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The Don has spoken..everybody has to get on board now. Including Vlade!

 

Oh No Astros!

 

Aw man...wuss!

 

Same guy got all vicious with me early in the year or last (I forget) with his etched in stone stance that Bronny will NEVER be a rotational player for an NBA team, while being 5 years from HIS physical prime and having the heart to work at it and for it. Someone's poop doesn't stink it seems.

 

I lose track..but is he the guy that went on the epic...this board is full of old geezers rant?

 

Oh.. I just read that Duren's camp were looking for a 30M per offer. Ouch ouch

 

I'd give Duren $30 million if the Pistons don't want to. Duren is struggling on his own for sure, he doesn't have much of an individual offensive game and I think he lets his offensive frustration impact his effort/resolve in other areas. But the biggest part of this is how Cleveland (and Orlando before them) are guarding P&Rs.

They're putting size on Cade (Strus has been guarding him, as opposed to Mitchell, Harden, or Schroder or Merrill, Orlando had Franz guarding him before he got hurt and Black doing it after). Cade's defender is going under high ball screens, daring Cade to shoot threes off the dribble which he's not great at doing, or they're switching. If they switch, Duren has a bigger guard/forward on him and Ausar's man is completely ignoring him to collapse into the paint. They're packing the paint to strangle the Cade/Duren P&Rs because the Pistons don't really have any other consistent forms of offense. No one else except Jenkins sometimes can reliably create advantages. Unless they're getting points off turnovers, or Tobias is on a heater on spot-up jumpers, they're having a really hard time scoring.

I think Duren would look awesome with Luka and Austin. Luka is one of the most prolific off-the-dribble three-point shooters in the league, you can't go under on high ball screens with him. When he's not injured, you also can't switch centers onto him. Austin is a more streaky pull-up shooter, but he's also one of the most efficient P&R ballhandlers in the league. Say you re-sign Rui and he's spotting up for those wing and corner threes, that's a WAY better ecosystem for Duren to thrive in.

 

If Cleveland makes it to the ECF does anyone believe them and LeBron would be open to a reunion.? LeBron box would be checked with a contender and his home.Would Cleveland give up 2-3 pieces to the Lakers? realistically it would be better to part with him for depth than anyone else wouldn’t it?