I know this might be a bad take, but from watching a lot of the pistons this year, it seems like often on offense if they are not on the fastbreak the plan is to give it to Cade and let him initiate the offense. While I think this could work if he develops his skillset a little more to a higher level, a lot of plays where he gets double teamed he often looses the ball or shoots a shot that no offense he should not be shooting. I think the team would look a lot better if they played with more ball movement, I know that’s easier said than done considering the lack of shooters on the team, I think often time the best the team looks is when they are all sharing the ball. Rather than when Cade has an Iso or a pick and roll with Duren, but maybe I am being a bit to reactionary to the losing streak I’m not really sure.
100% agree with you. European school of basketball is different, these dudes have been drilling fundamentals and playing scrimmages against grown ass men since they were toddlers.
For some reason I have the feeling that the FO thinks since they drafted him first they have to turn him into some archetypical primary ball handler/Luka type. They’re fucking up his development because to them a number one lottery player can’t be an off ball player.
I mention Roy because he also had an unstoppable midrange shot with a high ass release. I think drawing contact will come with time, but I really wish Cade would get more efficient from the midrange this season.
Yeah I think a lot of the American kids in basketball today don’t have to deal with a lot of adversity on the court. They get propped up from the age of 8 because they’re taller than everyone in their grade and show a proclivity for basketball. They now have mixtapes for 6 year olds. We’ve seen mock drafts ten years from now lmao. The nba does show us who has it and who doesn’t. I do worry that Cade, a guy who has probably been treated as a golden goose since middle school, might be dealing with real adversity for the first time in his life (starting from his injury). Having listened to him talk from draft night until just a couple days ago with his “this team is bad. We are bad” I feel as though he can come out of this and be a better player because of it. He’s obviously not a Jordan Poole type or a Jalen Green type. I think this season will be good for him in the long run. I’m hoping that’s the case anyways because it doesn’t look like this group will win much more than 20 games.