Detroit Pistons Season Wrap: The Starters

With a lot of talk about the draft, and draft prospects after the draft lottery, the time is right to bring you all the season wrap for the starting line up.

One of the biggest problems with the starting lineup for the Detroit Pistons, was the inconsistent energy levels night to night. This led to a lot of lineup tinkering from Stan Van Gundy, as he was trying to find a solution. This led to some issues with team chemistry and the offense spluttering a little bit, as players tried to figure out how to run and participate in the offense as required.

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If we take a look at the basic team statistic rankings, we discover that the Detroit Pistons ranked 7^th in opponent points per game, and 4^th in rebounds per game. Then we find out that they ranked 24^th in assists per game, and 26^th in points per game. So this makes it very clear that the offense needs improve and if the defense maintained its level of play, then a lot more games would’ve end up being won.

For more detailed analysis of the Detroit Pistons offense, particularly the first quarter, my colleague Duncan Smith has just written a detailed analysis.

Let’s take a look at the individuals within the starting lineup. The lineup I’ve used is: Reggie Jackson, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Marcus Morris, Jon Leuer, and Andre Drummond.