The Detroit Pistons have been all over the place in their last seven games.
After losing six in a row, the young Pistons have gone 3-4, which isn’t terrible considering they have several players injured including Cade Cunningham.
But the losses have been ugly blowouts and revealed the Pistons’ biggest and most obvious weakness, which is that they can’t defend.
They are going to be the worst defense in team history and currently it’s not even close, as they are nearly seven points per game worse than they were last season, which set the mark for the franchise.
The overall offense has ticked up in the last seven games, as the Detroit Pistons are averaging 114.7 points per game.
But that doesn’t much matter with the way their defense is playing, as they have given up 119.2 points per game in that stretch, allowing some huge point totals in the losses.
They’ve now lost two in a row and will face Philadelphia again tonight with Jalen Duren and Bojan Bogdanovic joining Cade Cunningham, Marvin Bagley III and likely Isaiah Livers on the bench, so it’s very likely the Pistons are going to lose their third straight.
Let’s face it, an ugly season is probably going to get uglier when it is all said and done, especially if the Pistons give in and trade Bojan Bogdanovic before the deadline.
All we have left is development and hoping the young players improve individually and as a team as the second half of the season unfolds.
Here are the players who are trending in the right direction, and two that are not.