The Detroit Pistons opened their preseason schedule on Tuesday at the Palace of Auburn Hills against the Indiana Pacers. As you might expect with the first time a group of players hits the floor for the first time together in a competitive fashion, they did some things really well and some things rather poorly.
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As intriguing as the opener was, due to a lineup full of young players and newcomers, the second game of the preseason on Thursday against the Brooklyn Nets holds just as much mystery.
The Pistons scored a lot of points, and they gave up a lot as well in a 115-112 loss. They shot the ball surprisingly well, especially from three-point range, but they turned the ball over a lot. They have injury issues that seem to be minor at the moment, but they’re worth keeping an eye on.
Two of the youngest players on the team, Stanley Johnson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, played out of their minds. That’s great, of course, but it’s not sustainable. What’s worth more is to see what their sustainable level of production will end up being, and it’s going to be important to see if that level is acceptable.
We’ll take a deeper look and investigate the five biggest story lines going into the Pistons second preseason game.