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The Valenti Show

Should Jaden Ivey Return from Injury in the Playoffs?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Rico and Stoney talk Jaden Ivey's imminent return from injury and whether it should happen this season.

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0:00.0

248, 53997.

0:03.2

Again, who's set of coming up at the 4 o'clock hour?

0:06.5

Pistons, Knicks tomorrow, approximately 6 o'clock tip-off.

0:12.3

Madison Square Garden.

0:14.9

And we made, you know, I think the Knicks are going to win the series.

0:20.3

You know, it doesn't make me a bad person, I don't think.

0:22.6

But there are other things that might make me a bad person.

0:24.8

That's not one of them.

0:27.0

I think it's just the Pistons are not as good as the Knicks.

0:31.2

It's that simple.

0:32.6

I'm not going to sit and break down every particular matchup.

0:36.4

But if you want to love love my main reason is the next

0:40.0

their two best players or three best players or four best players are better than the pistons

0:45.6

starting five cade arguably is the best player you can argue jalen brunson if you want

0:51.4

especially if he's 100% healthy, that's fine.

0:55.7

I'm not going to get into that argument.

1:02.7

But everybody else, from Kat to Josh Hart, the rest of their lot, the bridges, I'd rather have their other four.

1:04.7

Stoney, I'm with you.

1:05.6

I mean, for the Pistons to win this, let's just say Kate is the best player on the court,

1:12.6

you got to have somebody else step up.

1:13.5

You got to have somebody else become that Robin, who's going to be that guy that plays well

1:18.9

with Kate to help get the Pistons through this seven-game series.

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