Kirk Goldsberry

And they look great protecting the paint and they look good attacking the paint.

They have this Cunningham-Durham pick and roll thing that is emerging as one of the most reliable two-man games ever.

in the Eastern Conference.

The shooting is a little questionable.

Duncan Robinson is filling that role nicely, but still beyond Duncan if Tobias Harris isn't playing a lot.

But I love Detroit.

I think they deserve to be in the Knicks-Cavs conversation.

If I had to elevate one team, it's definitely Detroit, and I'll take the 15-2 record as Exhibit A there.

Well, I got, I got, you know, one, the nerds are really talking about this one, which is picks, picks are in decline.

So when you and I were growing up, it was dump it down to McHale or Jabbar and the post game was, was the bread and butter action of, of pro basketball, you know?

The D'Antoni Suns obviously made it a pick-and-roll game.

But here we are in 2025, and the epicenter of this movement is in Miami.

I don't know if you're following.

I sure am.

Oh, it's electric to watch.

But it's also unprecedented.

They're setting fewer screens than any team has in decades in the player tracking era by a wide margin.

They're just saying...

Let's move the ball quickly and see if we can find a driving gap and attack it before anybody's ready, set on defense.

So it is, it's fun to watch.