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The Valenti Show

Valenti Can't Believe This Caller's Level Of Belief In The Pistons + Jalen Duren

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Mike is confounded by this caller's thoughts on the Pistons.

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0:00.0

We'll get right back to the people, Kenny.

0:01.6

We'll catch up on text momentarily talking about the pistons a little bit, but in a fun way, right? Everyone has to be positive about it. I just think there's levels to it. I think certain people have lost touch with reality and have just put on a cheerleader's outfit. I can't do that. I think they're good, and I think they've got every right to believe they can win the East. I don't believe they're winning a championship. But we are asking the question, okay, after last night, you watched the Spurs game, whatever. I never thought they were better than the Spurs. The point is, here are three reasons you can make the finals. Here are three reasons you can't. But you got to accept. You can be positive and pick two positives. You got to pick one of the concerns. No team in basketball has no concerns. No. Correct. As badly as some of you want to say, the pistons have no concerns. The point is, pick three. And we've given you the three. It's been a good conversation with people. Let's go to

0:54.3

Mark on a cell. He's up next. Ninety seven one. Mark, how you doing, buddy? Great. This is a fantastic

0:59.8

topic. I was just picking up my son from school and we were getting into it, teasing out the

1:05.1

arguments. And we found something. So we agree with both of you.

1:12.0

Rico and Mike,

1:13.2

your positive is that they've got the best defense.

1:16.1

Agreed.

1:16.8

Okay.

1:17.4

Your concern is that they can't shoot the three.

1:21.4

Agreed.

1:22.1

Okay.

1:22.6

So what's the swing vote here?

1:25.1

Well, the swing boat is the fact that they are two sides of the same coin, right?

1:29.9

Cade isn't a superstar.

1:32.4

And by saying that the concern is that he doesn't have enough help, that's acknowledging

1:36.8

that he's a superstar.

1:38.9

So you're actually naming the same thing, and that's why everyone's so ambivalent about this, right?

1:45.4

It's really two and two.

1:47.5

Yeah, I mean, it can be.

1:48.7

The fun of it is when you force people to make it two and one.

1:51.8

So if I said to you 51% 49, which way do you lean when I limit you to three?

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