00:03hello everybody uh we've got a very limited amount of time but i i do want to comment on
00:10something rico that that otto had in there and bicker staff said i actually don't all jokes
00:16aside i know the show is going to get preempted it's not that i don't mind this the kicking off
00:22the season with a festival where like the games are all starting at different times i don't mind
00:28a matinee there's something about it where it's like once a year why is baseball the only one who
00:35does start early i kind of dig this you know what actually mike is two times a year but the
00:40second
00:41time it happens it's almost like appointment viewing and everybody wants to be on that day
00:46it's christmas for the nba yeah you're right used to be the nfl decided i'm the captain now right but
00:52it was you know you wanted to play at noon oh you know what put me on in whatever time
00:56on christmas so
00:58if you're the pistons yeah this is kind of a badge of honor this is the nba tipping its cap
01:03saying
01:03we saw what you did last year you've earned the right we're going to put you on our special day
01:09and yeah i would if the nba continued doing this this is something to strive for to be a part
01:15of that opening day ceremony regardless of whatever time the game that you play i you know i don't mind
01:21it yeah what's a one-off type and you know what else i like it's like baseball and tigers in
01:26their
01:26opening day and it's and all smarm aside it's very difficult for me to get engaged on nba basketball
01:32this early in the season they did select three really good games you know spurs thunder nicks
01:37sixers celtics piston no lakers they did not but i i wanted to offer you this i think i know
01:48the singular key the key to the pistons entire season outside if you can't have half your roster
01:54die i think there's one thing this comes down to that if this team is going to forget about
02:00matching the record that that's not what this is going to be about last year was a historically bad
02:06east everybody died and you were the gym class heroes i'm talking about you being a better team
02:13and that being a better team mattering in the playoffs the key to this team getting to the
02:20eastern conference finals let's see if we have the same key i think it's singular i think it comes down
02:25to one singular person and it's not jaylander the singular the key that unlocks is it denied
02:37it means stop sign i think it's going to be a sore thompson's ability to evolve his offensive game
02:43or not that if this is a kid that can start averaging 15 plus a night can hit an open
02:50jumper
02:50could hit a corner three to the tune of call it 34 percent 33 percent be the open floor demon
02:57that he
02:58is and we know the nine mean stop sign rico that it's nothing to do with dern dern's dern i've
03:04given up
03:05on any hope that his game will evolve after five years in the league but a sore this is the
03:09moment
03:10i think a sore is more valuable than dern i think a sore is unlocks because trajan langdon decided he
03:17didn't want to do anything this offseason a sore is the entire key to this season of do we get
03:22playoff joy or not am i over yes yes it does am i over no no you're it's it's funny
03:32because
03:34i said between a sore and dern whoever can show the skills that they haven't shown before whoever
03:42worked on something and bring something new to the table this year that's going to be the difference
03:48maker if if either one of those guys did that then yes if all of a sudden you know a
03:53sore just has a
03:54i would even settle for the rip hamilton corner you know the corner free throw jump shot type of thing
04:01just an added dimension anything to your game if you and you're if you could just make 25 from
04:10the no no no enough to enough to make teams have to go out and guard you when you're out
04:16there i need
04:17you at 33 come on league average is 36 i understand but that's a major leap look can we 30
04:24can you be
04:2430 no 32.5 just enough that i because right now i can leave you out there i know i
04:31don't have to guard
04:32you make a couple shots and now all of a sudden you can't ball down the middle or if during
04:38in the
04:39time that he had off developed his game and maybe he's going to surprise us all i would like to
04:46see
04:46that but i think those one of those two would need to step up so yeah we were on the
04:50same page
04:51because kate is going to be kate and he's going to do what he's going to do i just need
04:56one of these
04:57guys to really step up and help this man out so that his back is not broken come playoff time
05:02because he has carried this team once again two four eight five three nine 97 97 so yeah it is
05:08the
05:09pistons opener and i know we're in the heart of football season i i am most intrigued this week by
05:14red wings watch are we getting that trade as it's been hinted at is that happening this week
05:21and then yeah obviously lions packers and i i said it yesterday and i'm sure it's i'm sure evan
05:26has used the the cannon to blast it out on socials like rico and i have a helmet bet i
05:32think the lions
05:32are absolutely beating the packers he thinks they absolutely are not it's an exciting uh dialogue to
05:38carry through the weekend uh and i will tell you the helmet is being manufactured okay speak and we
05:44can't manufacture the helmet bet for behind the glass because the game has to take place so we can
05:50commission what we need paul sarah with the dan marino legacy helmet david david are you going
05:57wolverine custom yes okay over the steeler selection yes okay look very exciting things but for today
06:04we'll give you a little piston stock what do you expect out of this team this year and do you
06:09believe
06:09what i've put out there or what rico's like it really does just sometimes occam's razor as rico likes
06:16to say it's sometimes simplest explanations the best if a sword thompson could take that leap
06:23and can be a third option on a playoff team can he be a 15 16 point a night guy
06:29can he give me the
06:31ability that hey i got an undersized player on me can i rise up and take an 18 footer can
06:37i hit an
06:37open corner three to rico's point i'm going to stand out there anyways can i be welfare bobby portis
06:43i know the rest of his value and i love a sewer's value i think that is the beginning middle
06:49and end
06:51barring trajan doing something as currently constituted that's the thing see i'm going to go
06:58with the assumption that he's not oh thank you for this because why get your hopes up i mean we
07:05do
07:05this for every team no they're going to make a big trade brad holmes is going to make a big
07:09trade
07:09deadline and by big trades you mean i don't know i'm just hope i'm hoping back cj gardner johnson
07:15no that guy needs to be done in the nfl spitting on people really rehab back in detroit villain wear
07:23the
07:23ski mask i think that it's uh if one of those two whether it's a sewer or there's jalen duran
07:31if they could show a different element and add an element to their game to have really helped kate out
07:36especially when it comes to scoring because we didn't get that second score we didn't get the true
07:41robin to his batman so if one of these two can really step up and now for like jalen duran
07:47i kind of feel like you need to prove it to the people because that whole off season whether you
07:53swear up and down i didn't say anything all that stuff was just made up well it came from somewhere
07:57you kind of need to show the people that you're worth the 200 million that you're about to get and
08:03if
08:03you're for if you're a sore i think people really want to see you take that next step because
08:09defensively man you he's phenomenal you're you are like just all world can you just give us some
08:15points and just not be the new version of ben wallace that's right and give us some type of
08:21i'll tell you the other one you just you know great comp to the ben wallace thing i also need
08:25you
08:25you can't be shooting 50 from the free throw line yeah he is a guy that's going to attack the
08:28rim
08:29he is a guy that can attack in the open floor i can i get you shooting 75 yeah if
08:33duran can do that
08:34as a as a gigantic dinosaur i can so again it's all about a sore to me i think everything
08:40with the
08:40pistons about a sore don't call up and go well if kate gets hurt no we're baking in losing superstars
08:47and it's like tarry's halliburton got hurt guess what you're dead the india indian apples wasn't the
08:53same team 248-539-9797 david have i oversimplified i think it all comes down to a sore you tell
09:01me
09:02no i don't think you've simplified it or oversimplified it at all um it does amaze me
09:06because i'm even doing it in my head where ron holland isn't even a factor and i don't think he
09:11can be no i don't consider a problem i don't consider it at all um you're right on thompson but
09:18i don't even
09:18think about the leap that ron holland has to take because i just don't think he's going to take it
09:24ron holland just makes me sad and angry because oh geez i expected something out of that so i just
09:30try to just block that out especially when you see i love the idea of it i supported them trying
09:36this is the other side of the coin but i guess the fall off between him and castle is just
09:43like wait
09:43how how is one it's pretty seismic that it's interesting because today the news came out
09:49that they uh took his rookie extension the um the one year left on his deal and the first thing
09:55i
09:55thought about oh 11 and a half million okay now that now there's more money now to put into a
10:01trade
10:01not even thinking that the player could actually be something for us i'm already thinking of 11 and a
10:06half million that's more money to put in a trade david you're better than me because the first thing i
10:10thought of when i heard that news was why but no you're right he can go into a trade but
10:17yeah i just
10:18that always just bothered me especially watching the nba finals like how is you were the fourth pick
10:24he was the fifth pick that shouldn't be that big of a drop buddy buddy that drop off is sydney
10:30sweeney to a brick that drop off is stark sydney sweeney to little sweet
10:39sweet yeah not sweet text coming in david talk to me what do the people have to say
10:45you're coming in saying uh totally agree mike i was thinking 14 to 15 points a night can a star
10:51also help k do more off ball type of action uh and distribute that is a key for him to
10:58me it's just
10:59about can you become a viable option that when the ball is passed to you in an advantaged position
11:07can you help this basketball team that is all i am asking if he can do that this team won't
11:15matter
11:15that the east is better you'll be better may not don't worry about the record you'll be better
11:22outside of k none of these players would be in rotation on any true contender in this league
11:28it's kade and a bunch of bombs 35 wins max what i i think with the exception durin would be
11:35in the
11:35rotation a sore would be in the rotation if you want to say the other pieces wouldn't i'm not mad
11:43at
11:43you no duncan robinson wouldn't be i can factually say that because he was not in the rotation in my
11:50miami's playoff appearance before he came here no i don't think dennis jenkins would play somewhere
11:57else i i agree but let's not throw the baby out with the bath water just because i don't think
12:02your big three is constructed to win a championship it doesn't mean they're they're terrible that's not
12:06it no but at some point you start looking at the east and let's just say that you know philly
12:12is
12:12what philly is supposed to be you got to be able to match points for points and i don't see
12:18how this
12:18team is constructed for that unless these two really rise up and and show some type of growth
12:25from last year and that 60 wins we'll get some of the people in the mix we'll get you to
12:29piston
12:30celtics to kick off the nba season as well 97 one
12:33you
