Ranking the 7 worst Pistons starters of the Andre Drummond era
Ranking the 7 worst Pistons starters of the Andre Drummond era
#5: Josh Smith, 2013-14
I am sure there are some who would put Smith as the worst player on this list and they would have an argument. I chose to put him higher just because he might have been ok had he been in a better situation. Of all the players the Pistons tried to use around Drummond, Josh Smith was one of the worst ideas and the results were completely predictable.
As the rest of the league was starting to turn towards 3-point shooting and bigs who could step away from the hoop, the Pistons doubled down on the 90’s and tried to build around three bigs who couldn’t shoot at all.
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Detroit won just 29 games this season trying to use Drummond, Greg Monroe and Josh Smith together, with Smith leading the team in minutes, as well as backboards broken with bricks. He shot just 26 percent from long range and is the Pistons’ all-time leader in drawing “NOOOOOOOOO’s!!” from fans as he launched a shot.
Smith was a step slower and had lost some bounce from his time in Atlanta, where he was consistently good. What the Pistons got was an ill-fitting, brick chucker who was a terrible fit with what they already had and will go down as one of the worst free-agent signings in team history.