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Speaker 2: Let's move forward. We moved to the North. The Detroit
Speaker 2: Pistons Key additions Money Williams head coach. He comes over
Speaker 2: Joe Harris and the trade Money Morris in the trade,
Speaker 2: Marcus Sasser yes in the draft, and auser Thompson in
Speaker 2: the draft as well. They lose no One but Dwayne Casey. Addition,
Speaker 2: by subtraction, the Pistons they basically clean house, got rid
Speaker 2: of Dwayne Casey. Very sad. They rebooted the reboot and
Speaker 2: they hired a player's coach. Money Williams was a little
Speaker 2: shocked he wanted this job honestly. After coaching the Suns,
Speaker 2: I figured maybe he would wait for some other coaches
Speaker 2: to get fired before he came over and coached again.
Speaker 2: But hey, maybe is good with young players, ask DeAndre Ayton.
Speaker 2: I think he disagreed, but Jay Crowder thenk he disagree
Speaker 2: as well. I like many on a team with young
Speaker 2: players with no expectations, and they're still young enough to
Speaker 2: not fight him or are you him? You know, once
Speaker 2: you become a superstar. I think Monny Williams, you might
Speaker 2: end up tuning him out. But they are very young,
Speaker 2: They're very athletic, They're filled with talent that has largely
Speaker 2: been untapped. Untapped talent, they are still in the beginning
Speaker 2: stages of their maturation. You take the center position for example,
Speaker 2: They've got four centers and the lowest draft pick at
Speaker 2: center is Isaiah Stewart at sixteen. They have James Wiseman,
Speaker 2: number two pick in the draft. You got Bagley in
Speaker 2: the draft was number two. Jayalen Duran went thirteen. I
Speaker 2: like jaylen during the most out of all of them.
Speaker 2: But you're talking about four guys in the top sixteen.
Speaker 2: That is a bunch of dudes that you know, at
Speaker 2: least at one point had very high ceilings and a
Speaker 2: ton of untapped potential. This is the year, though, where
Speaker 2: you figure out who you need to keep and who
Speaker 2: you need to cut bait with. And now it's at
Speaker 2: the money to either find a way to extract that
Speaker 2: value or to move some pieces. Rumor is it's either
Speaker 2: Wiseman or Badley this year, and I bet you, I
Speaker 2: bet you it's Wiseman. The team is obviously built around
Speaker 2: Kate Cunningham. He missed most of the last season. I
Speaker 2: saw him play against the Warriors. I think that was
Speaker 2: one of his last games. It was about a year ago.
Speaker 2: Almost today. The dude is an absolute bucket. I look
Speaker 2: for him to flourish. You saw him cooking players in
Speaker 2: the FOBA when he was in the team USA Select.
Speaker 2: I think he could average twenty two, ten and seven.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's a guy who can legit get you
Speaker 2: a lot of assists and rebounds. Add in Jade and Ivy,
Speaker 2: who I think they're actually a little cold on Jade
Speaker 2: n Ivy right now. Hayes has been absolutely killing it
Speaker 2: in the preseason. If they can get a lot out
Speaker 2: of Killian Hayes, they can be very interesting. Can they
Speaker 2: play defense, I don't know. We'll see, but truly the
Speaker 2: excitement is surrounding around Osar Thompson and Marcus Sasser Ausser
Speaker 2: as we know, defensive specialist. Sassar played for Houston. He's
Speaker 2: a solid shooter, he's got toughness, he's got grit. I
Speaker 2: like him a lot, think of him as like a
Speaker 2: a taller Jalen Brunson. Sasser says he models his game
Speaker 2: after Jalen Brunson. Both are gonna see minutes this year.
Speaker 2: I really like the Marcus Sasser pick up. What is
Speaker 2: the upside of the Pistons. I think they're two years
Speaker 2: away from being two years away, but they're gonna be better.
Speaker 2: They're gonna be a lot better. Maybe thirty wins. Are
Speaker 2: they gonna get a top five draft pick. Maybe the
Speaker 2: ceiling is not much higher than their floor. I think
Speaker 2: they're still fun. They're gonna be a lot of fun
Speaker 2: to watch. I can't call what they can be, but
Speaker 2: I can call where they're head, which is probably a
Speaker 2: league pass team. We turned to one of my sleepers
Speaker 2: in the East, the Indiana Pacers. Yes, I love what
Speaker 2: they did in the offseason. I think they won the offseason.
Speaker 2: I think their top three team in terms of what
Speaker 2: they did in the draft and in free agency. So
Speaker 2: Bruce Brown they get as a free agent. Why they
Speaker 2: wanted him at this point in their development of their team,
Speaker 2: I don't know, but he helps him a lot and
Speaker 2: I think he's a piece if they want to move
Speaker 2: him to a contender. Ben Shephard they get him in
Speaker 2: the draft from Belmont. I like him, kind of moves
Speaker 2: a little funny, but he's definitely a high character, high
Speaker 2: IQ guy. Jaris Walker in the draft, an absolute fucking beast.
Speaker 2: He can stand out and show out immediately. Then they
Speaker 2: get Obi Toppin in the trade key subtraction. They lose
Speaker 2: out on Christward Day. Chad Buchanan, friend of Show, one
Speaker 2: of my favorite gms in the league. I don't think
Speaker 2: he gets enough respect. I love what he's done. My
Speaker 2: man Buck building around Tyrese Halliburton smartest move that you
Speaker 2: could make, because I think Tyres is a star. I
Speaker 2: think he's gonna make multiple All Star Games. I think
Speaker 2: he could lead the league in assists. I think he's
Speaker 2: going to be able to do things that the Sacramento
Speaker 2: Kings couldn't have him do because they had dear in
Speaker 2: Fox and do I love this roster, boy, oh boy. Firstly,
Speaker 2: let me just apologize. I didn't think Miles Turner was
Speaker 2: ever going to stay on this roster. But truthfully, I
Speaker 2: don't think that any Innerpacers thought Miles Turner was going
Speaker 2: to stay on this roster. And we were wrong. We collectively,
Speaker 2: me and the Pacers were wrong. He and Tyrese Haliburton
Speaker 2: fit like a hand and a glove. The shocking extension
Speaker 2: that he had means he'll probably be the pacer for
Speaker 2: a foreseeable future, and I kind of love it. I
Speaker 2: kind of love it. I do for most rumored to
Speaker 2: be traded. He was basically John Collins for like three
Speaker 2: years and then now job security at the same damn place.
Speaker 2: I love it. I love it for him. The Trade
Speaker 2: Machine has put him in their Hall of fame for
Speaker 2: being part of like eighty three percent of all possible
Speaker 2: trades in the last four years. But no, no, no, no,
Speaker 2: he is now the center of the future for them.
Speaker 2: The roster is dope, y'a Miles Turner at center. You
Speaker 2: got Hallie running the point. You got Ben Mathern, who
Speaker 2: I love and explosive two or three. You got Aaron
Speaker 2: Nesmith on this team who just signed an extension. You
Speaker 2: got Buddy Heel he's probably going to be traded. They
Speaker 2: got Bruce Brown. Bruce Brown's gonna start, by the way,
Speaker 2: Obie Toppin's gonna start right away. So Aaron Neith Smith
Speaker 2: and Buddy Heald are coming off the bench, my oh my,
Speaker 2: And then you add Ben Shephard, Oscar Tshibwe, Jeris Walker
Speaker 2: and Isaiah Wong Isaya Wong is good. By the way,
Speaker 2: Isaiah Wong's very good. He is a bucket getter out
Speaker 2: of Miami. I didn't even mention Andrew Nemhard. This is
Speaker 2: a surprise playoff team to me. This is a team
Speaker 2: that you could see be fifth in the East, sixth
Speaker 2: in the East. Maybe I'm wrong, but I am so
Speaker 2: drinking the kool aid on the in and and the Pacers.
Speaker 2: You might as well just tell me to walk off
Speaker 2: that cliff, because I'm walking off. I am drinking that
Speaker 2: kool Aid.