Detroit Pistons season preview with The Athletic’s James Edwards III

What do you see as Detroit’s biggest weaknesses heading into the regular season?

Edwards III: I think turnovers are going to be an issue. They struggled with turnovers for most of the preseason and that was without their two young backcourt guys playing together. The history of the NBA says young guards struggle with turnovers. and I think Cade and Killian are going to struggle with turnovers.

Rebounding is going to be interesting. Are they going to get enough from the wing guys to help Isaiah Stewart, like Jerami Grant? Casey said on Sunday he wants Grant to have five or six rebounds, at least, a game. Frank Jackson had some really good rebounding games, can he keep that up? Same with Josh Jackson, can he keep that up? They’re going to need a group effort to rebound well.

What about their strengths?

Edwards III: It’s the fight that they have. This team is made up of guys who compete at a very high level, who compete throughout the course of a game. I think they’re going to stay in a lot of games and make games very annoying for better opponents because of that, similar to last year. It’s going to be a continuation of that. It’s a team that’s going to play hard night-in and night-out and I don’t think that’s going away.