The good and bad for the Pistons without Jerami Grant

The Detroit Pistons are playing much faster without Jerami Grant

I know it is a small sample size, but the Pistons have been playing noticeably faster without Jerami  Grant in the lineup.

The pace is better, they are getting more shots and getting out in transition far more than they do with Grant and finally getting some easy buckets to offset their terrible 3-point shooting.

The Pistons have been showing some full court press, clearly trying to speed up the game, and it has worked in short bursts for them in the last two games even though they still lost.

The number that really stands out to me is fast break points for the Detroit Pistons.

With Grant, the Pistons average a paltry 10.8 fast break points per game, near the bottom of the league.

Without him, Detroit has gotten 18.7 fast break points per game, a number that would easily lead the NBA.

Jerami Grant does tend to be a ball stopper who dribbles too much and does his work in isolation. Since he’s been out, the ball has moved more, the Pistons have run more and it has paid off, as they are scoring more points and showing that this is how they should be playing all of the time.

Detroit is averaging three more assists per game with Grant out of the lineup and the offense has just been a lot faster and more fun to watch in general.

But not everything has been positive.