Mark A Careeey 🍉🇵🇸

We are spoiled with @kml7.bsky.social Great writer, great guy.

Appreciate Keith taking some Pistons Bluesky questions for this mailbag! Some great Qs (& As) here from @brgulker.bsky.social and yours truly 😉

The purpose of "business" is to provide a service to & create meaningful work for a community - NOT to generate wealth for a small minority. This is NOT a great look for a company dumping $30M into naming rights for the new amphitheater in GR.
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"...gambling..." 😵‍💫🤣 Good one!

Don't get me wrong - I'd take Bease back in a heartbeat; but no one is trying to sign him right now and probably for good reason.

Flip side to your argument: it's risky to stake your success on one shooter. I'd rather a diverse portfolio of shooters that includes him.

I know - and yet, so good points made re: more volume, esp from Duncan. But also more diverse group of shooters, and even fastbreak buckets increasing. I love Bease and would take him back, but this team isn't dead without him. Shooting was mediocre in the playoffs.

This is a great point. And somewhat more reliable/less streaky?

I hope you're right - although I'd prefer he play fewer minutes in the regular season, keeping him fresh and allow more minutes for Ron and others to develop. But that will depend as much on defensive development as anything. Can this team put other teams away early?

He's probably good for 1.25/gm. Maybe better % playing off Cade? Or maybe the role is reversed and Levert's playmaking actually increases Cade's rate/%?

To be clear, I'm saying 50 more than THJ hit last year (168). So this is Robinson hitting 218. I think it's*possible* he's in the 250 range, but Bease also played 82gms last year. Is Robinson playing 75+? Maybe. Does he have a career year? He's hit 250 twice playing 30mpg.

Where does DET get 320 3s/gm to make up for Beasley? I think Robinson more than covers THJ loss and on higher %, but don't think he covers Beasley. Levert isn't filling THAT role enough to matter much. I have Robinson, Ivey, Stew, & Ron making a healthy dent though. And I like the diverse approach.

How does DET replace Bease?
Robinson +50 over THJs 168
Ivey +90 - 45 more gms 2/gm
Ron +40 at 1/gm on 3 att 33%
Stew +60 only shot 53/made 17 last yr. 2yrs prior he made 67/yr on improving %.
Cade nominal improvement to 2.5/gm on 6.5att/gm +40

50+90+40+60+40 = 280

Not quite there. Chaz?

What a world we're living in

Bobi hit one that COUNTS!!!

I said what I said.

Tolu about to shoot FT #7 in 10 minutes.

Also Bball +28 in 18 minutes is WILD

Sass is a bucket, Daniss is an NBA guard, and Tolu is a FT machine.

3pt shooters needed
Sass a scrappy defender and improving his playmaking
Chaz showing willingness to get on the boards

Bobi Klintman hit a 3 (didn't count) and KCP is playing in the 4th quarter of a preseason game?!

Good call 🤣 It just gave me more Korver vibes on first glance, but I can see the Gallo resemblance for sure 🙃

Korver vibes?

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

The actual issue before us — which is very simple & clear — is that you are masterminding a police state for your overlord & classifying opponents as “terrorists” & in the process destroying the Constitution & a free society.

Jew to Jew, Stephen, you’re a complete piece of shit.

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

Trump & the GOP are not just saying they don’t want undocumented immigrants to have health care — they’re saying they don’t want millions of Americans to have health care if it means any undocumented immigrant gets cared for in an ER.

Not “pro-life”. #TrumpShutdown

Can we get Stew first? He's earned it.

If you’re an Islamophobe you don’t get to complain about antisemitism

And if you’re an antisemite you don’t get to complain about Islamophobia.

It’s really that simple.

(So many shameless hypocrites around.)

No one asked for this

With her fifth assist tonight, THA #POINTGAWDDDDD moves into 3rd for most playoff assists in WNBA history! 😮‍💨

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.