Detriot Pistons Tie NBA RECORD With 26th Straight Loss I CBS Sports

Detriot Pistons Tie NBA RECORD With 26th Straight Loss I CBS Sports

Breaking news the Pistons are still putrid 26 straight losses they lose 126 115 on the road at Brooklyn they were outscored 6242 in the paint Pistons lead the league in turnovers they’re the worst three-point shooting team in the league and they lead the league in losses two and 27 two and

27 and they have matched the longest losing streak in a single season in NBA history 76ers and Cavaliers also lost 26 in a row you know the 76ers were were during a time when they were tanking and it was trust the process and all that stuff and they you know they they they

They toughed it out they stuck it out um Cavaliers you know eventually LeBron James would come back and lead him to a title and that was during you know LeBron’s days there but uh look this is this is like kind of laughable at this point I mean this is

Embarrassing um they’re now two wins away excuse me they they’d love to have two wins they only have two wins last time they won a game they won back-to-back games in October they are now two and 26 2 and 27 2 and 27 2 and 27 too short

Of tying the all-time record I I mean this is bad I feel bad for the Pistons fans you know thinking they were going to get a a competitive team and um they’re they’re not uh they are 2 and 27 yikes welcome in CBS Sports NBA writer Bill Ryder Bill the Pistons are putrid

26 straight losses why can’t they win a game I I mean I’m I’m trying to hold a laugh in asking this question to you I feel so bad for this organization and you said to the fans I don’t have a good answer I mean they they shouldn’t

Be this this bad Kade Cunningham Al alone I I think just pure talent ability some of the growth we saw after his rookie year at the end of his rookie year they should be good enough to to win more games than they certainly have and and and fend off this putrid as you

Put it losing streak you noted the fact that they lead the NBA in turnovers they are awful in the NBA the worst at three-point shooting those two things and are and and sort of experience right having some veterans are considered the the the Holy Grail the the triumphant

The three things you really need to be competitive so on the other side of the equation obviously being horrible two of them and being a very very young basketball team is a problem but that’s just a bunch of words I’m trying to explain something that’s inexplicable I

Don’t know maybe they should be bad but humiliating incompetent historically awful talking about them for the reasons we are I I have no good explanation and talking to people around the NBA not neither do they Pistons owner Tom Gore said that there would be change he said

Fans deserve an answer is firing GM Troy Weaver and Orman Williams the answer Monty Williams in his first season of the record 6E $785 million deal right someone’s going to be fired yeah yes I mean I think and that owner was not happy people were were chanting have

Been chanting the last few games sell the team so I think Troy rer is probably the easy answer because he does not have a six-year nearly $80 million contract that he just he just began and and and so yes I think there’s a scenario where where he gets fired to Keem it certainly

Would make sense Monty Williams though having this deal and having this contract and having that kind of investment on the one hand it makes him I think unfired certainly people I’ve talked to think he can’t be fired on the other hand that money that contract that level of investment the belief that they

Had in Detroit and they sold the fans hey we’re going to be interesting competitive young a team on the rise comparisons to the Thunder maybe from last year you know we won’t make the playoffs necessarily but we we’ll be heading in the right direction the fact

They gave all this money to Monty and sold this Vision I I don’t see how they actually fire him just because of what they’re on the hook for yeah they went 17 and 65 last season I in all seriousness I don’t know that they’re going to get to 17

Wins um this season they may not get to seven wins you and I are you and I have to be professionals about this and and we’re giggling a little bit because this is silly and you feel bad for the organization but people R the league how

Are they are they are they are they nice or are they like laughing there you know what’s off about this no they’re they’re they’re not getting themselves on Santa’s nice list on on this one I’m trying not to laugh but it really is I I

Actually feel bad like I I do and I’m from the Midwest I’m from Iowa right it ain’t Michigan but but it’s that part of the country I feel awful no people are not particularly kind in competitive businesses this is true in our business it’s true in politics it’s true in

Finance it’s certainly true in the NBA when you get a lot of money and you you sort of um there’s a lot of jealousy out there and then you fail miserably and publicly a lot of people take pleasure in it and that has that has been the the

Reaction to the folks that I’ve talked to now now it’s interesting Monty is a beloved figure and I’m talking to people who say I love him on a personal level he’s great but and then they’ll start to be snarky AEM about the $80 million about the the long-term deal about the

Fact that folks the thought and think he’s a a fine coach a good coach but not the kind of coach that should have commanded this kind of money I mean there were eyebrows that went up and there were some bafflement there was certainly some jealousy when he got the

Deal now that we’re 26 games into a 26 game itive losing streak no people around the NBA are not being particularly nice and they are um they’re enjoying it probably if they’re being they’re being honest they’re talking privately a little too much they’ve gone from two wins in a row to

26 losses in a row when do you think the Pistons might snap their streak because we’re talking about a situation where this might be the longest losing streak in North American professional sports the Chicago Cardinals lost 29 straight from 1942 to 19 1945 the longest losing

Streak in the NBA is 28 as you take a look at the Pistons next five games where is a win coming I mean if I’m if if I’m a Pistons fan or I’m in that organization I I suppose I’m circling January 3rd and playing the J here’s the I think the

Jazz is the best answer maybe it’s the Raptors the problem MIM is that in a normal if You’ lost 10 in a row or 12 in a row any of those games I could try to make the case you you’re going to have some pride you’re going to figure it out

But this is obviously a historically awful team and I think so they have the a few problems ke one is they’re obviously awful two is they are clearly broken emotionally spiritually confidence-wise just watching this game you could sense even was sort of close they knew they were GNA lose and the

Third thing AEM is you you do not want to lose to the Detroit Pistons you you don’t want to be the team that loses to these guys right at seven games in a row or nine games in a row and no one’s paying attention maybe you let your

Guard down a little bit it’s Detroit who really cares it’s December we’re exhausted it’s the third game in seven nights it’s Christmas whatever not anymore so it’s not going to be easy teams aren’t going to want to lose to these guys these guys don’t think they can beat anybody so maybe that maybe

That jazz game if you look at the next three four five six games is the is the best case scenario but but I wouldn’t bet on on on Detroit in any of those games yeah I mean they just lost to the jazz on Thursday and they were without a

Bunch of their players they lost by eight nobody so I don’t like like like I just like this is a proud franchise this is a franchise that won an NBA title and now they’re going through this embarrassing streak and I get it franchises do this but this is bad I

Mean this is this is a 8 day old avocado bad like this is this is 6 and 76 on Pace for the worst record in NBA history oh Merry Christmas happy holidays to you Bill but not so much for the uh the Detroit Pistons happy holidays to everyone even those poor

Folks in Detroit thank you again well they have the Lions at least they have the Lions but but in the past years it’s like well the Pistons are better than the Lions and it’s like you know you got to trade one for the other I guess the Pistons are 2

And 27 on Pace for the worst season in NBA history on Pace for 6 and 76 they’ve lost 26 straight games matching the single season NBA record for consecutive losses now too shy of tying the alltime NBA record I

Bill Reiter joins CBS Sports HQ to discuss the Pistons losing their 26th game straight.

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