Detroit Pistons Mock Offseason 2.0

DETROIT, MI - APRIL 22: Ish Smith #14 of the Detroit Pistons warms up before Game Four of Round One against the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2019 NBA Playoffs on April 22, 2019 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Brian Sevald/NBAE via Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - APRIL 22: Ish Smith #14 of the Detroit Pistons warms up before Game Four of Round One against the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2019 NBA Playoffs on April 22, 2019 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Brian Sevald/NBAE via Getty Images)
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This is the second article that I have put out that attempts to envision what the Detroit Pistons off-season could look like depending on the focus of the front office.

In the first article, the Detroit Pistons approached the off-season with the general assumption of not making trades, staying under the luxury tax, and trying to fill voids left by the renouncing of all cap holds. If you haven’t read it yet, go ahead and check out part one and part two of that mock off-season.

In this second look at the off-season, we will adjust some assumptions and constraints and leave others as they are. As always, this isn’t meant to be predictive or even what I personally would like to see happen, but going through this process could demonstrate some of the situations Ed Stefanski and company find themselves in as well as the decisions that they need to think through.