Detroit Alejandro

@tellyouhowitis4 @AshNicoleMoss Nice narrative. Pistons outshot the Cavs on 2FG & 3FG combined. Where they didn’t was the FT line where a jump shooting team was gifted a +60FT differential & +79 in their final 3 wins over the Pistons who live in the paint and the rim. Silver made the call and we still too it 7.

@AshNicoleMoss Easy. Pistons have no shooters. They collapsed the paint and Cunningham just kept turning it over. Pistons were super easy to defend. Cavs just aren’t good. Reminds me of the 60 win hawks in 2015.

how the actual hell did the Pistons allow this team to take them to 7 games?

@QuinniHoops @lockedupjb @billybands 💯

The Pistons-Cavs series wasn’t just poorly called it was a literal historic anomaly. After Atkinson complained, the Cavs went +79 in free throws over the final stretch, the highest 4-game playoff disparity IN THE LAST DECADE. Game 4 was peak absurdity: Cleveland shot 34 FTs to Detroit's 12, and Donovan Mitchell out-shot the entire Pistons roster by himself. Imagine a jump-shooting team nearly tripling the free throws of a physical team pounding the paint. Not a conspiracy, just broken, reactionary officiating.

How did the Pistons lose to this Cavs team

@MarlondoWinsto3 @nsitto2 All series

@nsitto2 Refs wouldn’t let pistons play in game 7 .

@freddrito @SleeperPistons What was the motivation for the Pacers to screw the Suns. Completely different conference

@alexdf71 @SleeperPistons Sean Marks literally admitted doing this with Otto Porter, Allen Crabbe, and Tyler Johnson. Also, you seriously think the Pacers were going to have Ayton and Myles Turner ?

A team will see a 22-year old center coming off an All-NBA season and All-Star appearance and offers him a max deal forcing Detroit to match… I truly only see two outcomes: A. Pistons match the max (not ideal) B. JD takes the max and leaves for nothing (not ideal) #Detroitbasketball

@freddrito @SleeperPistons No team is “F” with another team by signing a player to the max. Pacers legit wanted Ayton because they were ready to take a step. Nets and Bulls aren’t close. And Lakers always want a bigger splash than what Duren brings. They learned that with Ayton this year.

@alexdf71 @SleeperPistons Depends on if those teams want to fuck with the Pistons tho. Happened with the Nets in the past and the Pacers did it with Ayton/Suns.

@KuKhahil Keith knows the market and cap better than anyone. He’s on point. Just bc Duren is “eligible” does not mean the market goes up. He’s locked in around $185M bc of the playoffs whether he likes it or not bc he can only 4/177 max elsewhere and no one is throwing that at him.

5yr/215

Duren was not getting max when he was eligible for $47M/yr. Hes not getting more just bc he’s now eligible for $57M/yr. It’s all based on what your value is to teams that can sign you. 3 teams have space… w/ max of $42M. He’ll be in 35-37 range. No more & Pistons can match

@KuKhahil Then he/camp better take a long hard look at his future. . Huge overpay makes him scapegoat and fan pariah for every shortcoming pistons have. Based on how he handled the pressure this playoff he has zero capacity to handle this. Got get your $ but be ready for the backlash.

Jalen Duren’s max with him making All-NBA now is 5yr/287.1 million (57.4 AAV) *I was told as of April 9th* The most an opposing team can offer him in RFA is 4yr/177.4 (44.3 AAV). I very much struggle to see a future where JD and his camp accept anything less than 40 AAV.

@Charlottean28 @KuKhahil Interesting that when they aren’t gifted 35 FTs a game they suck. What the officiating did to the Pistons in the series is a felony. As ugly as people make it sound, we outscored them in 2FG & 3FG combined. Difference was the 60 FT differential in the series, worse in GMs 4-7

@KuKhahil There’s a chance every year It’s just really annoying that I know the Pistons would be putting up more of a fight than this

The Pistons blew two games against Cleveland, and now the NBA has to watch a sweep in the ECF Detroit really blew their chance, man

@Worvath @nick__xo Pistons out shot the Cavs throughout the series. Scored more 2FG and 3FG combined. Cavs were gifted 60 more FTs in the series. Far more egregious in games 4-7. That is textbook definition of Silver cooking the series for the Knicks to cakewalk to the Finals.

@nick__xo Blaming silver instead of pistons bricks

It’s fascinating that when the @cavs aren’t gifted 30-40 FTs a game they blow. 🖕🏼 NBA.

@Charlottean28 Another second round exit

The Sixers got what for McCain, again?

@bigdogpistons1 Would love Derrick White. 0% chance Boston lets him go

@alexdf71 All these players are under contract. All will cost something.

My Role player top five targets this summer. #Detroitbasketball 1. Santi Aldama 2. Rui Hachimura 2. PJ Washington 4. Derrick White 5. Ty Jerome I think power forward will be a 3-D role, high volume 3pt shooter. I think Tobias comes back as the backup there. #Pistons.

It actually cut the lead to 4

Credit Scott Foster for the phantom foul on the FT rebound when the Cavs were up 7. Knicks got an extra possession and cut it to six.

@boinkfarworthy You can thank Tony Brothers.

So frustrating watching the Cavs roll these bums knowing the Pistons would’ve smoked them… bc we fell asleep and couldn’t hold a 9 point lead for 2:47 in game 5 😏

@Jumpshot8 Tony Brothers saved the Knicks from the Pistons. We won’t forget.

The Cavs have gone from being up 1 game to now probably get swept. What a comeback by the Knicks.

@nsitto2 Fell asleep at 2:47 in game 5. Tony Brother no call at the end.