00:06John Marossi joins us
00:07702 get the latest on Scooble
00:09and where the Tigers go from here loose bodies
00:11surgery coming
00:13it's his throwing elbow
00:16Texas the Tigers can't lose
00:17games like last night my panic went up one
00:19after seeing it because it's a common problem
00:21they can't shut down games something's off
00:23with this group
00:25another problem says the bullpen sucks
00:27I watched a two nothing game where
00:29someone named Vanasco and
00:31DeJesus had serious issues
00:33I'm concerned it's not just the starters
00:35it's the bullpen especially without vest
00:37nobody messes with the Jesus
00:40Scooble puts a lot
00:41of pressure on the Verlander signing
00:43nothing sounds good he's 43
00:45years old with a bad hip at what point do we go man
00:47if we had signed a better number three or four
00:49we'd be in better shape well
00:51I mean that was in reaction
00:53to Reese Olsen like we thought
00:56we had our three
00:58and then all of a sudden
00:59that I mean the injury bug hit early
01:01text says that both Cobb and
01:03Maeda are available
01:06I'm sure they are
01:07gonna be available for a while
01:08Tigers need to trade for another starter
01:10and it needs to happen long
01:11before the deadline and they stop
01:13need to stop doing lazy things like
01:14bringing Zach short back
01:15we know who he is
01:16he's not gonna help this team
01:17at all
01:18well in the Tigers defense right now
01:22it for plan for this number of injuries
01:25no you can't and you've got to find
01:28band-aids that you have
01:30and right now that I mean
01:32Zach short is a band-aid
01:34and hopefully Javi's a quick healer
01:37he's back quickly
01:38and we can move on
01:40from that part of the injury bug
01:43one more text says
01:44I can't imagine what AJ's thinking
01:46how many years in a row
01:47does he have to cobble together
01:48a rotation
01:49the last few years
01:50especially near the end of the year
01:51now it's May
01:53I'm with Gov on the Flaherty stuff
01:55the staff is largely unusable
01:57he's managing pitching chaos
01:58nearly every day
01:59I know you're trying to talk us
02:00off the ledge Jim
02:01but I'm teetering
02:02well
02:03so we're hyper fixated
02:05on our local teams
02:07injuries hit
02:08every
02:10professional sports team
02:11throughout the course of a season
02:13now they don't necessarily
02:14always hit at the same time
02:15what were we talking about
02:16with the Dodgers last year
02:17what was the one thing
02:18that was going to hold them back
02:19pitching
02:19pitching
02:20and so obviously
02:21they have
02:22we don't have that lineup
02:24they have a wealth of
02:25of resources to pour
02:27into the baseball team
02:28but they were hit
02:29with the injury bug
02:30it does happen
02:31to other teams
02:32we're just
02:33focused on our team
02:35so I've started the show
02:37trying to talk Tiger fans
02:38off the ledge
02:39people still teetering
02:40maybe I didn't do a good job
02:43I'd actually like
02:44the listeners help
02:44with some Pistons talk
02:46because
02:47I'm not going to
02:48pull a Stephen A. Smith
02:49I'm not going to
02:50pick a side
02:51to yell about something
02:52I don't believe
02:52okay
02:53I'm legitimately
02:54conflicted about
02:55this seven game series
02:56with the Cleveland Cavaliers
02:58how it ends
02:58yeah
02:59who wins
03:00okay
03:00and I'd like to present
03:01kind of
03:02the inner monologues
03:04I'm having
03:04and see if you guys
03:06can convince me
03:06one way
03:07or another
03:08inner monologues
03:09you hear voices too
03:10oh no
03:10not like you
03:13you're a whole
03:14different level of
03:16twisted
03:17inner monologue
03:18yeah
03:18let's just call it that
03:19so on one hand
03:20I look at the Pistons
03:21and I say
03:22the Raptors defense
03:23got after the Cavs
03:24and the Pistons defense
03:25is even better
03:26the Cavs forced
03:27or the Cavs had
03:2816 turnovers a game
03:30in their opening round
03:31playoff Harden
03:32has five a game
03:34Detroit
03:35has the best player
03:36in the East
03:37unlike Toronto
03:38a true closer
03:38in Cade Cunningham
03:39and they have
03:40home court
03:41unlike Toronto
03:42so if it does go
03:43seven
03:43we see what LCA
03:44can be
03:46on the Cleveland
03:47side of things
03:49the Pistons
03:50never faced him
03:51at full strength
03:51this year
03:52and went two and two
03:53in the regular season
03:54they've been a bad
03:55matchup
03:55unlike Orlando
03:56they have a couple
03:57different shot creators
03:58they're not going to go
03:59through prolonged
04:00droughts
04:01the way Orlando
04:02did because
04:03Mitchell and Harden
04:04can go get you
04:05a bucket
04:05and with Mobley
04:07and Allen
04:07they can block
04:08shots
04:09and defend
04:09the rim
04:10and make the Pistons
04:11a jump shooting
04:11team
04:12which as I say
04:12out loud
04:13is terrifying
04:15there is no
04:16big edge
04:16in the betting
04:17markets
04:17the Pistons
04:18are a very
04:19very very
04:19slight favorite
04:20to win this
04:21series
04:21and I am
04:22incredibly torn
04:23as to whether
04:24I think they
04:25will or not
04:25well it's a
04:26slight favorite
04:26and I would
04:27think simply
04:28because they
04:29have home
04:29court
04:30to start
04:30the series
04:32now
04:32every series
04:33as we've
04:34heard
04:34it starts
04:35as soon
04:36as the home
04:36team
04:36loses a game
04:38and
04:39you know
04:40what do you
04:41think
04:41they need
04:42to do
04:43starting
04:44tonight
04:44sure
04:46answer is
04:46win
04:47no but I can
04:48go deeper
04:48than that
04:48so think
04:49about this
04:49if you throw
04:50a SAR
04:50on Mitchell
04:51SAR is the
04:52best perimeter
04:53defender in the
04:53NBA
04:54he's coming
04:54off a great
04:55round against
04:55the Orlando
04:56Magic
04:56you put a SAR
04:57on their best
04:58score
04:58and then you
04:59can count on a
05:01couple turnovers
05:01from James
05:02Harden
05:02and I think
05:03that's the
05:03best way to
05:04attack their
05:05backcourt
05:06you need
05:07during to show
05:08up especially
05:08against these
05:09bigs I think
05:10that goes
05:10without saying
05:12but that's
05:12some of the
05:13things I'm
05:13looking for
05:13tonight and
05:14then yeah
05:14Tobias has to
05:15keep being that
05:16secondary shot
05:17maker where
05:18you don't have
05:18to spoon feed
05:19him he can go
05:20get a tough
05:20basket himself
05:21those are
05:21things I need
05:22to see from
05:22the jump
05:23and it's
05:24I didn't go
05:24as deep as
05:25to like okay
05:26who was playing
05:26when the
05:27Pistons play
05:27I would just
05:28in terms of
05:29the Pistons
05:29who was playing
05:30like there was
05:31a game that
05:31Durin missed
05:32and they won
05:33there was a
05:34game where he's
05:34playing and he
05:35ended up with
05:36it was it was
05:36single digit
05:37points there
05:37was another
05:38one where it
05:38was like you
05:38know 12 to
05:3915 and
05:39another one
05:40he had 20
05:40so I don't
05:42know what to
05:43make of the
05:44Durin situation
05:45coming out of
05:46what we saw
05:46against Orlando
05:48and the game
05:49that he had
05:50in game seven
05:51versus the
05:52series and the
05:53series as a
05:55whole and also
05:57what what does
05:58the regular season
05:59tell us and I've
06:00said this since
06:01the Pistons
06:02were down
06:033-1 like the
06:04regular season's
06:05an absolute
06:05fraud so you
06:06go to the
06:06matchups that
06:08happened in the
06:08regular season and
06:09I don't even know
06:09what to make of
06:10those anymore
06:11yeah so just so
06:11people know the
06:12four matchups the
06:13first was very
06:13early in the year
06:14it was an ugly
06:15Cade Cunningham
06:16game he really
06:18struggled and they
06:19lost that game by
06:2021 yeah I mean
06:21they were they had
06:22the doors blown
06:22off the other
06:25loss to Cleveland
06:26was during that
06:26four-game losing
06:27streak in February
06:28where they lost to
06:29San Antonio and
06:30Cleveland and yeah
06:31we were starting to
06:32talk about hey
06:33there's some
06:33weaknesses for this
06:34team that could get
06:35them in the playoffs
06:36and we thought
06:36Cleveland with
06:37Mobley and Allen
06:38at the rim could
06:38be a problem and I
06:39keep going back to
06:40that it's not like
06:42the Pistons were
06:43overly inspiring going
06:44seven games with
06:45Orlando right I
06:47don't have a harsh
06:48degree or a high
06:49degree of confidence
06:50that the Pistons win
06:51the series I also
06:52see Cleveland as a
06:53team that typically
06:54stalls out right
06:55around this time
06:55every year and I
06:56don't feel like James
06:57Harden is a piece
06:58that puts you over
06:58the top he's often
07:00the piece that
07:00spirals and ends
07:01your season and I'd
07:03love the idea that
07:03the Pistons defense
07:04could pounce on James
07:05Harden and really
07:07make him look foolish
07:09so do you first of
07:10all do you have a
07:11degree of confidence
07:12one way or another
07:14so I'm gonna and
07:16Gator brought this up
07:17you know when we're
07:18when we asked him
07:19yesterday your his
07:20degree of confidence
07:21when the Pistons were
07:21down 3-1 if they
07:23were gonna come back
07:23and win the series
07:24and you know something
07:25they do on their show
07:26so I'm gonna steal it
07:26is his 51 his 51
07:29was that they were
07:31gonna come back and
07:32win I kind of feel
07:34like that's where I'm
07:35at right now in
07:36everything that you've
07:37laid out everything
07:38that I've looked at
07:40whether it's the the
07:41Cavs against Toronto
07:43it was the Pistons
07:44against Orlando and
07:46I'm I'm kind of in the
07:4851 that the Pistons
07:50win but that's that's
07:53what you get when you
07:54get further in the
07:55playoffs is you get
07:57teams that are hey
07:58it gets harder as you
07:59go but how much when
08:01we listen to Cade
08:02Cunningham after game
08:03seven the lessons that
08:05they learned in that
08:07series is there a
08:09benefit can they
08:10capitalize on those now
08:13heading into the
08:13Cleveland series yeah
08:15and to be clear like I
08:16just think this is a
08:17tough one to call if
08:18they were playing the
08:19Knicks I feel good
08:22even though they've
08:23what have 30 the last
08:25three games they've
08:26been up by 30 points
08:27at some point in those
08:28games I mean they've
08:29been on a roll no I
08:30know but I love the
08:31matchup for Detroit I
08:32would love to face the
08:33Knicks they're not and
08:34if they're facing OKC or
08:36San Antonio in the
08:37finals I wouldn't be
08:38doing a well I'm not
08:39really sure I would
08:40give the edge to those
08:41teams out west 49
08:43would be with the
08:44business sure I think
08:47this is just a really
08:47tough one to call both
08:48teams just went 7 both
08:50teams have issues the
08:52matchups I have a hard
08:53time deciphering who's
08:54winning this series so
08:55we flip it to you guys
08:57if you have a degree of
08:58confidence hey the
08:59Pistons are winning or
08:59boy I just think there's
09:00one or two things that
09:01are going to keep them
09:02from moving on let us
09:03know we'll get to those
09:04phone calls next it's
09:0597 one
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