Real Starting 5 without Bojan has played 5 games and 29 minutes. Cade, Ivey, Asuar, Stew and Duren. They are a net positive 10. Even though the sample is tiny which is the problem. Cade is not built like Luka to go this hard on offense. He doesn’t have athletic or extreme power over most of his defenders. He needs to play the wing position while Ivey becomes the main ball handler. Stew is not a rim protecting center. Bojan is missed and so is Monte Morris for the bench Unit. The real team hasn’t played much together yet and the Killian and Bagley experiment was costly. I also hate the coach calling his players for not playing hard or executing when his Xs and Os look so bad thus far. I prefer coaches who take responsibility for both basketball and the attitude of players since that’s literally their job.
The problem is Monty did take accountability for them not playing hard. He doesn’t even realize how bad his X’s and O’s are.
Extremely Accurate Dave Bing Moment
Bing was being honest and in hindsight he was spot on. Bing has no reason to throw anyone under the bus, he saw it early on. I’ll take Dave Bing’s intuition over delusional fans taken in by the allure of the #1 pick. If Cade is a true #1 pick talent, we would see it already with our eyes and we don’t need to throw all his teammates under the bus to excuse his unremarkable play.
Shit making me sad asf on a Monday night 💔
Guys, which #1 picks in the last 20 years did anyone “build their team around”?
Lebron and…??? Maybe Anthony Davis?
Y’all didn’t actually think Cade was like Lebron did you?
Exactly. Dudes need to show their worth building around before you go all in on them. As an organization, you don’t defer to a rookie.
In hindsight how much the organization sold Cade to us as the beacon of hope should have been a red flag. It was Gores marketing the top pick to the fanbase for those sweet ticket sales
Just stop. You are wrong. The entire league and media thought he was the guy. He still will be. Just stop.
https://www.si.com/nba/2022/03/28/detroit-pistons-rookie-cade-cunningham-daily-cover
if he is not a elite scorer
the play making would be meanless
and he doest not put effort in defense and off-ball