Detroit Pistons Give Up 48 Points In First Quarter, Suffer Terrible Loss To the 6-20 Utah Jazz
Can the Detroit Pistons bounce back after a tough loss to the Utah Jazz? The Pistons ‘ defense faced a major setback with a staggering 48 points allowed in the first quarter. This episode unpacks the game’s critical moments, spotlighting the performances of Cade Cunningham and Malik Beasley while dissecting the impact of Jalen Duren’s struggles on the team’s dynamics. Host Ku Khahil offers a candid analysis of the refereeing controversies and the near-fight incidents that added drama to the matchup. Despite the challenges, there’s hope on the horizon with promising young talents Ron Holland and Ausar Thompson showing the potential to reshape the Pistons’ future.
Tune in to explore how these developments could influence the Pistons’ season and discover the strategies that might turn the tide in their favor.
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27 Comments
Love Tobias but he was technically supposed to be the second volume scorer for us and it hasn't panned out.
And Duren is not showing many signs of improvement. Either they make trade that motivates him, or y can see the team trading him
Sorry Ku I'm ranting as well lol. Bro you are absolutely right I would love to see Ausar and Holland in the floor together plus Cade and Stew. Cade and Beasley do all the scoring anyway lol 🤣
This was a surefire Darth Ku game! I'm disappointed in you too now
Tobias shyt his shorts again btw!
This is your daily reminder to vote cade into the Allstar Game!
Why trending in the nba is hard to watch, 1st half brick city living and dying by the 3. Horrible.., Cade 3 on 1 fast break instead of op to ausar we kick it to the corner for a brick 3. NBA looking like 24 hour fitness runs. You can’t even play defense these days, Ausar moving his feet and bodies clarkson and it’s a foul ???? NBA is joke and not even basketball anymore different game.
The lane was completely clogged. Beasley shot threes, he didn’t need to get in the lane. Utah put Kessler on Ausar and refused to close out on Ausar. Adding Holland with Ausar would add another defender in the lane. Screw spacing I guess. We need a true stretch 5. Just wait until the offseason. Make the play-in (if the season ended today they’d be in the play-in) keep their pick and add Myles Turner or Naz Reid in the offseason.
The NBA is operated & played like a video game.
I agree with you as far as defense being forced out of the game but everyone is complaining about watching a full game of 3 point attempts.
The game is basically a 3 point contest with teams missing 65% of them. Who wants to watch that?
That was the purpose of Centers & real power forwards. They played close to the basket for HIGH PERCENTAGE buckets to prevent empty possessions.
3's are more than 2's. 2's are more than 0's.
Three’s flopping traveling and bad refs are all to blame for poor ratings.
If Beasley isn't a starter… he needs to be traded!
If we want to keep Isiah as the backup, I am totally good with starting reed. I am just tired of Duren either lack effort or awareness.
Reed is too small to be playing big minutes against starting centers. He has had bad coaching till now. This young microwave results with player. U build teams
Cade
Ivey/Beasley
Holland
Ausar
Vucevic/Stewart… playoffs
Speaking to your 1st 3 and a half minutes on this pod… if the Pistons any of them don't want to make play in… i dont want to be a fan of the Detroit Pistons
The Pistons need another guy! A TRUE 1b robin next to Cade..🤔🤔
Ku is so screwed when he doesn't have Duren to blame. It just happened to him vs. Celtics and he wrote 'WTF' in his bullets. He gets confused when things go even worse without his scapegoat. I'm not even that big of a Duren guy, he's got obvious issues (as do all the centers). Stew was awful in his lone start. Ivey requires outlier development as much as Duren imo.
Yea bad loss to a team that won only 5 games smh 🤦🏾♂️ it's so tough being a Pistons fan these days I miss the bad boys and the early 2000s pistons team 🤦🏾♂️
I’m just gonna be honest. Jalen duren doesn’t wanna play defense. If you notice, when he doesn’t get touches he’s not engaged. He doesn’t want to play the role that they’ve made for him. It’s obvious. He wants the bag. And he’s frustrated that he’s not involved more offensively. The pistons are trying to make him something he doesn’t wanna be. Under jb he’s just a lob threat. He wants to expand his game. Under every other coach he got touches. Thats why he’s regressed. He has all the tools to be solid defensively. He just pouts on the floor. He hates his role. That’s how it looks to me. Could be wrong
I’ve been trying to tell you guys since mid summer what I’m doing with Duren if I’m Trajan. Im sorry I just don’t see no improvement at all in his game whatsoever. He’s not gonna be what you guys seem to believe I’m sorry. Smh
I’m convinced. Tobias is washed. He’s not the same player. I thought he would snap out of it. We’re 28 games in. He’s washed.
This was the perfect gamr for dark Ku
One word for the team: inconsistency. We beat Miami twice and lost to the hornets twice we still trying to figure things out. Play in at best Playoffs no.
They can't shoot stop foolin yourself. After Duren said he didn't try last year during the most embarrassing season in history, it was clear then. Time to make trades.
Tobias has been brutal.
1st Listen…..what up Ku. Bad loss. Maybe next time.
I love Paul Reed. Bball Paul is really a good player for this team, and should start when Stew is injured. I am not pro trading Duren, but kid needs to grow and starting him is clearly not helping.