Horrible might be an understatement, but some of that is due to coaching. They deserved to win tonight, though. OKC played like shit for three quarters, got severely out-hustled and out-worked, and flatout got outplayed, and were down 11 to start the fourth quarter.
I guess this speaks to how bad Detroit is, though. When OKC actually started to really try, they erased the 11 point deficit and had a two point lead less than four minutes into the fourth quarter. Yes, they might've gotten some help from the refs, but they were forcing the issue on offense by being aggressive and attacking the basket.
But yeah, outside of Monroe, Drummond, and maybe (?) Knight...they're all kinds of awful. The Bobcats didn't have anyone as good as Monroe last year, but the rest of the Pistons roster really doesn't look better than the 2011-2012 Bobcats roster. Wouldn't surprise me if they only won 15-20 games.
I could ramble, but an incredibly shite schedule with the better teams in the west, with little rest between those games, and the fact that Lawrence Frank teams start off slow isn't a good recipe to get some wins going.
Early days, but I'm more pissed at Brandon Knight's idiotic passes he made tonight.
I could ramble, but an incredibly shite schedule with the better teams in the west, with little rest between those games, and the fact that Lawrence Frank teams start off slow isn't a good recipe to get some wins going.
Early days, but I'm more pissed at Brandon Knight's idiotic passes he made tonight.
This too. They've had a brutal schedule to start the season, so they may not be as bad as their record indicates. Still, I can't see them being much better than a 25ish win team, and that's probably best case scenario. It will depend on Drummond's PT and development, but Monroe is already really good. Knight has kind of been a disappointment so far, though.
Rest of their roster looks like a lot of garbage on paper, though Maxiell is a nice hardworking energy player.
what's your point? he doesn't have to play this year to be a top 3 picks in next year's draft.
but he'll play in more than half of their games. his violation really didn't break any rules, ncaa is just being strict and arguing wordings of their own rules..
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This too. They've had a brutal schedule to start the season, so they may not be as bad as their record indicates. Still, I can't see them being much better than a 25ish win team, and that's probably best case scenario. It will depend on Drummond's PT and development, but Monroe is already really good. Knight has kind of been a disappointment so far, though.
Rest of their roster looks like a lot of garbage on paper, though Maxiell is a nice hardworking energy player.
I also thought that had some of our shots went in the fourth (Some of those shots just wouldn't go in, no matter how well they were set up), we might've won it. Knight's been disappointing this season but I'm trying to keep in mind that this is his first full season.
I thought Drummond gave you guys problems when he came on. He sure did the other night.
But yeah, the schedule's been a big factor. This was our 2nd home game FFS.
I could ramble, but an incredibly shite schedule with the better teams in the west, with little rest between those games, and the fact that Lawrence Frank teams start off slow isn't a good recipe to get some wins going.
Early days, but I'm more pissed at Brandon Knight's idiotic passes he made tonight.
That's the long and short of it... for now. Once Detroit begins absorbing double digit beatdowns at home from the Magic, Bobcats, and Wizards, then we can perhaps discuss their futility.
And to be sure, I'm not saying that won't happen, because it could, but I think it's a little early to judge a team made up of seven players with three years of experience or less (including four rookies) who opened up the season on a 6 game west coast road swing against some of the best teams in the league.
They've been destroyed twice this year (by the Lakers and the Rockets) and though 0-8 looks terrible, they've been competitive in more games than they haven't been, if that makes sense, all the while their second leading scorer from last year played the worst basketball of his entire life. I feel as though they will only get better as the season moves on, especially as they work with Andre Drummond to develop further.
0-8, guess its time to start playing drummond 30+ minutes a game and see how he develops? They wont be doing anything this season, might as well put the young star out there and give him some minutes. Same goes for Jonas Valanciunas of the Raptors. Today he played the first quarter and part of the second, but never got back in the game in a double overtime? was his injured or minutes capped? Please someone fill me in as I dont see why these two players arent playing a minimum 25 minutes a game.
How bad are the Pistons?
