Langston Galloway should no longer play for Detroit Pistons

With the arrival of Svi Mykhailiuk and the play of Bruce Brown and Khyri Thomas, there’s no longer a reason for the Detroit Pistons to play Langston Galloway.

In the 2017 free agency, Detroit Pistons former Head Coach/President of Basketball Operations Stan Van Gundy handed Langston Galloway a three year 21 million dollar deal.

Throughout the first year of the deal many wondered, “Why is Van Gundy not playing Galloway?” After all, Van Gundy just handed him a decent sized contract the same year.

A year and a half later we’re wondering, “Why is Dwane Casey playing Galloway?”

Galloway has been nothing short of a disappointment.

All the cool and creative shoes are fun to see, but it gets old after months of bricking threes off the rim. Galloway is in the middle of a season that sees him shooting a career low 32 percent on career high attempts from beyond the arc.

His previous career low? Just last season at 34 percent.

Galloway can get hot at times, and no doubt those stretches are fun. His quick release and willingness to shoot at anytime can be fun to see when he gets his takeover mode.

But, those times only come around every now and then, and are filled in between with such cold stretches it makes Michigan feel warm.

Along with his lack of shooting, his defense hasn’t been great either. With the trade of Reggie Bullock and Stanley Johnson, the Detroit Pistons find themselves lacking length and size at small forward position.

Playing Galloway with Luke Kennard leaves the Pistons open to being man handled on the wings.

Playing Galloway with Brown also will leave the team open to being destroyed on the wings.

Galloway lacks size at 6’2″, and if he isn’t making his shots (which he hasn’t the past two years) he basically his worthless on the court.

No better example to show this than the Pistons last loss against the Boston Celtics.

The Detroit Pistons had a seven point lead over the Celtics in the first quarter with the starters in the game. Galloway came into the game with 3:24 left to go in the first quarter; in his next five minutes of play, Galloway was a -14.

In FIVE minutes, Galloway was a -14. That is putrid.

In the meantime, Thomas and Svi both received zero minutes on the night.

There is no longer any reason to see Galloway get consistent minutes in games moving forward. He should have a permanent seat sitting right next to Glenn Robinson III at the end of the bench.

Thomas has shown defensive potential, and the capability to hit open jumpers with his smooth stroke. In his limited time on the court, Thomas is shooting 37 percent from beyond the arc. He’s also shown some craftiness attacking the rim, and great basketball IQ inside of the half-court offense.

He is only 6’3″ but plays bigger than that, thanks to his strength and 6’10” wingspan.

Svi was brought here because he’s a young prospect who, ideally, can spark it from outside. He is also 6’8″, and is much more qualified to guard wing players than Galloway is.

Both guys if their shot isn’t falling are capable of bringing other aspects to the court that Galloway just can’t bring. Both, specifically Thomas (albeit limited time), have shown that they’re actually capable of bringing the one thing Galloway is SUPPOSE to be bringing…

Shooting.

The days of wondering why Galloway isn’t playing are over, and here come the infinite amount of days we wonder why he’s on the court.

With better options behind Galloway, we can only hope Casey opens his eyes.