BREAKDOWN: Malik Beasley and the Detroit Pistons Free Agency

BREAKDOWN: Malik Beasley and the Detroit Pistons Free Agency

hey what up though people welcome back to wake up W as you see we got a special guest it is pause a legend got down a little bit up to the people you got it y there you go PA say what up to the people we are at the Detroit sports media association annual charity golf scramble at Cherry Creek Golf Club Shelby in Shelby Township Michigan thank you that’s like the ADL paused but it’s happening hey we got the fire bird behind us though I don’t think he’s taking too kindly shout out to Flint the Flint Firebird I sense a a bob Happy Gilmore moment coming yeah I want to see you guys out on the hill wrestling yes I’ll take pause all day I’ll take pause all day especially after that sweep this weekend hey let’s rock let’s Ro they needed that man cuz it’s a gauntlet of a schedule ahead for the Detroit Tigers it is can you imagine if they didn’t win those games I can’t imagine I can’t imagine and he’s got two Allstars now he can go support Downer park that’s right that’s right sl’s been calling that he has he’s been calling that Riley green needs to be an Allstar and it happened yeah let’s go so what’s your take on The Lion King uhuh uh-uh tigers are about two years out onward onward pause you are the man thank you so much for stopping by let’s go let’s go PA legendary what legendary I be careful through the woods here by the way and I know that they’re doing uh like a putting competition I think so something like that yo look my money’s on Paul though you think he’s a putter I think so more than Rory is Roy here I I gotta imagine Roy’s here somewhere man maybe what’s the what’s sparty’s uh mascot’s name let’s see Sparty back there Mike G just asked me ask pause if you would dump El Mago for a bag of balls he said that during a break but uh pause goes no comment yeah no comment he he wasn’t speaking words with that question we got a ton of mascots wow yeah teams no I I think some some are the uspbl Jimmy johnsfield us yeah the uspbl baseball league CU I see the Birmingham beavers I see the wests side I don’t know all the mascots they got different names on their front but yeah hey it’s a day hey what up though we’ll see him walking behind us we’ll see him walking behind us but Koolaid yes sir our our Detroit Pistons our credential Pistons beat reporter and writer you’re headed out to Summer League yeah I I can’t wait man get to see some of the rookies next week but before we get into those rookies Trac lon’s at it again he made two big actually three big signings one an unrestricted fre agent he brought in from Elsewhere One a reigning from a player they got last year midseason and then they also added to that coaching staff well let’s start shooting guard Malik Beasley sir bise Malik Beasley Sharpshooter we’ve been talking about the Pistons they need floor spacing they need three-point shooting coola did traan langon just solve that with one swoosh yeah I mean he’s been solving that if you want to throw someone feko in there who only played what 16 to 19 games for the Detroit Pistons there’s going to be a whole lot more shooting here on the Detroit Pistons around K Cunningham next season this is all that anybody’s asked for get him shooting and not just any shooting availability that’s the best ability that’s what these guys do so the thing that you see the thing that you see here between uh kind of the common theme between trasan lon’s uh free agent signings versus what we seen during Detroit Weaver era is the fact that trasan lon’s players are projecting to actually play that’s huge and not just play but shoot it at a high clip all of these guys are at 40% plus from behind the arc on High Vol volumes I think Tobias Harris might be the one that shoot like three or four threes per game so not the highest of volumes but he’s still shooting 40% and when he does start to get busy he’s one of those Rhythm shooters that when he wants to shoot seven or eight threes he’s going to hit at a high clip as well he’s not one of those guys whose’s percentages really start to tell off and so yeah treas and Lon went and we talked about it before the break and really prioritized getting veteran offense here I think it’s easier to teach up these young guys the type of offense you want them to fit vers versus uh being able to teach some of the other skills and traits and intrinsic abilities that they do have but um yeah treas and Landon by far he’s improved this team he’s improved the shooting I I I don’t think that you’re going to see this team be one of those ones that leads the league again and multiple lineup combinations no so yeah you’re going to have although I can’t figure out what their starting lineup’s going to be now cuz you got you got to probably slide Malik Beasley in there we’ll talk about that in one second but Malik Beasley one year $6 million avability possibility we Canal at thead contone he guy they needed anyway to come in not just support or or work alongside Tim Hardaway Jr but to actually get some of these younger guys uh uh help out some of the younger guards but also help out Kade on the floor where when they start to double Cade he has a sharpshooter a 41.3% volume Sharpshooter from three with a little wiggle after he makes a three you know he’s got the little shim shim got a little bit of that shimmy man underrated a little Swagger yeah I hatte Antoine Walker not aan of that swager bro but he’s got that Swagger and I don’t know if this is something we need to spend a lot of time on or it hasn’t been talked about much but it seemed like the Pistons weren’t really having fun last year like there was no Swagger not that you can really have too much Swagger it with 14 wins but but yeah Malik Beasley brings a little little attitude and you know what it’s a little attitude not just to the team we had last year but to team that is looking very much improved I I like Malik Beasley a lot and it’s really because of the number one thing that he does and that is shoot but this squad you’re right for a young Squad that’s seeking an identity you do need some players that carry a little bit of an edge Tobias Harris carries a little bit of an edge for some of the knocks that I hear against Tobias Harris when you see him play that man finishes a lot of plays with meem mugging at the end of it Tas Harris be out there talking trash to people too like he has an edge and you need it from a player who you know can go out there at any time and drop 25 on your head it’s different last year when you got a lot of these young players where K Cunningham was the only young player for a long time that could consistently say anything then all of a sudden Sone fek will get here and I hear him chirping why well because he can drop 20 on your head at any given moment that’s what I’m saying so when you’re adding players like Tim Hardway Jr who you know is going to bring a little bit of rest and Pizzaz after he makes some shots when he’s playing defense he’s going to be talking to you and Malik Bey you talked about doing the shimmies and all of that yes you need these types of identities on your team as long as these players are producing Dante 151 broer and he’s a free agent from the Bucks yeah he’s used to winning y he’s used to winning did he all these players he played for bicker staff at any at any point in his career because biger staff was with Milwaukee at some point right maybe that was way back when yeah but all these players are used to win I mean Tim Hardway J regardless of what people want to say about his finals performance or not he was there he got that experience and he was the number three leading scorer in a team that got to the finals you got Tobias Harris who’s been playing on a lot of winning teams except for when he got to the Pistons but you know what I mean even that team made the playoffs so these guys are bringing a lot of experience they’re bringing a lot of players to the squad that know how to get it done in high pressure situations which bolds well during a regular season in which most good teams have the luxury of doing so to have players that understand the different levels and and how how tough and how hard you have to play to really get a win in this NBA these are going to have to be the ones that go out there every single night if the pistol is talkinging about competing every night now you got players that understand what that actually means yes and there’s veterans that can go to these kids go to these young men and say hey a little bit of effort during the regular season will get you five 10 more wins because US veterans us old men we chill we we hang out during the regular season we give it 70 load management that’s for us that’s for us so just give a little effort you guys should win 20 games and then let’s go from here the double the double wamy this weekend to just add to this Malik Beasley signing is bringing back Simone fodo two years 16 million he played with the Pistons for 16 games last year shot over 42% almost 43% from three Simone FCO is one of those young guys I’m really excited about Koolaid tell me about this fit Simone fanto and you know what I’m still waiting to get all of the details about his signing because we talked about the Pistons having the ability to use their exceptions without using our cap space so if that that’s the case they’re saying that they believe Simone fantu might have been used us signed using a 2-year 8 million a year $16 million total exception which would be amazing what that mean that means that the Detroit Pistons didn’t have to use their actual cap space to sign them and that still keeps him in position to go out there and make other moves to be able to acquire even more draft picks so yeah and then when you’re talking about Sone fio when you’re taking a two-year bet on the Detroit Pistons like this as a young player who probably could have gotten a little bit more on open market you know just a little bit more open market it shows that maybe they do believe in what’s happening right now with this Detroit Pistons team Sone fio talked about the fact that when he first got to Detroit regardless of everything that was going on around here with all the losing he said that being here with these young players was much different than what it looked like from the outside he said Kade Cunningham was the first player that he’s ever played with in his three years in the NBA that ever asked him Hey where’s your pocket in terms of where how do you where do you want me to pass it to you hey how do you like to move what’s your type of game he said that K was the first player that came to him and ask him that because all these other players they treat him like he’s insignificant and why would you it was Sone fio fio it was but now all of a sudden he’s proven himself so yeah I like Sone fako he wants to be here he’s taking a bet on Detroit he’s taking a bet on himself as well if he does what we know he can do it’s going to look like a bargain these two years but it’s going to take a bag to bring him back maybe maybe he’s the guy that takes over for Tobias full time yeah when those two years are up yeah there’s a timeline being built with these contracts which with the type of players they’re bringing in on these contracts it should signal win I think trean langon believes this team is about ready to you know put the pedal to the medal really hit the ground um and and start contending start competing in the playoffs consistently you talk about that mid-level exception leaves cap space open more moves maybe a trade incoming Don uh don beats in the chat talking trades in there I want to maybe talk about that in the next segment but last bit of transactional strategical information Sydney low ah they uh JB bicker staff name a familiar name adds a veteran coach another veteran coach to his coaching staff and before we talk about Sydney low we see this happening across the other Detroit sports teams and I’m thinking lions in particular bringing in trusted veteran uh um trusted Minds that not only can help with the current team but that young kids also can relate to and look up to think this is a big this is airing another another ofil the bench next to next to JB bicker saap excuse me it is and you know what it’s a name that is also connected to former Detroit Pistons coach and current front office personel Dwayne Casey Sydney low was previously on Dwayne Casey’s staff and uh it was always kind of great remarks uh whenever you hear people talk about low it was always good things coming from the players the one thing that I do like is that the Detroit Pistons have the opportunity now to go and kind of take the best of all the different basketball Minds they’ve had in this front office and within the coaching staff and say you know what okay this is the formula and you should have you bro after 15 years of trial and error you should understand what works by now and one of the things that the players really talked about other players as well they talked about that Dwayne Wayne that the Dwayne Casey coaching treat and how kind of attention to detail oriented they were not just to these people in their games but to them as human beings and all the players they talked about that at the exit interviews where DNE Casey’s uh it was his last year there and they talked about the type of impact he and his staff was making on them to be able to have that back on this staff back within this organization not just from the front office where Dwayne Casey is but right down on the development floor this this bals well it shows they’re making investment and trying to make sure this players can have the Vets they need the shooting that they need the development uh Personnel that they need so you can get the best out of the young players you’ve already drafted because you can’t you can’t that can’t be a bust it can’t be it can’t be and you get the best out of players like K Cunningham as well yeah what good is going the youth movement with any of our four our four sports teams what good is going the youth Mo movement if you don’t have the right coaches the right developers in place to get them to the next level it’s it’s part of what John beon versus Joan Howard exactly it’s it’s part of what the tigers are going to ride or die can they develop their young guys unlike past regimes or not it’s all to be determined but I want to talk to you about some of these free agents still available in a game of snatch or scratch since we’re out here on a golf course some interesting names man we got to get kg in on that one we we got it we got to and I’m going to tell you about Planet Fitness here in a minute but we’re out the Cherry Creek Golf Club uh how here in Shelby Township Michigan for the Detroit sports media annual charity golf scramble again I’ll remind you since they started in 1955 raised over 500k in Gross profits for revenue for scholarships broadcasting program grants charitable contributions for Meaningful causes like the Michigan athletes with disabilities Hall of Fame the gleener food bank set sail for autism and the Detroit Lions Academy I’m looking at the president of the dsma Neil rule right in front of me here uh we will be back in just a few minutes but let me tell you real quick [Music]

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