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The Valenti Show

How The Pistons Can Take Another Leap This Offseason

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Rico hypothesize some potential moves for the Pistons this offseason.

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0:00.0

All right.

0:00.6

So if you missed anything,

0:02.0

Odyssey.com rewind. Obviously Pistons are the story of the day. We do want to spend just, I don't know, 15 minutes or so today on the Tigers briefly because this is kind of a pivotal week. I mean, I understand it's not do or die, but, guys, it's as important as it gets within the first, you know, third or half of your season. You've got a four games set here. Yeah, you've lost four straight series. You're losing a bunch of bad teams. You're five and a half out plus Cleveland's got three games in hand. So, yeah, we'll get to that. But the Pistons, look, that's the main deal. And I said what I said to start the show. I stand by it. There's no malice behind it. It's just me being real. In a time where very few people are real with you, you can love me or hate me. It's your prerogative, but I'm real with you. I'm glad last night happened the way it did. Oh my God. Why would you say it? Simple, hear me out. Because

0:55.8

teams in this city need to get slapped around once in a while to wake up. Everybody, you know,

1:02.6

Rico does the Coney thing. Every, every team in this town sits at the same table and they pass around a bong

1:09.8

and they all get high on their own supply.

1:13.2

For the Pistons, the idea that this front office would play grab ass and be all slap happy this

1:18.7

summer with how smart they are, as if they were close to anything other than just being a pinata

1:23.5

in the final.

1:24.5

No, I'm glad they got bombed by 50 last night because now Trajan's got to earn his

1:30.8

money. Trajan can't just sit there. He can't offer you, Karris Levert. He can't sit a deadline

1:39.2

out. He can't sit the draft out. Kade deserves, and you, the paying customer, you deserve a second star in this town with

1:49.8

this team so they can truly open their championship window.

1:53.8

So in the grand scheme, unless you were a delusional goofball who thought this team was

1:59.7

somehow awesome.

2:05.0

Last night, if you're going to go down, go down in flames.

2:06.3

It beats losing at the buzzer.

2:10.0

I just brought up Kauai beating the Sixers seven, eight years ago.

2:12.2

I'd never want to lose a series like that.

2:12.9

No, no, no.

2:17.4

Last night, every Pistons fan went through all the stages of grief and they were hitting acceptance as they hopped in their car or they turned off the set and said, you know what, enough's enough.

2:23.3

You went through everything.

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