Detroit Pistons: What the lineups, rotation and depth chart should look like

One thing became clear while the Detroit Pistons were being blown out by the Knicks: the Pistons are playing too many guys.

Just about every player on the roster got minutes against the Knicks, partially because it was a blowout but also because the Pistons are 2/3 of the way through the season and still don’t know what they have in certain guys.

I have been 100 percent behind Dwane Casey’s ethos of making players earn minutes but at some point someone needs to win these positional battles, grab the role and get most of the minutes so that they can get into a rhythm.

While it’s been fun to watch young players battle for time, you can’t play 13-14 guys in every game and ever expect any of them to get into a groove or figure out their role.

I wrote recently that Casey needs to figure out his starters and set a rotation and depth chart for the rest of the season so that players have some idea of where they stand moving forward.

Here is the starting lineup I’d love to see, as well as a depth chart for each position.

Detroit Pistons: What is the Pistons’ starting lineup?

Here is the starting lineup that most Pistons’ fans would like to see, as it represents what most of us feel will be most of the future core of this team:

• PG- Killian Hayes
• SG- Hamidou Diallo
• SF- Saddiq Bey
• PF- Jerami Grant
• C- Mason Plumlee

Depending on what the Pistons do in the draft, Hayes and Diallo could be the backcourt of the future, so let’s see them play together.

Bey and Grant are clearly the two forwards of the future and Plumlee has played well all season and has been a glue guy for any lineup and also gives them another passer.

This could very well be the opening night starting five for the Detroit Pistons next season, so why not get started building that chemistry now?

These are the Pistons’ five best players, so let’s start getting them some playing time together so the team can see what it has for the future.

After the starting five, things get more complicated, so here is a depth chart for each position.