Pistons @ Suns Saturday game thread 12-21-2024

[mjb21aztd]

Watch lol when book ret kd will get hurt 2 gms later this season is toast (((

 

[Yuma]

Book for Cade.

If I am Detroit I don't do that trade.

 

[Hoop Head]

I need to work on a few things but the game is definitely better on mute.

Especially with Tom Leander calling it and no Sophie!

I could handle the losing better with more Sophie.

 

[Mainstreet]

Yeah, we should rename the team The Matadors!

The Suns have mastered the cape defense.

 

[Yuma]

35 points off turn overs! You are spotting a team 35 points and trying to win. You just can't do that!

 

[mjb21aztd]

I might nreed to change my pic of book soon im just sooooooo sad was veryy much expectin a w

This suns team has zeroooo chemistry

 

[Mainstreet]

We are too small, too slow and too soft.

Somehow we need to add turnovers into that mix.

 

[Yuma]

I might nreed to change my pic of book soon im just sooooooo sad was veryy much expectin a w

This suns team has zeroooo chemistry

It's like it's getting worse.

 

[Mainstreet]

EIGHT turn overs by KD alone. Seriously, we cannot keep turning the ball over. They need to revamp this offense. KD, Durant, and Book should only get the ball when they are open after the PGs set up the offense.

That's the point I was trying to make. KD is mostly a shooter at this stage of his career, a very expensive shooter.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Somehow we need to add turnovers into that mix.

Solve for slow, small and soft and I bet you that would work wonders for our turnovers.

 

[Yuma]

It's obvious we need to play hard like we do when we are down late in games trying to dig it out. We have to play hard from the opening tip, until the last buzzer. We came out lethargic. We were behind the whole game.

 

[AzStevenCal]

It's like it's getting worse.

That's what happens when you routinely fail to meet expectations, chemistry collapses.

 

[Mainstreet]

Solve for slow, small and soft and I bet you that would work wonders for our turnovers.

I was looking for something catchy to add to your description that would include turnovers, but I'm drawing a blank.

 

[Yuma]

That's the point I was trying to make. KD is mostly a shooter at this stage of his career, a very expensive shooter.

We could change this with KD. We run the offense through him. Other places he's played, they played him like a shooter. Everyone else ran the offense, and they threw the ball out to KD to shoot. He's a shooter. Play him like that.

 

[Mainstreet]

We could change this with KD. We run the offense through him. Other places he's played, they played him like a shooter. Everyone else ran the offense, and they threw the ball out to KD to shoot. He's a shooter. Play him like that.

Maybe we could get Alvin Adams to teach him.

 

[Yuma]

I was looking for something catchy to add to your description that would include turnovers, but I'm drawing a blank.

Bud just said they have to find a way to play better defense and have less turn overs.

 

[Mainstreet]

Grayson Allen is being monitored for a concussion.

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[AzStevenCal]

I was looking for something catchy to add to your description that would include turnovers, but I'm drawing a blank.

Small, slow, soft and sloppy.

 

[Yuma]

Small, slow, soft and sloppy.

Nailed it!

 

[Mainstreet]

Bud just said they have to find a way to play better defense and have less turn overs.

And add a couple of athletic big men as well.

 

[Mainstreet]

Small, slow, soft and sloppy.

How about soft, slow, small and sloppy?

 

[Mainstreet]

I don't think Bol Bol being out caused the problem. Now, if he were waived, that might be another matter.

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[Yuma]

And add a couple of athletic big men as well.

One of the podcasts I listen to went through all the guys we have to trade, and who is available at their salary range, and it's slim pickings. I don't know if there is a trade out there that helps us. Ryan Dunn hustling on defense is an answer if Bud would go for it. Maybe mix Oso in a few minutes each game. At least both rookies bring the energy.

 

[Hoop Head]

We could change this with KD. We run the offense through him. Other places he's played, they played him like a shooter. Everyone else ran the offense, and they threw the ball out to KD to shoot. He's a shooter. Play him like that.

KD is set in his ways. We've tried taking him off the ball and it hasn't worked. He does what he wants. The only tike that's lead to real success is when he had Steph, Klay, Iggy, and Draymond surrounding him. It's failed everywhere else. Saw it multiple times tonight. He'd get the ball and start driving when anyone else would have passed it. When he does pass it, it's rarely on center. Lackadaisical is the best way to describe his passing. Even basic A to B passes within 6 feet of each other in front of the logo he'll toss it into a dribble for the other player so they can't catch it still.

 

[Mainstreet]

One of the podcasts I listen to went through all the guys we have to trade, and who is available at their salary range, and it's slim pickings. I don't know if there is a trade out there that helps us. Ryan Dunn hustling on defense is an answer if Bud would go for it. Maybe mix Oso in a few minutes each game. At least both rookies bring the energy.

At least give me a couple of token athletic big men that aren't nailed to the court. These layup drills are getting old.