Wenby understood that he is a bit unique in that he’s going to have a lot of overseas endorsement deals. So in a similar way to Ohtani, he understood his total income is going to be a lot greater from a variety of sources than most players and could afford to still make a ton of money from the NBA but not take every last crumb off the table so as to chase rings.
They’re just copying Jordan’s Playbook actually but aren’t we all
Players in Texas and Florida already have a tax and weather incentive. Foreign players similarly have a foreign endorsement incentive. Wemby just has all that going such that success may just increase his brand more.
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Their management is Troy Weaver and Joe Dumars. Are we supposed to be surprised?
They know that internal development is the only real way to build a team.
Troy and Joe are like my mom’s mom, in the way that she would just find whatever scraps were in the fridge put them all in a bowl and in goes the lime Jello mix…. and out comes something they think is presentable, but no one wants to eat lime Jello impregnated with whipped cream walnuts grapes shredded carrots and hot dog pieces.
I know back in the day, grandma, that was right there in the Betty Crocker cookbook of good stuff to put out for people in the '50s, but Lord please no.
Makes zero sense
Sorry going to have to blork that one. I get what you’re saying but that is an on-ramp to arguing about someone’s political record
Btw does every Detroit gm does just enough to keep them alive and not get fired. Holmes can’t miss the playoffs again, Yzerman had teams almost make the playoffs, Harris back to back playoffs but didn’t do nothing to make them actually make them a elite contenders. And now Langdon moves were trying to fix a Crack with a duck tape it will hold on for awhile but we need to fixed again
Anyone else annoyed with lebaby not signing. Once he leaves the game nba might come back. Dude is a selfish prick.
I have no love for LeBron… But he’s not the problem in today’s NBA… The game is unwatchable for me with the flopping and lack of traveling calls
Not really. He’s not coming to the Pistons, so I don’t care one iota.
Not my point. Dude thinks hes the nba. Just sign with a team already
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We can also assume that as he thought about his team and its needs this offseason, he thought about the last 2½ minutes of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Those 150 seconds not only changed the direction of the Pistons’ postseason but defined it. More on them in a moment.
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If the Detroit Pistons got worse this offseason, then their three best players didn’t get better.
And if they didn’t get better in June, July and August, the Pistons aren’t going anywhere in April and May anyway.
Scoff all you want. But Trey Murphy III isn’t changing that. LeBron James isn’t changing that. Even Kawhi Leonard wasn’t changing that.
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But Leonard wasn’t interested. Langdon moved on.
Fault Langdon, if you must, for not finding a way to add a proven second scorer to the Pistons roster.
But don’t be surprised. Not because he’s afraid to deal – or afraid to win. And not because he’s been infected with some imaginary bug that leaves only Detroit sports execs unable to swing big trades.
No, don’t be surprised because Langdon told us as much in May after the Pistons lost to the Cavaliers in seven games in the second round of the NBA playoffs. He knew his team needed to get better. He said the improvement would have to come from outside and from the inside.
Betting on youth is pretty common for champs
Believe it or not, that’s a real strategy – and one employed by a majority of the Association’s most recent champs.
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Now, let’s get back to those minutes last May, to Rocket Arena in Cleveland, to the moment when Cade Cunningham had the ball in his hands near midcourt, attempting an inbounds pass with 2:34 left in the fourth, the score tied and the Pistons leading the Cavs, 2-0, in the East semis.
…Cunningham tried to throw the ball over the top. Strus leapt. Caught the ball. Raced toward his team’s rim. And laid it in, giving Cleveland a 106-104 lead.
On the Pistons’ next possession, Cunningham turned it over again, this time after throwing a soft pass to a rolling Duren, which Jarrett Allen easily intercepted.
…..Cunningham eventually came up with the loose ball, dribbled up the court, drove into the paint, left his feet, realized he had nowhere to go and tried to flip a pass to Tobias Harris on the right wing. Harris barely caught the ball, but his momentum carried him out of bounds.
Three straight Cunningham-driven turnovers.
Perhaps you’ve forgotten. Langdon has not.
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This may not be your strategy or even my strategy, but it’s a strategy, and it’s far from foolhardy. Langdon – at least for now, and at least until the trade deadline in February – is pushing everything he has into the middle of the table, betting on his three best players getting better.
If they do, the Pistons will contend. If they don’t, Langdon will have to answer for that.
I’ll try to make this better for you:
The more uncertain the landscape for other teams, the better for the Pistons.
James to 76ers. Such a bitch
■■■■ my stupid roommate who I’ve known since first grade. ■■■■ him!!!
https://x.com/i/status/2080682515187056676
More than any of our pussy ass general managers could ever imagine doing. ■■■■ them.
not enough balls for that team. sometimes it backfires.
Our GMs watching the same teams year over year do just enough to keep their jobs.
Ngl if I end up in Miami for med school I’m going to be a Heat fan. I’m sick and tired of these Detroit teams sitting on their hands all the goddamn time and never getting any better. My dad is a Lions, Tigers, and Red Wings fan which is why I’m a fan of those teams, but he could really care less about the Pistons. I picked them all by myself on 2K like an idiot. If you’re not a fan of a big market team in the NBA there’s really no point.
You really get unnecessarily wound about teams winning the off-season.
Take a breath, young man.
It’s fairly rare that winning free agency = winning the championship.
