
they need to play thompson next year too

They knew they had to do something at the TD last season, a poor showing in the playoffs confirms they have to do something

They downgraded during free agency and who knows what the draft will bring, but now there are not as many opportunities

While they’re not desperate as yet

There are more things coming but I can’t tell you about them yet, you will have to stay tuned to find out more 🫣

Bringing back Duren, Rui for the mid level, and Derozan on a minimum is still out there. Trajan also might be content keeping all his picks and moving all in on a star when they become available.

Trading for Herro always made sense to me if he can be gotten at a reasonable price.

Pistons need a secondary creator and reliable shooter.

Cant they still trade for Herro? I think that would be a major upgrade. And Herro next to Cade is probably Luka/Reaves level of effectiveness 

They should get Westbrook and/or Derozen.

Ever since seeing the name Isaiah Joe on nba2k, always thought he should be a piston. Kinda like Duncan Robinson should be a spur lol.

Yep- They got a little bit worse

They did improve their shooting

Most likely yea I think we definitely got better but idk if it’s significant enough

The pistons are the new Grizzlies. Overachieved and won a bunch of games but it’s kind of fools gold

They should’ve traded two firsts for MPJ at the trade deadline

Sign and trade for Herro

Need shooters. Free agent market is thin. Rue has size and can shoot dat thang. Beal and Brown are options. Russ can’t shoot from distance but dang id love to see his grit and leadership on that team.

Other than that… trading assets only way to get shooter

I don’t know

I’m pissed about this off season, they shouldn’t let stew and harris go, if they didn’t have a big move to follow

This group was in 2end year of playing meaningful basketball and won 60 games, got the first seed and lost in second round in a game 7, were a young unexperienced player didn’t show up. that’s not a drastic problem, this group showed improvement every year, you don’t mess with that if there isn’t a clear improvement at reach, a big addition(and those cases are usually a risk as well)

They let go of 2 very key players both in court and locker room for nothing eventually, the team on paper is slightly worse( imo way worse, defense toughness was this team element of success that get hitdrastically for more spacing and being more dependenton cade running offense) and we dont even know if it’s fits or not, or the chemistry of this team took a hit or not

They should have tried for Naz Reid and Ja Morant. Ja would have had plenty of defensive protection and would have fit right into that locker room 

Pistons are gonna be bad again next year

Maybe. Idk

Hot take : Pistons will be a play in team next season