% will fall but if this is a baseline of what to expect from John Collins - he's a top 75 player, providing exactly what we need at the 4 to contend for a title, and one of the best contracts in the league.
At some point Pistons need to make a trade that balances out the SG logjam.
With Ausar out I'm looking at more time for Duncan, Isaiah Joe, Holland, Huerter, and Woo to see which 2-3 we see as long term depth.
Duncan seems like a lock but also the most valuable trade piece.
Whoa. I didn't expect to come back from Ann Arbor to hundreds of thousands of views and hundreds of comments. This is awesome.
I need to mourn Michigan football in downtown Detroit tonight, possibly karaoke Everybody Hurts and Lean on Me. Can't wait to read everything tomorrow.
I beat the Chuckster! 6/6
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Play Who He Play For today: whoheplayfor.net/r/n111111/
East impressions after 1 game:
Top 3 - Philly, Detroit, New York
Solidly 4th - Toronto
In playoffs - Boston, Washington, Cleveland
Probably fine - Indiana
Not guaranteed top 10 - Atlanta, Orlando, Miami
Underdogs dreams - Charlotte, Milwaukee
No shot - Brooklyn, Chicago
Need to start the DPOY conversations now since every voter probably already wrote Wemby down in ink.
Yaxel about the shake up the entire league, or disappear without a trace one night.
Yaxel Lenderborg on his NBA debut and guarding Luka: "I got to see what the NBA is like, man. Lot of flopping, lot of foul baiting, lot of praying to the ref. Interesting first game for me... Being in there firsthand, just watching all the whining and complaining, I lost all respect. That was awful"
Transcript of this soundbite:
"Yeah, it was interesting. I got to see what the NBA is like, man. Lot of flopping, lot of foul baiting, lot of praying to the ref. Interesting first game for me, for sure.
I had a lot of respect for him (Luka). You know, just watching. I didn't really watch the NBA much, I just watched highlights. Seeing him, you know, kill people all the time. But then being in there firsthand, just watching all the whining and complaining, I lost all respect, man. Like that was awful.
Like me getting frustrated, it's not about the foul being called, it's about him complaining the entire game. And then you get the foul call, congratulations bro. And then you talk to me like you did something great, bro? Come on, dog. That's just weak. It kinda threw me off for a little while, cause you know, like I said, I had so much respect for him. Gone man, gone.
I was telling him he sucks, he can't score on me. You talking and you can't score on me. I said it the whole game. I said a couple cuss words obviously, you know, that's why I got the technical and all that. But I was letting him know, because he was laughing and talking all this because of that one foul call.
His only bucket on me was a banker from half court. Like I know that it's a team sport. You know, he had 28pts on us as a team. Me, I took my matchup personally. Tried not to get caught on the fouls. Tried my best. I was thinking about playing him with my hands behind my back to see if that worked, probably would've still got a foul call."
Transcript via:
reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1x…
Reposting so I have this for my own records.
DETROIT'S 23-0 4Q RUN IN UNDER 5 MINUTES, UNCUT 🍿🍿
@DetroitPistons open the NBA season with a 22-point comeback win!
The Coronation of Cade Cunningham, the Revenge of Jalen Duren, and the Rise of John Collins starts in 3 hours.
NBA 2026-2027 Predictions! Part 6 (of 6)
Pistons get 54 wins (1st in East, 3rd overall)
Collins averages 16 and 8
Pistons make a trade to balance out the SG logjam.
Pistons will add a top 2 scorer by end of next summer.
Holland and Stew will get in a fight/ejected 1st quarter
NBA 2026-2027 Predictions! Part 5
Play in:
LAL>UTA, GS>PHX
GS>UTA
WAS>TOR, IND>MIA
IND>TOR
Playoffs:
SAS>GS, DEN>HOU, OKC>LAL, MIN>POR
SAS>DEN, MIN>OKC
SAS>MIN
DET>IND, PHI>BOS, NY>WAS, ORL>CLE
PHI>DET, ORL>NY
PHI>ORL
Finals:
SAS>PHI
NBA 2026-2027 Predictions! Part 4
All Defense Teams
White-Amen-Ausar-Mobley-Wemby
Rollins-Wallace-Watson-McDaniels-Rudy
All Rookie Teams
Peterson-AJ-Yaxel-Caleb-Boozer
Acuff-Mikel-Carr-Meleek-Mara
And Rookie of the Year: Yaxel Lendeborg









