Much respect to Jalen Brunson. The guy plays like a boss and always leaves it all on the floor. Didn't matter today his team had no real chance to win. He just made up his mind to destroy the Bucks no matter how they tried to stop him. On the other hand, while the Bucks defense definitely isn't where it needs to be, they still have a great chance to reach the Finals if they stay healthy. Whoever finishes the season #1 in the East has a cakewalk to the ECFs while the 2 and 3 seeds face a battle royal in the 2nd round.
Pistons owner Tom Gores vows 'change is coming' with GM Troy Weaver's future apparently in jeopardy Dec 23, 2023 article He believes the notion of selling the team is “ridiculous” but is troubled and concerned by the 2-26 record. Gores wouldn’t say it outright, but Weaver appears on the clock to turn this around in a very short amount of time. “I expect change,” Gores said on a Zoom call from California on Friday night. “We expected a lot more. But we have to be real and then there’s some things that hadn’t been working with the makeup of the team. “Accountability that has to be held. There might be additions, you know, to staff and all that stuff, but what’s for sure is change is coming.” ... “We have a lot of people who are good assets and good advisers and everything,” Gores said. “It’s really Troy and I. There’s a lot of people who might want to go in a different direction. But the voice of it all is really Troy and I. We’re accountable for where we’re at. “There’s voices everywhere. I hear what you’re saying. With Troy and I, it’s an aligned vision. But I understand the vision has to get adjusted, and Troy does, too.” ... It’s too much noise, too many differing philosophies on how this team needs to be built, and it’s led to this quagmire the Pistons find themselves in. A legacy franchise, one of a handful to win multiple titles in the modern NBA (when the playoff expanded to four rounds and 16 teams in 1984), looking dreadful and at times, rudderless.
