PistonPowered
Fansided

Detroit Pistons: 3 former players who would have helped the this year

By Nicolas Henkel

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) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
2 of 3
Next
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons Tobias Harris. (Photo by Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Tobias Harris

Obviously if the Pistons still had Tobias Harris, they wouldn’t have Blake Griffin on the team and that just wouldn’t be ideal. However, considering Griffin missed a large majority of the season and even when he was playing, he wasn’t at full strength, Harris could have filled that hole seamlessly.

Since his departure from Detroit, Harris has played for the Los Angeles Clippers and is currently a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. His defense and his shooting are his staples, and those were both prevalent necessities for the Pistons this season.

More from PistonPowered

Their depth was heavily crippled and with Griffin out, Sekou Doumbouya under-preforming (or being under-utilized), and Svi Mykhailiuk’s cold stretch to end the season.

Harris’s shooting percentages have slowly begun to dip, after shooting a career best 43.4 percent from three with the Clippers a season ago. Since then he’s shooting in the mid to low 30 percent range.

His offensive consistency comes and goes, but what remains the same is his effort on both ends of the floor. He can go cold in crucial moments, but if he were back on a team where he has a more featured role, Harris could get his confidence back.

Outside of Rose, the Pistons hardly had any surefire way of getting a bucket this year. Having Harris back would have provided them with more versatility on that end of the floor. Everyone clearing out and letting Rose isolate was getting a bit predictable.

Home/Pistons News