@thebukshow.bsky.social nba expansion is coming as soon as this summer.

@byameek.bsky.social hello we need more Michigan basketball content. No articles written about Trey Burke, as of today, January 24th. You cover both sports. I am a fan of both sports at the school.

I think it started out well enough. I think he will address the OL and OC position. But I was disappointed by his comments about Monty, the edge rusher position, and the trade strategy moving forward. That all sounds the same as he said since he’s been here.

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@thebukshow.bsky.social I like this YouTube channel youtu.be/JjcQM1PanSw?... there’s a lot of things and players I forgot about it here. Was definitely a refresher lol

Some nerve Candace has with the way she looks LOL

@thebukshow.bsky.social at this point, I would have rather had Aldama than nobody at the backup 4 😹

Tons of players add to their offensive game as the years wear on. Not many truly commit to getting better on defense.

@thebukshow.bsky.social I read your article. I think Ivey’s defense is more important than his offense personally. If he develops defensively, the Pistons will be very dangerous to play against because the natural progression of Jaden’s offense will be him expanding his game. He will keep adding.

@thebukshow.bsky.social thoughts? This is if we get Duncan, trade away Simone. Having Sasser get heavy PG minutes when an almost-inevitable LeVert injury happens would not be ideal.

@thebukshow.bsky.social the Beasley news is disappointing but we do have more cap space now. A guy like NAW and DFS would be good pickups. Or Aldama. We can make it work.

He basically won us a handful of regular season games with some clutch baskets then followed it up with his clutch plays to get us the Game 2 win over NY in the playoffs.

@thebukshow.bsky.social kinda bummed about the Naz news. Probably targeting Aldama or NAW now. Personally, I prefer Shroeder over NAW. I think Schroeder plays good team defense, although not amazing individual defense. But he is such a clutch player, I still think he’s worth keeping around.

@thebukshow.bsky.social I honestly can’t believe Reynaud and Fleming are still on the board. Especially Fleming. His archetype is usually a first round type upside swing by teams. If we get either one of those, that’ll be awesome. Charlotte has picks 33 and 34 so maybe we can move up.

I need to see a track record of success and health in a larger role before I would personally commit to majority of players in this league. Projecting is hard, and it’s not linear, but I’d still rather go for the on-paper safest options. We’d give up more, yes, but our ceiling would be higher.

I have more faith in those guys, because they have taken larger roles and excelled. We don’t know that with Aldama. He would be my Option C or D, a fall back option.

@thebukshow.bsky.social we prob disagree again, but I’m good on Aldama. I don’t think he’s that great of a player, just decent. I want a true difference maker, not somebody marginally better than what we have. I would prefer a JJJ or Randle over an Aldama.

I would agree but again, the Magic are mortgaging the future for a player that may not make them much better than they were 2 season ago. They still don’t have good shooting on the team overall. Their stars have to stay healthy. Idk. All I know is, Detroit has to be careful and selective.

My point is, if the Pistons want a great player and have to give up a lot for it, they better go after a superstar or a tier 1A-1B type player. No third option or fourth option (like a Bane) type BS. And you’ll prob say that the Magic have their first and second option in Franz and Paolo.

The Grizzlies got the one offer they couldn’t refuse so this doesn’t necessarily have to be the norm moving forward. Bane is a good player. He is not Durant. Tbh, Durant might not even go for as much as Bane went for, I know he’s older but he’s still a top-10 player in the league when healthy.

@thebukshow.bsky.social I don’t agree with everything you wrote in your article about the Memphis-Orlando trade. I don’t think teams should ever be giving up a superstar type package for a non-superstar player.

Yeah that’s what I figured. I still think we prob have a list of guys we actually wanna draft. Idk if we’ll bring them in for a workout or not. Who knows.

That’s kinda true but there’s still guys you expect to be drafted. Some more than others.

@thebukshow.bsky.social I’m curious why we’re bringing in so many fringe draft picks for workouts. Are we going to draft someone that we don’t even workout? Is this all a smokescreen? People are wondering.

@thebukshow.bsky.social I found this on Reddit. Thoughts?

Yeah a NAW or a Hauser would be cool. The draft is an indication I think. I assume the Pistons think they prob can’t resign everybody. The guys they have worked out, the list is guard-heavy.

@thebukshow.bsky.social what moves do you actually want Detroit to make in FA? Who in the draft do you like? Do you think we will trade up?

@thebukshow.bsky.social Chaz would be an awesome player to get in the second round if he falls to us. Great 3-point shooter on high volume.

@thebukshow.bsky.social I’m hoping we can pry Herb Jones or Trey Murphy away from NOLA this summer. Would be a boon to get either of those guys.

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Apparently Cleveland might put Garland and Allen on the trade block. Allen intrigues me. Idk about you, but I’d be willing to trade Duren away for Allen. They offer the same thing but Allen is an elite defender right now plus Duren will need to get paid this off-season.

I’m curious why not? You used to like MPJ. What changed?