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Im not even going to front. I was so emotional watching Cade's reaction after the pistons lost their 25th straight. Someone trade for that man. He can actually have a career if he wasnt in the basketball equivalent of North Korea.

In order to have the worst record over 82 games, they can only win 6 more. The 72-73 76ers went just 9-73. The worst winning percentage goes to the Bobcats when they went 7-59 in a lockout shortened season. By going 8-74 the Pistons would claim both records.

As a lifelong Bulls fan, I have a special hate for the Pistons. Even I am starting to feel bad for them. How can you not win a single game by accident, once in a while?

1000% Agree. For anybody who hasn't watched the Spurs. If you do, you'll realize just how bad certain players are. Worse yet, the Spurs have no point-guard at all!

1. You have 3 bigs (who play the same position and non of them can stretch the floor) 2. You have a rookie who can’t shoot, not even a lil bit 3. You have cade cunningham solo squading team 4. It’s Detroit

Thank you for speaking out against misogyny in basketball discourse. It’s so rampant on social media and makes it difficult for me to engage as a female fan-and what’s crazy is the endless stream of ridiculous macho/toxic/alpha cringe takes about players never get men disqualified as a group from having opinions, but god forbid a woman adds to the discussion, lest an army of insecure man children rage about it. Liked the rest of the video too, please keep up the awesome content!

You’re so right about the whole situation regarding how women are treated in NBA discourse. Honestly depressing to see how normalized it is to attack someone’s competence solely because they are a woman.

Wemby's situation low-key sounds like the teammate situation LeBron had to deal with in his rookie year

thanks for that last part of the video rusty.. it’s a serious problem that needs to be addressed by the league. but with players like miles bridges still here and karl malone being celebrated, it’s a long way to go. from what i’ve seen a lot of male NBA fans around your age agree on this point. maybe it’ll get better sometime in the future but for that to happen we need more people like you speaking up about it. this kind of shit makes the fan experience so tiring and i find myself avoiding even giving an opinion all together. it kinda negates the whole idea of an NBA “community”

As a lifelong Pistons fan, give Cade a better home. This ownership, this front office, and this coaching staff doesn't deserve Cade or any player. It's painful.

i’m so glad you addressed the sexism that is pervasive in basketball. it’s something that needs to be talked about way more often.

Cade doesn't deserve this, hopefully he lands on a contender one day.

True about Wemby, I thought I was crazy noticing how they avoid him since nobody talks about it. They huck him grenades and that’s about it

And the thing is the 3 teams with the worst record have the same odds for the no 1 pick, which makes this losing streak unnecessary

Fire Monty, Fire Weaver, Sell the team. If nothing else please fire Monty, he’s clearly lost the locker room already and his deployments are awful. There are real NBA players here, and the current people in charge have done nothing but fail the real talent on this roster.

11:44 Dwayne Wade is in that conversation for the Heat in 06, you can argue Chauncey Billups was the Pistons best player in 04.

Genuinely don't know what the pistons Front Office/Owners should do. Sell? Trade? Leave it be? They are that bad, unfortunately Cade

In the game against the suns where he had 38 they found victor under the rim consistently and he took over the game it’s like they saw it was that easy for him and just didn’t like it

Here is a true statement that will make you mad: Detroit is hands down the most consistent team in the league.

A lot of respect for your last take calling out people for jumping on her for that incredibly like warm take. This isn’t about politics or feminism, it’s just true that women’s opinions are not respected by a group of nba fans and just sports fans in general. Those people needa grow up.

Can’t wait to see the Pistons still get like the fourth pick in the draft after this horrendous season

That Bobcats team that only won 7 games also did it in a shortened season. So they had a win percentage of .106, meanwhile if Detroit continues their season on current pace of only 2 wins every 28 games then they will finish the season around 6 wins... in a full length season.

Thank you for calling out NBA twitter for hownawful they are. Its one of the most homophobic, misogynistic part of the Internet.

I’m loving these new rusty videos. I was loving the videos before but they got better and I’m a big fan of it

The Tony Ferguson of the NBA right now

i think that when the season ends the spurs and pistons should have their own 5 game playoff series to see which is the worst team and they get to hold whoever wins the scrub trophy.

Rachel Nichols has a lot of takes and I usually only see people give her mad respect? She's easily my favorite NBA analyst

Multiple topics in one video is dope👍🏿 "Rusty's Run Down" ??

they a different type of ass i swear😭

Why would people not pass the ball to Wemby? Its like a free extra 3 assists per game. That will keep you in the NBA

Marvin Bagley is currently leading the pistons in win shares.

It’s been 3 guards, Steph, Wade, and IT

Detroit fans and players keep your heads up . There is definitely talent on your team and as a Jazz fan i feel for yah

Multiple topics in a vid is definitely a great direction to go👍

I honestly think Wemby is getting the rookie Bron treatment from his teammates. I think Devin Vassell, Keldon Johnson, and picks need to be packaged for an elite level point guard (if possibly available).

Was at this game. U can see it in the players eyes. One run by the Jazz and the pistons had already, by their body language, accepted defeat

There was a FanDuel screenshot that someone bet $40 with a possibly $40k payout for the Pistons to not win another game this season 🤣

Might be the first player in the modern era to take that rookie qualifying offer and leave

They are probably going to break the bobcats record at this point. Which is sad in a way because it's the only time people really talk about bobcats.

Can you envision any deals with the Raptors? And Merry Christmas 🎅

John Wall told Rockets players to not get used to losing, and look at them now as the Rockets have young guys playing to win and they got Fred and Dillon there to help. The Pistons lack veteran leadership, guys to show young players the ropes in the league. People to tell them not to be complacent with losing. Ownership doesn’t care about winning, which makes the front office not care about winning, which leads to the coaches not caring about winning, which leads to players not caring about winning.

I think a ton of people in these comments forget how bad those 2011 bobcats were. They used to have debates about whether they could beat college teams. That team had a young core of kemba and biyombo. The best player was bad porno…… This pistons team is constructed like garbage where it’s like they threw a bunch of talented kids together and let them run amok. Guys like Stewart might look bad in a game like this but he’s actually pretty good and could be big factor coming off the bench for a contender but instead he plays in a system where you’re not even sure who the team is trying to build around unless they think they’re trying to rebuild to 2004 pistons team😂😂

The problem people have with the Brunson comment is not that he’s not championship number 1 it’s how they treat him in general, they treat him like a sub allstar. Also don’t do this cop out saying it’s because she’s a woman, they attack literally every ESPN person for saying the same thing about brunson

Bro as someone who watches every pistons game it made me lol that u suggested this had something to do with tanking. We are trying to win every game, believe it.

This is a point that I don’t think enough people think about. The longer the streak goes on, the harder it’s probably gonna be to break the streak, which is now currently at 26 as of my comment on Christmas Eve. The longer the streak goes on, whoever they play is gonna play like they’re playing the prime Warriors, Big 3 Heat or Michael Jordan Bulls cuz they don’t wanna be the team who ends Detroit’s streak. Detroit is gonna need some god level RNG to end this streak

it isn’t difficult to take a stance supporting women like Rusty did. yet it’s notable because it just does not typically happen from your other favorite creators. always wish you nothing but success man. smart analysis and a passionate guy. and most importantly someone with integrity

Wemby requesting a trade????🤣

Brother I like you because I can see you talk for long stretches without edits Respect to you my brother I love your work

It blows my mind how bad they are because they have a fairly talented team between Cade Ausar Ivey and Duren and then they have good shooters like sasser Harris burks bogdanovic and even Stewart has shot well

Pistons honestly need to undergo the process. Trade all their recent young draft picks (you couldn’t put into words the amount of draft capital they would get back), fire Monty no matter how big that cap hit is, maybe if you’re the owner fire the GM, and start this thing over completely from scratch with the scraps of the other 29 teams.

This is Cade Cunningham's second season technically. They have 3 frontcourt big men who don't stretch the floor. I'm not surprised they're the worst team in NBA history.

Bro you forgot Thompson twin 😭

9:09 Jeremy Sochan hasn’t played point for 3 weeks at this point. Like that argument, yeah it’s bad but they’re not doing that still.

they just lost to the salt lake city stars

Someone compile a gametape of their last 10 games and I'll watch it and give a opinion on what needs to be added and removed to make them competitive. Problem is i can't tell if the pistons even want to win, they always seem to be tanking for a pick.

Cade is doing great for my fantasy team at least. That's all I care about.

I've been thinking is this really the worst team in nba history, it might be but part of me thinks that the level of competition in the league has stepped up so much that really bad teams like the pistons, wizards and spurs don't got a shot against even the average teams.

They just don't know how to do basic things. Honestly, I don't know how most of them got to this level of basketball except on pure talent and/or physical gifts. I stopped watching them when I saw full games with players running to the other end of the court after every shot and not even trying for rebounds. Maybe they've corrected that but that shouldn't happen with any professional team. I've watched almost every minute of the Spurs this year. The "Wemby doesn't get the ball enough" narrative is nonsense. He gets it more than anyone on that team BY FAR. You can see it in his usage rating. They were complaining about him not getting the ball during that Bulls game 1) when his teammate had just made an easy floater, 2) when Wembanyama had camped out at the three point line, where he's quite literally one of the worst in the entire NBA, and 3) when the defender was in position to intercept the pass. The Bulls front court players were bullying him out of position. It doesn't help him to blame his teammates instead of him just working on being better at getting position. People want to believe the issue is his teammates because Wembanyama hasn't shown what they thought he would yet. Another thing he was supposed to do was be able to create his own shot off the dribble. I have MAYBE seen him do that like 4 times, and that's being generous. People throw out this "generational talent" phrase without any justification. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. But I'd say to look at the Bulls the year before Jordan and the year after Jordan or the Cavs before Lebron and after Lebron. Those guys had immediate massive impacts on winning.

How did people forget about the bobcats? Cavs? 76ers?

the bobcats i think have worst win percentage, but they won 7 teams in the lockout season. Worst record is the 73 sixers at 9-73

Can a young Lebron bring this team to playoff? That would be an interesting what if.

Crazy part is Cade is a baller.

10:29 - No, she didn’t say that. She said Jalen Brunson can’t be the #1 on a championship team because he’s small and proceeded to say that you aren’t winning with a small guy as your #1. Which is objectively false, Steph Curry, Chauncey Billups, Dwyane Wade, Isiah Thomas are all examples of this. If she had said unlikely, it would have been a valid take, but she based Brunson not being a #1 based on his height rather than his skill. Also, it’s disrespectful to all the small guards that could have been a #1 on a championship team but didn’t because of circumstances (Westbrook, CP3, Iverson) And yes, while I agree that there are a lot of people that jumped on her because she’s a women with an opinion, I strongly disagree that this was a good opinion. At the very least, it was an opinion that she did a bad job at elaborating with.

Coming up on one of the worst draft classes of all time, Pistons are destined to replace Sacramento as the leagues greatest poverty franchise for the next 10 years.

Yea I didn’t get why people were upset about the Jalen Brunson comments. As a mavs fan I love Brunson, man has definitely shown he is much better than he’s draft pick and he’s a fringe all star at least. But we all know that that Knicks team is missing something and Brunson as as your number 1 option won’t get you there unless the rest of the roster plays out of their minds. People have been saying it, but rusty is right. A women said so now people have an issue with it. It’s dumb honestly

Yeah, there are a lot of pretty good teams this year, but whatever you think of the players, Detroit with even a vaguely competent coach has four or five wins and not two. Yes, sell the team, fire the coach and everyone in the front office, and at least have open tryouts or something. There are guys sitting on their sofa watching that are better than some of your rotation guys.

I don't watch piston games so any fans would know more than me but what is the issue? Players,coaching,management or a combination? Cause this is getting sad

I’m not sure if Jalen can lead them to a ring so why people so mad at her lol

What’s worse? Being a pistons fan in 2020s or a Cleveland Browns fan in the 2010s. I say the browns but pistons could definitely take it.

They drafted 3 straight lottery guards who can’t shoot. Team building suicide in the 2020’s.

Nah the Becky Hammond take was fucking stupid. It would still be fucking stupid if anyone else said it. He’s not the typical formula for a championship caliber leader but he’s good enough to possibly do it provided he stays healthy and gets a more competitive roster around him

Watch them turn it around and go 10-0 cause rusty made a video on em 🤣🤣🤣

Expansion era of the NBA.

Pistons-Spurs Finals confirmed

Becky hammon is right though undersized guards cant get a team to a chip

Streets won’t forget Pistons vs Jazz 12/21/23

We say that and yes RB I agree with the women thing but they also bring up feelings in a competitive sport Don’t hold the same energy for their leagues enough to speak on them It depends the voice who give an opinion on basketball I believe we all agree Rachel Nichols knows basketball same with Doris Burke I would also say Reggie miller sister is well respected as well

Surely you just forgot to mention Bojan in your “real NBA players list” for the Pistons?

As a Spurs fan the most frustrating thing is how awful Sochan is. It takes balls to dye your hair and wear Rodman's number and then have a defensive FG% on par with Trae Young's and in the bottom third of the league. Feels like the Sochan PG experiment was Pop hoping he'd find some way to be able to get Sochan on the floor but he's useless and the only thing he does competently is shoot FTs. Having Primo and Sochan as your lottery picks in back to back years makes the front office look almost as incompetent as the coach.

The Pistons right now are the perfect argument against the lottery and gifting awful franchises the most talented players. Cunningham, unless he risks it all on his 5th year option, is stuck there for what... 7 to 9 years? All this loosing will be really bad for his developement as a player and his reputation. And it is not as if the Pistons suddenly turned into a shitshow. They have been bad on as an oragnisation for a decade. But as a reward, they get another Top 3 pick, they can ruin. Hopefully, someone offers Cade a 1+2 deal as an unrestricted free agent, so he can get out ASAP. But there seems to be a bro code between the GMs, not to offer short deal with lots of player options to unrestricted free agents...

Brunson can be a first option in a finals team if you mix him with the right components being great shooters and defenders and some dirty players like Detroit or golden state had to protect their smaller stars

Hey, you gotta put some respect on Zekes name. 4 guys with 9k assists. Magic, Stockton, Oscar and Zeke. Youre talking about a legend. The Badboys an ensemble... so what were the showtime lakers, Bird Celtics and Jordan Bulls? You know, the teams that all had 5 hall of famers on them at points in their runs. And he beat them all. Zeke was the superstar, he was the one that made them the bad boys. He took an "ensemble" against superteams and won. One of the best point guards in history and arguably the best of his era with Stock and Magic in the league. He also didnt have Karl Malone, James Worthy, Larry Bird, Kareem... if Zeke goes to one of those teams and plays with legends, like all the other legends got to do in that era, we talk about that man differently. He led a team that was hated by the nba officials to back to back championships and really got robbed out of a 3peat and he did it against 3 of the best dynasties in NBA history. Steph had way more fucking help than Zeke, so you really need to switch that narrative around. Zeke is that guy thay you're giving Steph credit for being

How dare you we at 26.

Pistons' been garbage ever since they broke up the Shaq and Kobe duo

Watch Ja Morant get more wins this season than the Pistons and the Wizards combined. It's gonna happen.

To me, this nonsense proves Coach Pop is done. The modern game has left him behind and he's shown no interest in innovating

1:32 I think it was the lockout year 2011 2012

thanks for speaking out for her at the end, it’s something that needed to be said

Still not worse than the bobcats imo even tho they might break that crazy 26 game loss streak reasoning for this for me is that that bobcats team had no real like good prospective players other than I think kemba but this team has Cade jaden Ivey asur and Jalen duren are all players w significant upside and from my prospective that’s the difference I would agree if we were saying the pistons were the worst disappointing team tho not I worst overall cuz I actually thought this team had some upside

I said earlier this year that the pistons should strip the young core down to three dudes Cade Durren Ausar and surroun them with vets who can get them wins. I think they would b aprime place for the bulls vets in carrusso torey craig and drummond. Two solid bench vets and a starter in carusso

Losses* should be in the thumbnail

Its hilarious reading this comment section comparing Wembys situation to LeFraud's rookie year😂😂 yall just cant help yourselves by interjecting that dude into any and every basketball situation. Its sickening.

Walt Frazier did it for the Nicks

Honestly Purdue or Kansas could hold their own against this Pistons team

the insane thing is that they are actually trying to win a game (the upcoming draft sucks) and still couldnt win because of how bad they are

Cade either gonna come out a diamond or a turd. No middle ground.

Watching this after Alvini's review of the Pistons for the last 15 years just shows there has been TOO many problems. Im talking they need HARD reset. Overhaul the roster and front office, sell the team, Thanos this bitch and click the big red button its over and no coming back

It feels like people make a video after each loss like its surprising. Should just pin the topic till they finally win one and the losing streak is finalized. Then we can marvel at its scope and ignominy without revision or revisitation.

I’d say Bojan and Stewart are nba level players on the pistons too