Hardwood Knocks, Episode 508: 2021-22 Detroit Pistons Lookahead
Dan is joined by Lazarus Jackson (@lazchance) from SB Nation’s Detroit Bad Boys and Blue Wire’s Pistons vs. Everybody podcast for a wildly, and enjoyably, thorough deep dive into the Detroit Pistons in advance of the 2021-22 NBA season. They discuss Cade Cunningham, Killian Hayes, Jerami Grant, Kelly Olynyk, the secondary rotation, Saben Lee, the Sekou Doumboya trade, Detroit’s overall direction, win-loss predictions, lineups and much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️
🔘 0:20 – Intro
🔘 3:14 – CHANCE JACKSON SCOUTING REPORT🗣🗣
🔘 4:48 – Overall impression of Pistons offseason
🔘 7:18 – The Sekou Doumbouya trade (aka LAZ PREDICTS TREY LYLES MAKES AN ALL-STAR TEAM)
🔘 10:12 – Rookie-year expectations for Cade Cunningham
🔘 16:29 – Jerami Grant, Round 2
🔘 20:09 – Hope for Killian Hayes
🔘 25:51 – Saddiq Bey’s ceiling
🔘 30:04 – Isaiah Stewart’s impact
🔘 36:41 – The frontcourt rotation
🔘 38:03 – Hamidou Diallo
🔘 40:20 – Josh Jackson
🔘 40:57 – Saben Lee
🔘 44:53 – Chris Smith
🔘 46:06 – Luka Garza/Isaiah Livers
🔘 48:47 – Trade candidates
🔘 1:00:49 – Biggest weaknesses
🔘 1:04:53 – Best crunch-time lineup
🔘 1:05:57 – Quirky lineups we want to see
🔘 1:10:58 – Win-total prediction
🔘 1:15:23 – Pistons’ overall direction and play style
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