The East Pistons, West Spurs, the bottom of the East and West, have experienced 20 consecutive defeats and the other has 17 consecutive defeats, both breaking the team history losing streak. It doesn't matter when you win, it's where the team is headed.
The Pistons' next three games are home and away against the 76ers, and away against the Bucks, and the 23-game losing streak is almost a certainty, and fans will not have any extravagant expectations. The biggest concern for fans now is, who should the Pistons build their team with? Cunningham is a good player, but he's slow and has a low ceiling, and he can be a great role player, but he can't be developed as a core. Bogdanovic played well for the Jazz for a few years, but at best he was a rotation player, even more useful on the bench. As for players like Duren, it's even less of a core material. Now that it is very difficult to trade superstars in the transfer market, since you are ready for the lottery, it is better to find a core rookie to focus on training, to put it bluntly, to accelerate the reconstruction.
The Spurs were no better than the Pistons, who drafted Wembanyama, but the Spurs lost three more of their first 22 games than last season. Wembanyama's talent hasn't fully materialized either, with a low three-point shooting percentage of 25 percent. Although Mr. Bobo doesn't care about any losing streak, the fans are upset. The current Spurs are basically the youngest team in the league, but except for Wemban, the others are mediocre and not malleable, and even suspect that Popovich may have looked for next year's rookie and rebuilt the Spurs in the next big game. But at this stage, what the team lacks most is playmakers and three-pointers. Organizers need to be honed by the game, and a good three-pointer, especially a good 3-and-d, is hard to come by.
Both teams used to be the hegemons of the NBA, but now they are at the bottom of the league, which is embarrassing. At this time, it is also a time to test the stickiness of fans, and real fans will always accompany the team to rebuild and grow. I hope that the two teams will get out of the quagmire as soon as possible and make a comeback.
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