Detroit Pistons: Why Trey Lyles is an upgrade from Tyler Cook

The Detroit Pistons have too much redundancy

With Josh Jackson, Hamidou Diallo and Tyler Cook, the Pistons had three plus athletes, none of whom can shoot from range.

Jackson and Diallo are good defenders and have shown upside as shooters, especially Diallo, who shot 39 percent on low volume after coming to the Pistons in a trade.

The Pistons still haven’t re-signed Diallo, but if they do, there was no place for Tyler Cook, as you can only have so many athletes on the roster who can’t shoot.

Were you really looking forward to a bench unit with three high-flying bricklayers? Me either.

Trey Lyles at least gives the Detroit Pistons some variety of skillset, as they have a guy who can hit the pick-and-pop 3-point shot at a fairly high rate.

Lyles also has more experience than Cook, who has barely played in the NBA in his two seasons even though he’s been on four different teams.

Lyles comes from the Spurs, so you know he has been well coached and will know his role and how to fulfill it.

This was not a splashy move, but it shows Troy Weaver is being smart when filling out his roster depth and is trying to get his young guards more offensive weapons.