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The Detroit Pistons will spend the rest of the NBA Playoffs wondering what could have been. Detroit endured a massive letdown Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers . That letdown prompted a blunt truth from NBA legend Paul Pierce .
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The verbose Pierce called out the Pistons' structure during his appearance on the No Fouls Given Podcast. He believes Detroit is limited depth wise and comes with just two untouchable players: Cade Cunningham and Daniss Jenkins . But he isn't high on Tobias Harris and everyone else, leading to Pierce to believe a roster blowup should happen .
"The rest of them I'm exploring trade options. I'm exploring that," Pierce said. "Look at the roster, this roster has no upside."
He mentioned Ausar Thompson earns a chance to return, though. But only if a certain aspect of his game changes.
"Unless Ausar comes back and he's shooting threes like Klay Thompson , all right, cool. [But] that's not going to happen," Pierce boldly said.
The 2008 NBA champion with the Boston Celtics didn't stop bashing the Eastern Conference's top seed.
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"I would have thought this was the first game of the regular season the way Detroit played, that's what it look like," Pierce said. "It didn't look like life on the line, season on the line, at home to advance. It didn't look like that to me."
Cleveland unleashed Donovan Mitchell and others to spearhead the 125-94 rout inside Little Caesars Arena. Mitchell dropped 26 points through 31 minutes on the floor. Center Jarrett Allen delivered 23 points while Evan Mobley scored 21.
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