Detroit Pistons: 3 positives and negatives of 2019-20 schedule

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Positive: Favorable early-season schedule

For all of the doom and gloom of the end of the season, once again the Pistons are poised to start off hot. The Pistons play Washington, Cleveland, Chicago, and Charlotte four times before the All-Star break in mid February. Those teams combined last year were four of the six worst teams in the league by record and the Pistons record against them was 9-6, with four losses against the Hornets.

It’s reasonable to assume the Pistons record against Charlotte will change considering they let Kemba Walker go and replaced him with “Scary” Terry Rozier.

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Washington is going to miss John Wall for another year, leaving Bradley Beal to play hero ball with *squints while looking at their roster* Ian Mahimi as his running mate. Imagine paying Ian Mahimi $15 million per season, couldn’t be me.

Cleveland isn’t going anywhere while paying Brandon Knight $15 million in the 2019th year of our Lord. Chicago made some seemingly good moves signing Tomas Satoransky and Thaddeus Young, but I’m not convinced Otto Porter Jr. and Zach LaVine are going to make the Bulls relevant yet.

Out of those 16 games, it’s not unreasonable for a good team to win at least 10-12 of those matchups. For the Pistons, it’s an absolute necessity to come out of those games on top, as they tend to struggle against better oppenents.

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