This is part two of our conversation with James Edwards III, the Detroit Pistons beat writer for The Athletic, where we discuss the most likely Pistons to be traded and what exactly is the Pistons owner Tom Gores doing at this moment in time.
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21 Comments
Troy and this franchise will still be a day late and a dollar short.
Please trade stew. I know he hustles and shoots a decent % from 3 but he’s not a winning player and a liability plz trade him 👏🏼
Stew should be traded clearly wiseman has to go and Killian ffs gtfo and btw troy has to go and Monty bad coach can't make chemistry on this team with play calling he is bad
Trading Jalen would be dumb as hell. The kid definitely has more upside than Ivey. If anything Ivey is not the type of knockdown ahooter Cade needs next to him.
Bogdanovic is what they are lacking on this team. He can stretch the floor. From that point alone he is more likely to stay with the Pistons than Stewart is. And when it comes to Duren if it's he and a salary filler to Jazz for Lauri Markkanen do you say no to that?
I would rather get rid of Stewart and that contract.
Monty needs to figure how to use Ivey. We suck this year, fans need to suck it and accept it. Why don't need to do something stupid. If we can trade Stewart, we'll have almost 2 max contract.
Amazing episode one on the best
I hate the idea of trading Duren or Ivey but do to the situation and the lack of assets, I guess that something we gone live with. 🤷🏾♂️ No way around it.
hilarious how he implies that people saying "fire everybody" are dumb
we are the worst NBA team of all time in year 4 of a rebuild. if you don't see how "fire everybody" is an appropriate reaction to the situation then you're simply PR for the front office.
Trading Duren over Ivey is CRAZY
The right "panic move", to save whatever is salvageable from the young core, is firing the whole FO and most of the people related to basketball in this franchise
Bring in Tayshaun, as he understands Detroit basketball and already has a lot of years as an executive in Memphis to clean the house, or Hinkie or both idk
Just can't do panic trades, can't keep the same environment as well. Everything but the core 4 has to change
Ku and je3 is S tier
After hearing this podcast I still have no faith in this Front office that’s ran by a bunch of idiots who are clueless and have no real vision for this team.
Trade Cade for Ja Morant
Neither Ivey or Duren should be traded. Without him our future at Guard is Cade, Sasser, and Hayes. Have we learned nothing from that?????
Is this Buddha from the Bad Boy's Son ?
Unpopular opinion -I think moving Ausar would strike you a better deal and be better in the long run. I love Ausar but I’m not high on his shooting ability, it looks very Stanley Johnson ish and doesn’t look like it’ll ever improve IMO. His shooting mechanics are just bad. I think Ausar + Bagley and a 1st maybe a few 2nds can land Lauri. I think Ainge set the price too high for Lauri and he’d bite on Ausar.
I think trading Ivey will curse the Pistons, it’ll be one of those moves they look back at that was way too premature. I hope I’m wrong!
Monty and Killian are killing this franchise there it go!!!!!! 👏👏
🤓@James Edwards🤣 Sekeou's overall skillset was better than Cade the Great. If the Pistons would have given him all the benefit of doubt and leeway Cade the Great gets, he would've been a star in the NBA. But I've noticed over the years the league players's, and stars, skintone has gotten a whole lot "lighter"😏😁😆😇. Does the franchise player have to look like he's from the DeBarge family tree (to the beat of the rhythm of night🤣)😁😂😇?
The Pistons should have kept Bol Bol, who has a similar skillset of Wemby, and developed him. Then you wouldn't be searching for a stretch 4/5😆. His wingspan would've made up for Cade the Great's lack of ability to defend. What good does it do to put up meaningless defensive stats, when the ball handler gets past him (Cade the Great/CTG) with or without a pick?
Imho trade CTG while his value is high and put Ivy at the SG alongside Hayes in the backcourt . Jaden played his best when CTG was hurt, because he could get in his bag without having to worry about CTG having to get his touches to accumulate "stats"😏😁. Shit…Jaden's onball defense and lateral quickness is much better than CTG, and his 3pt shot will get better with reps (Asuar too). The team was way more explosive in transition with those two as the starting guards.
I saw the same potential in Killian as with Sekou, and he's (Killian) playing better than the bust label he was projected to be. If my memory is correct, Allan Houston was the leading scorer for the Pistons when he played with Grant Hill(Hunter was a good 3pt shooter as well)😏😂; and as great as Grant Hill was before the ankle injury, his "3pt" shooting ability (especially catch and shoot) wasn't as good as Killian's (those who have eyes to see will see😏😁😆😂🤣😇). If Killian leaves and go elsewhere, like a San Antonio with Wemby or the Pelicans with Ingram and Zion, fans gonna be🤮when he blossoms in a year or 2.
The talk shouldn't be about what the team needs to do to help CTG ("spacing"), but what CTG needs to do to help the team. CTG doesn't have to average 30 ppg to be "a superstar"; he only needs to be in 22 to 24 ppg range and move to the SF position (he was listed at 6'7" during the draft right???). Touchin' the Space Jam ball wouldn't hurt either😏😉😁. Oh yeah🤣… You wouldn't happen to be related to the Bad Boys starting center James Edwards? If so🤣🤣🤣 Just cause a dog has champion fighter bloodline, doesn't always make them a champion "writer"/basketball IQ (cough😏) uh… fighter🤔😁😆😇🤣🤣🤣. @Ku Khahil🤓😆 This is your last "freebie"👊🏾🤣😁😅.
Be BLESSED And Stay STRAPPED(with faith)🤠🤓😇👑
Stew has got to go