15 of which were by Stew. Cade himself had made 16 threes within that same time span. That is abysmal imo.

This is why this team is loosing. Isaiah Stewart is your second best shooter. In the year 2023, when everyone on the court can spread the floor, the pistons have two guys who can hit a three. This is of course from my outside observation.

I’m not a pistons homer, but think you guys have some great young pieces. Obviously you guys are more passionate about loosing, can’t knock y’all for that. But from an outside perspective, Cade, Ivey, Thompson, Duren are great young pieces. Let them develop as a unit.

I’d be more concerned with the highest paid coach of all time.

  • NerouinBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think it can work in a motion offense, where he can slash/backdoor cut, that could lead to a little more spacing (when his defender can’t sag off of him to help)

    His defender already sags off, and that makes it harder rather than easier for him to cut. And NBA defenses are excellent at defending against cuts in the first place. The best perimeter cutters last season averaged about 2.6 points per game on them.

    Him moving and cutting more can help in theory. In practice, the spacing it can generate is far less than what would be needed to substantively reduce the consequences of him being unable to shoot. It’s more harm reduction than solution, but it’s not harm reduction enough. Non-shooters are just punished very hard by defenses, and there’s no way around it. They also punish their offense by being a non-option to finish from the perimeter.

    I would rather he become a better shooter than bank on him becoming Draymond 2.0

    I don’t think there’s ever been another Draymond, and Draymond wouldn’t be able to provide non-negative value if he wasn’t playing in an offense centered around him alongside vast quantities of elite shooting that includes the most gamebreaking shooter of all time.