James Edwards

You're not a bad team.

But at what point are you a bad team?

He's like, we're bad.

He's like, just plain and simple, we're bad.

And we need to figure out how to not be bad.

And I always appreciate...

that type of player and that type of person willing to just like call a spade a spade, because to me, they're not afraid of being in moments that make them look vulnerable.

And I think because of that, that between him and Isaiah Stewart, the two guys who I think laid the foundation for this team we see today,

I keep rambling, but I was part of the reason Isaiah people remember Isaiah Stewart was a reach at 16 undersized center, played a zone in college, couldn't shoot the three.

One of the reasons that he was drafted was because the front office knew what was coming.

They didn't know 28 game losing streak, but they knew they were going to be bad.

They wanted to draft players who they thought could make it out of the end of this stronger.

And some of those players could not.

We're talking about Killian Hayes was obviously not a good pick.

They traded Sadiq Bae.

But that group and the mentality of those two guys specifically, I think, is the reason you see Detroit is where it's at today.

Just the humility to acknowledge that when things were bad, they were bad, but also not being OK with things being bad.

And I think Cade just has a level of maturity, a level of humility that materializes into the court because Detroit.

the relationships, right?

Like he's going to make the right read.