I see a lot of doom and gloom here, so I want to ask you all something. This team is clearly not very good, which makes sense because the only piece we added from last year is Cade, who is coming off an injury. It is a young team without any healthy, legit veteran players.

The one way to speed up the process is by signing proven guys, like the Rockets did. They sunk a ton of money into Fred VanVleet, Dillon Brooks, and Jeff Green and are seeing results. Coming off a win against the Nuggets last night, they are 6-3 and have won six straight.

But would you rather be in their shoes? Do you honestly think that roster has a chance of doing anything in the playoffs? I don’t. And as for their future, Jalen Green went 1-13 in their win last night and Jabari Smith got 8 points. So what so the Rockets have to look forward to? A 1st round exit, I’d say.

So yeah, this season isn’t going to be fun for Pistons fans. But I hope that the young core will develop so that when the Pistons are ready to compete, they will be doing it with their core rather than mid FA signings who won’t go far.

  • capitainaioliBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Call me delusional if you want but i still have hope for this season. There are still 71 games left and I feel there has been a bit of an overreaction.

    I feel like some people saw the first 3 games and thought we were gonna be a play-in/low seed guaranteed and that is just not the case. I was expecting this to be a losing season no matter what but was hoping for at least 35 wins. maybe at this point I’ll pull back to 30 but I think this is still within reach.

    We have a lot of injuries and multiple key players have been out because of this. We have Cade who is still only 22 and even though in his 3rd season it’s moreso his 2nd. Also, we’ve been dealing with our front loaded schedule with top teams and back to backs. The stones have been having a rough start and that’s what I expected. Though I will admit the ugliness of the Bulls game last night.

    Despite all of this I am still cautiously optimistic, I am happy we didn’t make the free agent plunge like Houston. Sure they’re seeing immediate results but will it turn into any success for the long term and be more than just pointless numbers, i don’t know, but i feel like we’re doing it the right way. The Suns didn’t have a winning record until Books 6th season. It takes players years to get into the groove of the NBA. Rome wasn’t built in a day and I’m hopping these fellas are laying down some good foundational bricks.