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00:03Pistons playoff game
00:05Will you be there?
00:06I will be there
00:08Saturday 6.30pm
00:10against the winner of tonight's game
00:12Magic and the Hornets
00:13Again on Prime
00:15What did I say?
00:17You said Saturday
00:18My bad, my bad
00:19Sunday 6.30
00:20I will be there
00:21I was about to say
00:21You'll be there by yourself
00:24Hey
00:25You know what I should have been at
00:27Saturday at 6.30?
00:29Saturday
00:29Red Wings playoff game
00:30You know
00:31Yeah
00:32That's where I should have been
00:33But no
00:35Correction
00:36Yes
00:366.30 Sunday
00:38The stupid play-in game tonight is on Prime
00:41Don't even put it on TV for us regular folks
00:45And speaking of that
00:46Yeah, it took a second for the first time
00:49I'm like
00:49Where is this Charlotte game at?
00:52I'm flipping like TBS
00:54TNT
00:55NBC
00:55ESPN
00:56Prime
00:57I am flipping through channels like crazy
00:59Like
00:59I know they're playing
01:01I quit
01:01I had to go to the score app
01:03And like
01:03Oh
01:05It's on Prime
01:06I quit
01:06I'm not doing it
01:07I'm not doing it
01:07And do you know how much it would have cost you
01:09A year ago
01:10To watch every NFL game
01:12Last season
01:13It would have cost you two grand
01:14You would have needed 13 different apps
01:17All right
01:17Yeah
01:19I'm done
01:20I can't
01:21I can't deal with that anymore
01:22But be that as it may
01:24The Pistons take on the winner of tonight's game
01:27Magic and the Hornets
01:28It's at Orlando
01:29And the Hornets are favored by three
01:31So this seemingly inevitable collision
01:35That's going to exist between two teams that hate each other
01:38Well, the odds makers are saying that's likely to happen
01:41Hornets and the Pistons
01:43And we've
01:44It's kind of been
01:45Kind of been an under-the-radar conversation around the office this week
01:49It's like
01:50How are Pistons fans feeling?
01:53Pistons fans have been a little quiet this week
01:55And I believe I have the why
01:59I'm going to say the quiet part out loud right now
02:03You're worried
02:05That you don't have the requisite talent level
02:07To have a great postseason yet
02:10You're worried that you're not as talented
02:13Now you've heard the phrase
02:14The sum is greater than the individual parts
02:16Never has that been more true than with these Pistons
02:20This year
02:22And in the game of basketball
02:23How many times have you seen
02:25The talented Americans
02:27Get skunked by some team with no NBA players
02:30In like the World Cup or the Olympics
02:33In years past
02:35You've seen it quite a bit
02:37Nowhere am I saying the Pistons are not a good or a great team
02:40They are
02:42But I want to share this with you
02:44The best ranking of players in the NBA
02:48That I have found anywhere
02:50Is that of the Ringers
02:51They rank the top 100 players
02:53They keep it updated
02:54They update it all the time
02:56And it's a panel of people that ranks them
02:57I'm about to tell you
02:59The number of top 100 players
03:03On each of the 10 play-in teams in the East
03:06Here we go
03:07Atlanta 5
03:08Boston 5
03:09Charlotte 4
03:10Cleveland 4
03:11New York Knicks 5
03:13Orlando 4
03:14Philadelphia 4
03:16Toronto 4
03:17Miami 4
03:18Detroit 3
03:21Okay
03:22I believe
03:23The reason why people are nervous about the Pistons
03:27Is because
03:28They know somewhere intuitively
03:30That maybe this team doesn't have the talent yet
03:33To really go on a run
03:35In the postseason
03:37That's my theory
03:38There is no way to have this conversation
03:41Without
03:42Sort of giving Detroit
03:44A backhanded compliment
03:46There is no way
03:47They're not as talented
03:49As Boston
03:50They're not as talented
03:52As Cleveland
03:52Cleveland has three top 22 players
03:55Detroit has one
03:57They're not as talented
03:58Raw talent
04:00As the teams they're playing
04:01So the question is
04:02Can you overcome that
04:04With the system
04:05Hmm
04:09Mark that's very interesting
04:10How you put that
04:11I do think
04:13That there are some Pistons fans
04:15Who
04:15If you hooked them up
04:17To
04:17A lie detector
04:19From me to parents
04:20Would say
04:22Yeah
04:23I am a little reluctant
04:25Only because
04:26I think of
04:28Previous history
04:29What happened last year
04:30And
04:32Yeah
04:32The lack of star power
04:34Try hard guy
04:35Can only take you so far
04:37Correct
04:37Try hard guy
04:38Is
04:38It's great
04:39The Danish Jenkins
04:40Of the world
04:41The B-ball Pauls
04:43Yeah
04:43But then you start
04:45Going up against
04:46As you say
04:46Some top players
04:47In the league
04:48And when the top players
04:49Are trying hard
04:50Right
04:50Which doesn't happen
04:52In the regular season
04:53Then you realize
04:54Why they are considered
04:55Top players
04:55And yeah
04:56I know
04:56It's a microcosm
04:57But you kind of saw that
04:58In that Golden State Warriors game
05:00Where
05:01Oh
05:02You know
05:02Steph's old
05:03No
05:03Steph
05:04Steph went full step
05:05Draymond
05:06Well he's about
05:07No
05:07Draymond went old
05:08Draymond
05:09Even your Florida
05:10Alum
05:11Al Horford
05:12Been in the league
05:13Forever
05:13Discovered the found
05:14A youth
05:15Drains three threes
05:16Like
05:16All of a
05:17And in the playoff
05:18The big time
05:19Superstars
05:20That's their time
05:21To shine
05:23You don't have that
05:24And you don't have
05:25The playoff experience
05:26So I think that's why
05:27A lot of Pistons fans
05:28Are just kind of
05:29They want them to do well
05:31They're hoping for them
05:32To do well
05:32But I think deep down
05:34When they're at home
05:35They're a little worried
05:37Saying
05:37I don't know
05:38If we have the talent
05:39To match
05:40All of these teams
05:41Player for player
05:43As a collective
05:44Yes
05:45They win games
05:46But now we gotta see
05:48Cause you
05:49You know
05:50I guess
05:50Cade
05:51Will probably be
05:52The only one
05:53Who gets the
05:54Superstar calls
05:55Because you saw
05:56That last year
05:57With Jalen Brunson
05:57And all those guys
05:58They got superstar calls
06:00When you played the Knicks
06:02Cade will get that
06:03Is Durin gonna get
06:04The superstar calls
06:05No
06:06No chance
06:07Thompson
06:08No
06:09They're not
06:09So
06:10I'm with you on that
06:12I agree with you on that
06:14I think that's why
06:15It feels a little different
06:17Because
06:18You wouldn't know
06:19That Detroit
06:21Was the number one
06:21Overall seed
06:23Cause fans
06:24Have just kind of
06:25Laying in the weeds
06:26Heck
06:26Vegas doesn't believe in you
06:28And I'm starting to wonder
06:29If the fans even believe
06:31In this team
06:31Like
06:32It's fun
06:32You'll be down there
06:34On Sunday
06:34But do you really feel
06:36Like you have a
06:37Championship team
06:37Right now
06:39Are the 60 wins
06:40More a reflection
06:42Of how great this team is
06:43Or are the 60 wins
06:45More a reflection
06:46Of the Pistons
06:47Of the only team
06:48That gives a damn
06:49About the NBA's
06:50Regular season
06:52If they're going
06:53To six or seven games
06:54With whoever they're
06:55Playing in the first round
06:56And
06:57If Cleveland is really
06:59Putting them on
06:59Putting it
07:00Putting it on them
07:00In the second round
07:02You're getting
07:03Your answer
07:03But to a degree
07:05You're already
07:06Getting your answer
07:06You have fewer
07:08Top 100 players
07:10On this roster
07:11Than any of the
07:13Other nine teams
07:14In the playoffs
07:16Or the play-in
07:16In the Eastern Conference
07:18What you are doing
07:19Is incredible
07:23JB Bickerstaff
07:24Is winning
07:24The coach of the year
07:25And he's winning
07:26The coach of the year
07:27Because everyone's saying
07:28You made
07:29A beautiful chicken salad
07:31Out of something
07:32That clearly isn't that
07:33Right
07:33You've got
07:34Kind of like
07:35Some of the rosters
07:36A little bit
07:36The island of
07:37Misfit Toys here
07:38Yeah
07:38When they
07:39When K went down
07:40With the punctured lung
07:41Everybody expected
07:42This team to kind of
07:43Okay
07:44Now we're going
07:44To see what happens
07:45I think
07:46What did they finish
07:47What 13 and 4
07:48While he was out
07:49Some ridiculous number
07:49Like that
07:51So they clearly
07:52Can win games
07:53But as we all
07:55Keep saying
07:55The playoffs
07:56Is a different animal
07:57We need to see
07:58What you do
07:59In this playoff series
08:00Or series
08:02And I do think
08:03That when you look
08:04At it
08:04The playoffs
08:04Is about the
08:05Superstar players
08:06And I like
08:07How you put that
08:08You don't have
08:09As many superstar players
08:10As the other teams
08:12In the playoffs
08:12Is that going to be
08:14A problem
08:14At all
08:15Let's look at the West
08:16Denver has 5
08:17Again you have 3
08:20Minnesota has 7
08:21Top 100 players
08:22Oklahoma City
08:24Has 8
08:25San Antonio
08:26Has 6
08:27You want to know
08:28Why it looked like
08:29You got your ass waxed
08:30When you played
08:30San Antonio
08:31It's not just Wemby
08:32They got twice as many
08:34Top 100 players
08:35Than you do
08:36So
08:37I think there's
08:39I think this is
08:40The undercurrent
08:42Of why people
08:43Are nervous
08:44About this team
08:46Is it justified
08:47Or
08:49Is the sum
08:50Greater than
08:51The individual parts
08:52248-539-9797
08:55Is where you guys
08:56Can get to us
08:57On the show
08:57We will take
08:59Your calls
09:00On this topic
09:02Maybe you'll say
09:03The heck with you
09:04Mark Ryan
09:05I'm not nervous
09:06About these pistons
09:07At all
09:08But
09:09Methinks
09:10That you are
09:11We continue
09:11The discussion
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