re: Letting Christian Wood go was a huge mistake

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Honestly who knows if Christian Wood is putting up those numbers on the Pels. We already have enough players to get minutes for, I dont really know how many minutes Wood would get on this team

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Well considering the plan was to have Hayes in the G-League this year, you could've kept Wood for the $1.6m and take those minutes. Or you could've kept Wood and signed a 3&D wing instead of Favors. Wood wouldn't be putting up the same numbers like he is in Detroit, but we let cheap talent walk for nothing.

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My point is that Wood is close enough defensively to Hayes that how much better Wood is on offense tells me that Hayes actually doesn’t have a higher ceiling.

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This really couldn't be further from the case. The reason Wood jumps around so much is because he's a terrible defender.

I think he will be fine defensively. His only problem right now is his size and discipline. Those things will come with age and experience.

Hayes and Wood are two totally different kinds of players. Jaxson Hayes has more in common with DeAndre Jordan or Jarrett Allen than Christian Wood who is more of a Rashard Lewis type stretch big.

Wood is in his sixth season and averaging less than one three made per game this year. In the past 2 years in the g league, he shot 27% and 32% on 3.5 attempts. The two years prior, he shot 24% and 25% on 2.8 attempts. His 3 pt shooting % this year is abnormally high compared to anything else he’s ever done, albeit on low volume.

I’m pretty sure some of y’all see Wood in the one or two games the Pistons play on national tv per year, and act like expert scouts based on that incredibly huge sample size.

I think the hope is that Jaxson Hayes develops a shot, similar to what Wood appears to be doing, but hopefully it takes less than 6 years.

The fact that a guy who has been on 6 different teams in 6 years, including multiple stops in the g league and a stop in China, apparently wanted his dick sucked to buy in and be part of the team, tells me all I need to know about him, even if he would’ve been a huge help this year.

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Wood is in his sixth season and averaging less than one three made per game this year. In the past 2 years in the g league, he shot 27% and 32% on 3.5 attempts. The two years prior, he shot 24% and 25% on 2.8 attempts. His 3 pt shooting % this year is abnormally high compared to anything else he’s ever done, albeit on low volume.

I’m pretty sure some of y’all see Wood in the one or two games the Pistons play on national tv per year, and act like expert scouts based on that incredibly huge sample size.

I think the hope is that Jaxson Hayes develops a shot, similar to what Wood appears to be doing, but hopefully it takes less than 6 years.

The fact that a guy who has been on 6 different teams in 6 years, including multiple stops in the g league and a stop in China, apparently wanted his dick sucked to buy in and be part of the team, tells me all I need to know about him, even if he would’ve been a huge help this year.

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SO, who's watching one or two games? You? Since Drummond was traded and he became the starter, he has averaged 33 minutes a game. shooting 53% from the field, 43% from 3 (on 4.2 shots a game), 79% from the FT line, and has averaged 21.2 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and 2 assists per game. Not bad for the scrub you are trying to make him out to be.