Rod Beard: #Pistons Dwane Casey: “I’d rather over-pass than under-pass. With our skill set, we have to be a passing team and we have to be on-time and on-target with our passes…we have to create angles and openings with our timing.”
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Rod Beard: #Pistons Dwane Casey on …
Rod Beard: #Pistons Dwane Casey on second unit missing Kelly Olynyk: “Leadership. Our entire team is missing his offensive leadership and defensive acumen — what to do and where to be, and his talking on defense.”
Aaron Rose: Casey says Cade Cunningham …
Josh Lewenberg: Dwane Casey on …
Dwane Casey on Cade Cunningham: He’s a natural leader
Omari Sanfoka II: Casey on Cunningham: “He’s a natural leader, he’s a natural guy with the ball in his hands. Not a point-guard, per se, but a basketball player with point guard skills. His size is a plus for us and his shooting will come around.”
Killian Hayes to return tonight for Pistons
James Edwards III: Dwane Casey said Killian Hayes (thumb) will play tonight in Houston.
Cunningham through four games has been …
Cunningham through four games has been a bit inconsistent as he knocks off some rust after missing most of training camp and the preseason with an ankle injury. However, he looks to be rounding into form, totaling 35 points over his last two games. The Pistons knew coming into his debut that he would need some time to adjust to the NBA and Casey reiterated that statement on Monday, saying he is still learning the league.
“I’m not making excuses for him, and …
“I’m not making excuses for him, and I’m as hard on him as anybody, but you miss a month of training camp where you get all of the basics, you don’t play in any exhibition games and come into this league and try to perform, that is difficult to do. I’m giving him a mulligan on that one. This is nowhere near what he can be and will be as a player. There is just so much to learn, so much to go through for him and the team when your quarterback is down a little bit. He has a lot of growing to do but I have all of the confidence in the world he is going to get there because of his ability and IQ.”