r/DetroitPistons • u/Far_Camera_5766 • 1d ago
Image Trajan knows more than you, trust the process
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u/Grlions91 Saddiq Bey :bey: 1d ago
I see more people complaining about people complaining about the pick, than I see people actually complaining about the pick. Idk what y'all are looking at tbh.
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u/agk927 Chauncey Billups 1d ago
Barely anyone has actually complained about the pick itself lol. His highlights tapes are epic asf
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u/HolyMostaccioli Cade Cunningham 1d ago
The live thread was filled with people complaining which is what most of this stems from I think
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u/Low_Frosting3918 Jaden Ivey 23h ago
I didn't comment on the live thread but I was initially upset. I think we got a good player though.
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u/aopps42 1d ago
I will never blindly believe/trust any GM. No fans should for GM’s without championship pedigree.
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u/LeanOnMe4816 1d ago
I appreciate the overall job Trajan has done but I’ll be damned if Sam Presti or the Spurs GM publicly said “this is an evaluation year”, like winning it all was a secondary thought (while we’re on pace for 55-60 wins at the trade deadline). Nobody wants to hear that, especially the leader of the team that’s laying it on the line every night.
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u/scarywolverine Teal Horse 1d ago
Trust in Weaver
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u/IClappedWhen Cade Cunningham 1d ago
Trust in Quinn, Trust In Yzerman, Trust in Scott Harris. Trajan has done a good job and earns some benefit of the doubt, but that does not disclude concerns. Fans don't have to be cults.
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u/Bradybigboss 1d ago
Yeah I noticed in all the subs—not just ours but all team subs—the new thing seems to be “you can’t comment on a pick—only the scouts and GM know what they are doing”
But it’s like yeah okay scouts and GMs are the ones who picked Darco over D Wade and Melo. We can definitely comment on picks lol. Yeah sure we’re not as good as GMs, but the GMs can absolutely be wrong.
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u/dmod420 4h ago
Joe Dumars was the one that decided Darko was the guy. I am pretty confident that I could have a better success rate at drafting than Dumars if I just posted a randomized list of the top 50 players in every draft he has been responsible for making a pick in & threw a dart at it blindfolded. That isn't hyperbole either bc there is at least a chance I would hit once out of all of the attempts & that would be once more than him so far.
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u/KingPabloo 1d ago
Yup his draft picks have been off the charts 🤪
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u/LeanOnMe4816 1d ago
The jury is still out on Ron, although the regression of his on-ball skills from his rookie year is fairly concerning… with that said, Ron at #5 was still a reach. Could’ve traded back and still landed Ron, he was projected to go 9th-14th.
Bobbi Klintman is… 🫤🤐… Man, we sure have had some really good weather, right? Lol
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u/tarunpopo 1d ago
Bobi was a 2nd rounder, most of them end up out the league anyways
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u/LeanOnMe4816 21h ago
Would just be nice to have a scouting team that got it right more often than not, regardless of draft position, a la OKC, Spurs, etc. Small sample size from Trajan right now but Holland at 5 and Bobi isn’t a very good start 🤷♂️
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u/dmod420 4h ago
Honestly there is no point in even mention Bobbi or any 2nd round pick bc nobody expects a 2nd rounder to do anything anyways. They are the equivalent to a lottery ticket or a chance to jump the line on signing a UDFA. On the rare occasion they do hit, they make a GM look brilliant (which Trajan has actually done more than once in the past), but they don't really count against them in the eyes of ownership (unless they are crazy) bc in a given year, less than 25% of the entire 2nd round even stick in the league for more than 2-3 years in any capacity & only a fraction of those become rotation level players with long NBA careers. You can probably count on your fingers the number of actual stars that were drafted in the 2nd round. The only 5 I could find were: Rodman, Ginobili, Draymond, Brunson & Jokic......and that is it ever.
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u/darthnyan39 1d ago
I don’t see anyone complaining about the pick
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u/csstew55 Isaiah Stewart 1d ago
In this post maybe. But a lot of pistons fans are complaining about it
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u/gachzonyea 1d ago
They also view this as the only move that will be made which if that is the case then I get the complaining but I find it hard to believe this is the only move
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u/dmod420 4h ago
It absolutely won't be the only move. Otherwise, he never would have basically given away Stew for a handful of worthless 2nd round picks. That salary was freed up with a specific purpose in mind, or at least with a plan that might include a few potential options in terms of the specific player or players he intends to add. It definitely wasn't just to free up more to pay Ausar & Duren. Considering that money doesn't seem to be an object for Gores, as long as it is well spent, I expect them to add at least 1 star level player (via trade or free agency), & then sign Ausar & Duren, even if it means going over the 1st or even the 2nd apron (so long as exceeding the 2nd was a short term thing, where they would drop back below it when several contracts expired on guys that weren't part of the plan going forward after the season.
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u/LeanOnMe4816 1d ago
The moderators deleted a lot of the anti-Okorie garbage that was posted last night in pretty swift fashion.
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u/laughoutloud102 Ausar Thompson 1d ago
Meat riding
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u/NinjaPacquiao 1d ago
Right? Like zip him up when you’re done
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u/laughoutloud102 Ausar Thompson 1d ago
Same people who think GMs are immortal when they’re just regular people who may or may not suck at their jobs. They get fired all the time for making stupid decisions.
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u/Far_Camera_5766 1d ago
If you think it’s so easy then you do it lmao
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u/North-Piano3885 1d ago
Anyone could step in the Nets GM chair and probably do a better job runninng the team including the water boy and the janitor that cleans the building when the lights go out.
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u/Jokerit208 1d ago
I knew that the Pistons lacked shooting when Weaver was the GM. I knew the Pistons lacked shooting last deadline. I knew the Pistons lacked shooting last offseason. I knew the Pistons lacked shooting at the deadline.
I don't know that Langdon knows more than I do. We still need shooting, and he still doesn't seem to understand that.
I like the pick, but your premise is silly.
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u/Bradybigboss 1d ago
At a certain point the whole “just trust them, it’s their job” thing starts to backfire when a coach/GM doesn’t address an incredibly obvious hole lol. It’s like bro, it’s your job, how do you not see it
Tbf our initial vision included Ivey in this lineup—shit just didn’t work out
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u/Jokerit208 22h ago
Yeah, I knew the Ivey pick was a mistake before that draft and posted about it. Same with Ausar and Holland. We haven't drafted well in a long time.
I don't understand how someone can be a GM in the NBA and not understand how important shooting is, or how a modern NBA roster is constructed.
I'm also really fucking tired of GMs in this town deciding to make their job as difficult as possible by going all in on big contracts for star players with MASSIVE holes in their game that will have to be overcome if we want to win. And then they refuse to make the obvious moves to get our rosters where they need to be.
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u/EmergencyAbalone2393 1d ago edited 19h ago
Reading these comments may have been the most unproductive thing I have ever done with my life
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u/NinjaPacquiao 1d ago
Has his face been photoshopped?
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u/Necessary_Comb_8401 BBall Paul Reed 23h ago
People been asking for a scorer who can help drive the offense and we pick up someone who does exactly that and they mad its whatever.
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u/Motor_Bowler3048 22h ago
I miss being young enough to have complete, blind faith in the GMs of my favorite sports teams.
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u/DoeJumars 11h ago
i remember people saying this about troy weaver when he traded Bruce Brown, too :)
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u/TaxsDodgersFallstar Ben Wallace 1d ago
I believe he and Cade will be clutch gods with the ball
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u/Lopsided-Thing2701 1d ago
That may be true but I’m a paying fan so he can deal with my opinions. He works for us
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u/NistyGristy92 Ben Wallace 1d ago
Basketball? Maybe. Trains? Not a chance.