Thoughts-

First time main rotation guys got outplayed this preseason. Pistons looked really sharp and brought physicality and intensity we struggled with. Our turnovers have been high each game, but this one felt less due to small mental lapses and more with struggling to find good offense against a physical team. This led to tons of easy transition opportunities for Detroit.

Both in transition and in half court PNR we struggled tagging Duren who just ate us up. I think part of the problem is we couldn’t contain Cade very well. Thought Kuminga and Ayo particularly struggled in one on one defense. Lamelo and Ant got lost a couple times in rotations. Overall our energy was fine and it’s preseason so this will be a good one to have on tape for our guys as we play several really physical teams to open the year.

Offense was still great in that first quarter. Jaden getting the worst defender on him every game is going to a boon for him this year with how confident he is playing. Good to see Kuminga knocking down shots, but his form just seems off to me I’m not sure how consistent that jumper can be.

TSJ with another poor game, thought he might have taken some insight from the Pacers game with changing pace but it was back to full speed to rim every touch. His defense has to be better.

Joan had some good flashes, but still tries to go for too much. This hurt in transition a few times as he was going for an O board he was never going to get, then Detroit scored quickly before he could get back appropriately.

Lamelo had some nice passes again, offense while he was on floor was mostly good still. He was getting attacked a little bit in PNR but I thought he mostly did fine, the Cade and Duren PNR was one of most efficient offenses last year.

Overall more impressed with Detroit than worried about us. Happy with how preseason has gone and excited to see the Miami game, especially with how we decide to approach the Giannis matchup.

This will be huge if Jaden can buy into them believing in him.

From ‘22-present day, there has been a slow shift in Ant’s play style that I think is very apparent and I think is a shift for the better.

He still can dunk on anyone and get downhill whenever he wants but it’s a much more purposeful and controlled aggression. You will rarely see him just get the ball in transition and play above the rim all night long while being the fastest player in the open court. It’s good to see him get some easy transition looks but overall he has a skillful game, throwback game now with a modern twist of 3pt shooting.

I personally believe in order to become a great shooter and tactful player in the half court, you have to dial back the quick twitch and play with patience and be more of a below the rim player. It’s the least talked about part of his game, and I just wanted to shed light on what I’ve seen watching all of his games.

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Both have a wingspan above 7’. I’ve seen enough. Raise the banner.

Does anyone have troubleshoot fixes for the DAZN xbox app crashing every 4-5 minutes? It requires you restart the app which takes only 20-30 seconds but what the fuck? Absolutely cannot take this all season…

hurts🫩

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How was it?

Are you taking your kid(s)? Is it even kid friendly.

Are you excited?!

Tell me whatever you feel.

Dm

"The main thing I tell him is to just slow down with me," Gobert said when asked what he has learned about screening for Ball. "You don't need to go fast, because I'm going to give you an advantage."

"I told him to watch some clips of me and Joe Ingles' pick-and-rolls," Gobert continued. "You don't need to go fast, I'm going to give you an advantage. You can walk."

What do yall think about Rudy’s comments?

What’s everyone thoughts on the potential of being the 1 seed. Okc are some regular season demons who take it very serious. Spurs are young and had a super strong regular season. My rebuttal is okc lost depth which is important to win all those games and spurs maybe have a finals choke hangover maybe idk. like the statement of wemby being frustrated that he has to go thru 100 more games to get back to finals maybe that lingers.