3 takeaways from the Detroit Pistons’ embarrassing loss to Warriors

Detroit Pistons: The Pistons need more speed and athleticism

One thing was clear last night: The Warriors were the much faster and more athletic team.

Andrew Wiggins looked like prime Dominic Wilkins at times against the less athletic Pistons’ defenders, as did Jonathan Kuminga. Both those guys are super athletes, so this is not shocking.

But the Warriors’ guards also ran circles around the Pistons last night, as Poole and Payton II were getting wherever they wanted on the floor and had ton of wide-open shots.

The Pistons countered with Hamidou Diallo, who was able to make a difference on the boards, but for the most part they looked pretty slow last night.

I will concede that this is mostly because the Warriors are built on speed and shooting, and even though these were their backups, they play disciplined offense that leads to a lot of good shots.

But I don’t think it’s unfair to say that moving forward, the Pistons need some more athletic rim runners and speed.

Losing Isaiah Stewart was a huge blow last night, as he is one of those guys who provides athleticism on the defensive end, so let’s hope his ankle injury is not serious.

I don’t think the Pistons need to make huge changes to their roster, but adding some more athleticism should be a priority now that they have most of their skill guys in place for the future.