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Pros and cons of Collin Sexton for the Detroit Pistons

ByAaron Kellerstrass|
Collin Sexton #2 of the Cleveland Cavaliers moves the ball up court against the Detroit Pistons (Photo by Dave Reginek/Getty Images)
Collin Sexton #2 of the Cleveland Cavaliers moves the ball up court against the Detroit Pistons (Photo by Dave Reginek/Getty Images)
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Cleveland Cavaliers John Beilein and Collin Sexton have a word against the Detroit Pistons. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

Pros and cons of Collin Sexton for the Detroit Pistons

Collin Sexton’s Fit

Pros

The Detroit Pistons need scoring and Collin Sexton can score. For all the talk about the frontcourt this season, it was really the backcourt that let the Pistons down, as they were forced into starting Cory Joseph, who is not a starting-caliber guard in the NBA.

Adding a 20+ppg scorer would create space for Cade Cunningham to operate and give him another target to kick out to. Cade averaged 10.5 potential assists this season and Sexton would help turn some of those dimes into assists.

Yes, Sexton is on the small size, but he doesn’t play like it, and playing alongside a big, quality defender like Cade Cunningham would mask most of those deficiencies.

You can’t win without scoring, so the Detroit Pistons have to add someone who can consistently get buckets, and Collin Sexton can get buckets.

Cons

Putting Sexton in the backcourt with Cade Cunningham forces the Pistons to put the number one pick on the other team’s best guard.

While Cade is up to the task, it would be nice to have a two-guard who can at least hold his own or even take on the tougher assignment so that Cunningham isn’t always forced to defend the other team’s best guard.

While Sexton can play off the ball some, he is far more comfortable with the ball in his hands and can sometimes be a myopic isolation player, which does not fit into how the Detroit Pistons want to play with Cade.

Detroit was at their best this season when he ball was moving and they weren’t playing iso-ball, so adding a player like Sexton doesn’t make a lot of sense.

He could negate a lot of the positives Cunningham brings as a playmaker and any move that potentially takes the ball out of Cade’s hands should be scrutinized closely.

In the end, Sexton does have the scoring punch the Detroit Pistons need, but he doesn’t bring enough else to the table to justify the payday he is likely to get and could possibly stunt the growth of Cade Cunningham on both ends.

I hope the Pistons look elsewhere for offense this summer.

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