Detroit Pistons: Five NBA free agents to improve shooting
Could Kendrick Nunn (36.5% career three-point shooter) be a hot shooter for Detroit Pistons?
Kendrick Nunn had a breakout rookie year at the age of 24, which is weird to think about. Since his late blossoming, Nunn has cemented himself as a legitimate NBA scoring threat, who lacks no confidence shooting.
In college, he was not a deep threat until his senior season at Oakland University in Michigan, where he then erupted for 11 attempts a game, making 4.5 of them on average.
Clearly, Nunn has no problem jacking up shots.
His playmaking and ballhandling are not great. Nunn averages nearly twice as many turnovers than assists, but playing alongside a facilitating point guard (like Killian Hayes, or Cade Cunningham?), he can wait for the ball to come to him, meaning fewer dribbles and fewer turnovers.
If Detroit can get him for a fair price, he would add to the young talent the team already has, but teams could be at risk of overpaying for him.
Duncan Robinson (42.1% career three-point shooter)
Frankly, the Miami Heat won’t let Duncan Robinson go. They would be fools to do so, and Pat Riley is one of the best executives in the league. He is no fool.
Robinson is a starting-caliber player, so, like Danny Green, he’d have to play alongside Bey and share the ball. However, he has proven that he can do that.
If Detroit managed somehow to get Robinson this offseason, the team would immediately be playoff-bound.
With elite inside scoring between Isaiah Stewart and Jerami Grant, and Robinson and Saddiq Bey raining down threes, the offense would become unstoppable.
Paired with a top-10 defense, the Detroit Pistons would immediately become the inarguable most interesting team in the Motor City.
Signing Robinson is a pipe dream, but if it happened, the Pistons would be one of the most dangerous teams in the league.
Even if they only got the seventh seed, no team would want to face them in the playoffs.