Zach Lowe

Harden Allen, central casting, pick and roll combo, Harden mostly coming along in Allen's absence.

You throw it all together.

You have the recipe for a great and deep team.

It's just a team that, you know, when it's run into some playoff bullies has not exactly responded with fervor and the Pistons are

I'm guilty of it, focusing on what they don't have in terms of shooting and secondary playmaking, which, by the way, they're proving we got a little bit more of the second thing than you thought.

They are bullies, and they will kick the absolute living shit out of you if you're not ready to face them.

And the Cavs seem pretty happy to be in the fourth seed and to draw the Pistons in the second round if they get there.

If Cade's back...

I mean, good, good luck.

Like you got to bring your a game in that series.

And I haven't seen their a game for 15, 20 games now.

Maybe that's just cause Alan's been out and Alan was very good against the Lakers, at least offensively defensively.

I thought he was.

So we'll see the calves.

But, and the other thing is you mentioned the options.

Between the injuries and guys in and out of the lineup and minutes restrictions and this and that, I don't understand why Thomas Bryant is still playing at all.

You have these two centers on your team.

You're going to stagger the minutes.

I think that's one sort of low-hanging fruit.

He's fine.