The Detroit Pistons Are Breaking Ausar Thompson.

The Detroit Pistons Are Breaking Ausar Thompson.

If you can’t tell I currently have the flu which is why I haven’t uploaded a ton over the past few days and while I still feel pretty awful I have been getting better and I don’t feel awful enough to not make a video and it’s

Fitting that I have the flu as I record this because the way the Pistons have utilized assar Thompson this season has made me sick I mean this is a guy who at the start of the Season looked like the clue cut third best rookie in the NBA however since getting bany hasn’t been

The same and honestly there’s no excuse to Pistons have to be utilizing the S the way they have which is what I want to talk about in this video but quickly before we go any further if you’re new and like basketball I’d really appreciate if you would like subscribe

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The season like let’s try and get 100 likes on this video a YouTuber recommended to others anyways let’s talk about assar Thompson over his first 18 games assar Thompson was incredible putting up some of the best allaround numbers we’ve seen from a rookie he was averaging 11.4 points per game 9.3 rebounds per game and 2.9 assists per game along with 1.1 steals per game and 1 6 box per game on

46.5 11.8 69.8 spit and a 50.2 TR shooting percentage the efficiency wasn’t good but the allout numbers were very encouraging the defense was great the freakest atticism was noticeable his ability to fit well next to creators was evident and his ability as a connecting playmaker was something that was

Encouraging however since then his numbers have seen a noticeable decline as over his last 20 games he’s averaging 5.3 points per game 4.1 rebounds per game 1.4 assist per game 0.7 steals per game and 0.5 blocks per game on 40.6 16.1 66.7 split and a 46.4 true shooting percentage the production decrease can

Be explained by his minutes because he’s playing over 10 less minutes per game in his last 20 games compared to his first 18 games gam the efficiency decrease can be explained by who he’s playing with when he was a starter compared to now coming off the bench mainly the fact he

Plays well off of guys like Kade Cunningham jayen Ivy and Jaylen Duren and doesn’t play well off of the bench players Kade and Ivy are two legit offensive creators and at least with Kate Cunningham one that combines scoring and passing aaar isn’t a good Suitor by any means but but that doesn’t

Mean he can’t bring value offensively he’s a good cutter he’s someone that’s very hard to contain attacking the basket 1 V one major transition threat players like AAR Thrive off of playing with Advantage creators like a Cunningham and to a lesser extent J Navy you know how aaru doesn’t Thrive ping

Off of Killian Hayes Isaiah livers and Alec books which is what he’s done over the past 20 Gam games right now assar needs to be playing next to creatives and he isn’t which is doing a massive disservice to his development and here’s the biggest reason why the Pistons have

No excuse to not start AAR Thompson it’s because the Pistons are starting Isaiah livers over him recently and the thing is Isaiah livers is statistically one of the worst players in the NBA this season 7th percentile in offensive estimated plus minus 13th percentile in defensive estimated plus minus fourth percentile

In estimated plus minus first percentile and estimated wins fourth percentile and shooting percentage and he shoting 30.8% on attempts outside of at The Rim it’s weird because Rivers wasn’t this bad prior to this season in fact over his first two seasons while limited as a rookie he got more opportunity in year

Two and there was potential for a backup two-way Wing there but the reality is that’s not what he’s been this season and you’re playing him over a top five pick rookie that has sown way more promise even if assar isn’t without fault himself there’s no reason that as

Of lately livers is getting more opportunity than him and it’s not just AA Li shouldn’t be getting more amended than Kevin Knox this season and as weird as it may sound based out the way Knox has played this season Kevin Knox is the only one I look at where you could

Justify starting him over assur and Kevin Knox isn’t even starting either is assur Thompson a perfect player no does he have real for he needs to iron out to reach his full potential yes he’s not a good Suter that’s a real problem right now but in the past and even this season

He the confidence and the work ethic to try and get better in that area do the Pistons have a legit reason to B AAR and keep him on a short lease no here’s the thing if the Pistons were competitive if they were like Utah or an even better

Example Houston I would understand this a lot more which is why I’m not as worried about a man Thompson situation with the Houston vonets as I am about assar Thompson situation with the Pistons and here’s the thing the Pistons are 3 and 35 it’s a real question that

They even crack double digit wins this season and they are proven time and time again to even have a chance to win they need the perfect storm guys hitting shots at a ridiculous clip playing good defense and Kade Cunningham going Supernova not to win but to even have a

Chance to to win this is not a situation you can justify benching your promising top five pick for a worst option especially when you give significantly worse players more opportunity I’m not saying assar Thompson is the second coming of Michael Jordan what I am saying is the best way for him to

Develop is to play alongside Kate Cunningham Jaden Ivy and Jaylen Duran because it’s clear he thrives playing alongside those guys and he should be a an intrical part of their foundational Court I just don’t understand how you can watch what assar was doing when he

Was a starter the promise he so he had a near 5×5 game early on in this rookie season that’s something that’s only been accomplished a handful of times in NBA history and he almost dided seven games into his rookie season the impact on both sides of the glass he legitimately

Was one of the best offensive rebounders in the NBA when he was starting and the all around numbers in general he was putting up then you bent him because you’re on a losing streak realized that nothing has changed by Bening him and realized that he wasn’t the problem to

Begin with and not put him back in the starting lineup where he was thriving the Pistons have nothing to lose they already have lost enough and I don’t think losing out on the potential of a promising young player because of stuned development needs to be another one

Assar Thompson may not have the upside to be a 25 plus Point per game scorer he may not be somebody you can say that’s a future MVP but he has potential to be an allaround monster one that thrives as the guru to your main offensive options

And he needs to be developed in a way that benefits that potential outcome which isn’t the case right now and it season that is already a lost cause for the Pistons it was a lost cause by Thanksgiving of this year well this past year once you realize that it really

Makes the idea of Bing him puzzling especially when Bening him hasn’t made the situation any better the season is beyond being salvaged and one thing needs to be made clear you don’t mess up the little promise you already have on that roster and if the Pistons want to

Get better from here and find success Beyond This Disaster of a season they need to go back to putting assar in the starting lineup and maybe if they do that he’ll start to look like that player he did at the beginning at the season but that’s the end of this video

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The way the Detroit Pistons have utilized Ausar Thompson this season has made me sick. I mean this is a guy who at the start of the season looked like the clear cut third best rookie in the NBA. However since getting benched he hasn’t been the same, and honestly there’s no excuse the Pistons have to be utilizing Ausar the way they have. Which is what I want to talk about in this video.

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