Kirk Goldsberry

Reese's Shea, Reed Shepard, still a conversation in many practice facilities.

But I want to push back on something.

I love the Detroit Pistons.

I thought they should have beat the Knicks in the playoffs last year.

No disrespect to the Knicks.

There were some tight calls there.

I feel like Detroit was still learning how to win.

They had this weird Malik Beasley thing, which in retrospect was very distracting.

But they're 15-2, man.

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.