Eight predictions for the Detroit Pistons’ season in 2016-17
By Duncan Smith
Ray McCallum will take the third point guard spot.
Poor Lorenzo Brown. After a great Orlando Summer League stint, it looked like he would be the de facto front-runner for the final roster spot and the third point guard role.
Fate had other things in mind, as did Pistons’ head coach and president of basketball operations Stan Van Gundy. On July 27th, just a couple of weeks after Brown’s excellent summer league run, the Pistons signed point guard Ray McCallum to provide some depth and competition for that spot.
McCallum has local ties, having gone to high school at Detroit Country Day and attended the University of Detroit Mercy.
He also has an experience edge on Brown. McCallum has played 154 NBA games in his three-year career, starting 40 of them with the Sacramento Kings, the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies.
Brown may find himself a spot with the Grand Rapids Drive, the Pistons’ D-League affiliate, or he may find himself starting the season as a free agent, but this third point guard role is McCallum’s to lose at this point.