Bryce Simon
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 22 Jul
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And it's not just at the end of the game, guys, like there's points throughout a game that this team still has to figure out into the second quarter, start of the second half, those type of things. I would say the quote unquote disappointing, like Tobias Harris hasn't got off to a great start, even though his gravity is fell on the offensive end and is rebounding a SAR Thompson.
The most recent, not the most recent second, most recent number five overall pick. There's so many, it gets confusing, right? When you pick number five, three years in a row, you kind of get lost.
It's ridiculous. Still hasn't played because of the blood clots from last year. And Jalen Duren hasn't been the same factor and force that we saw last year. And definitely at least at the very least, Jalen Duren hasn't taken any strides forward.
So I think where I differ from a lot of fans is they need like a third point guard who's comfortable not playing on nights whenever J.I. is under control and can handle the second unit, but then can come in and calm things down whenever he doesn't. Or the big worry, guys, is, I mean, Cade and J.I. aren't going to play 82 games this year. So what happens?
Who plays the backup point guard whenever... Those guys aren't both available. So I think that's where a lot of the veteran point guard conversation comes from.
Yeah, Monte Morris, the guy they signed last year who only played seven games. And then they traded. Monte was hurt. But just a guy that can steal space. Tyus Jones would have been the perfect name, right? But that's way over their ability. People bring up Markel Fultz and Dennis Smith Jr. I just don't think those guys are the right type of guys.
Because if you do bring them in and want to play in minutes, they need to be able to really space the floor. And neither of those guys do that alone. you know, with the things they do do well. And I'm also like, do Fultz and Dennis Smith Jr. want to sign up for a Pistons team when they know they're going to play third fiddle, you know, being a creator behind Cade and J.I. So, yeah.
You said it, not me. Who's not in the NBA. Killian Hayes, who's not in the NBA. Killian Hayes is not currently in the NBA. And listen, I like Killian, but it was crazy. It was so strange. I didn't try to punt him to the moon like Tim Baumtamps, but I just want to emphasize he's not in the NBA right now.
I've always thought that they could play together, guys. And I feel like I've been in the minority there, but I thought J.I. was a little bit of an off the ball player. I didn't think he was primarily an on ball guy. I think he's a stagger into the second unit and let him run the second unit against other teams. Second unit on ball guy, but not as a starter. J.I.
has turned himself into a good offensive rebounder. He here's why it looks really good right now. If like I want to be fair is he's knocking down catch and shoot threes, as you mentioned, the three point percentage. But he can cut off the ball. He can come off zoom actions and staggered and those type of things. I think he fits perfectly fine. And here's where it helps, too.
When you have gravity like Tim Hardaway Jr., even Tobias Harris, even though he's not shooting it well right now, Malik Beasley, having those guys' third and fourth options offensively help with the overall spacing of the team as well.
Yeah, I mean, I think we're seeing it right now. And again, I know it hasn't always turned into wins, but guys, those both of those guys are playing really well on both ends of the court. And that's what they're not one in four because of Cade and J.I. 's play. Now, if you want to critique anything, the turnovers have been pretty bad from Cade.
They're over five per game right now, and he's had a couple of really bad ones. But it's because right now, Tobias Harris is shooting 15 percent from three and averaging 12 points a game. And because a star Thompson isn't in the lineup and Ron Holland's playing 13 minutes a night and, you know, really isn't ready offensively.
Fontecchio hasn't found his game during isn't playing his best offensively. I think what we're seeing right now where these guys are on the floor for almost 100 percent of the time, either together or one of is exactly the vision this organization should have for those two. Well, and I want to point this out real quick. J.I. is taking the primary defensive matchups. He guarded Donovan Mitchell.
He guarded Tyrese Maxey. He guarded Tyrese Halliburton while he's doing these things on the offensive end.
So all for the move to permanent five man, I think this is what Isaiah Stewart's ultimate role in the NBA is, is as a backup five who can moonlight at a four. If you take on certain matchups, say, you know what we used to see from the Minnesota Timberwolves, or if you're taking on the nuggets and you feel like you need to put somebody on Jokic and have another bigger guy off the ball, whatever.
But I think it should be like an 80 20 split in the second unit. I do not like the three-point usage going the way it's going. I do not understand. I'm not sure why. JB recently had a quote from my co-host Amari Sanko for the second, who's the beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. And JB kind of took the quote-unquote blame for that, saying they had really emphasized Isaiah rolling to the rim.
And he is a really good offensive rebounder. If you see the offensive rebounding numbers, they're awesome for his minutes per game. But really, that's not his game. He's not a rim gravity guy. I do think Stu needs to be able to space the floor, pick and pop trail threes, corner three, stuff like that.
So I'm hoping he's able to figure that part out, even though I do like seeing the majority of his minutes at the five off the bench.
Yeah, I'm trying not to be overly optimistic about one and four start, but it has truly been competitive, guys. This team had the Celtics down six with two minutes to go. And if it weren't for Drew Holiday actually banging back-to-back threes and then a great defensive play, they probably beat the Celtics. And so it really has looked better.
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