3 o'clock, good to have you with us. If you want Lions' conversation on a multitude of topics,

Odyssey.com rewind. I want to talk some Pistons, though, and do it in a fun way. If you're,

you know, you know this is a show we ain't doing game recaps, win or lose. It's two months left

in the NBA season. I'm also not here to, I don't think differently about the Pistons after last night.

I also don't think it's fair to use terms like reality check.

Stop.

I think the only person who needs one of those is Jim Costa.

You're going to get out here talking about their winning the whole damn thing.

It makes me question whether you watch the league.

The point I'm making is this.

The way I viewed the Pistons is they are good to very good by Eastern Conference standards,

and I have no problem if you view them as the favorite to win the East.

Full stop.

So last night didn't change anything.

That's a Western conference power at the height of their powers.

So what I decided to do was this.

You have people that are super positive about this team.

And then you have people that are kind of positive, but have doubts.

No one can be negative about them.

The Pistons are a really good basketball team.

And they have the benefit of playing where they play.

So here's what I set up.

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