This has not been the season we hoped to get from the Detroit Pistons.
And the coverage has reflected that, including ours, as it's been largely focused on the negatives of what will likely go down as the worst team in franchise history.
Blame has been spread from the owner on down and just about everyone has taken their fair share of shots from fans and media.
This goes against my nature as Homer #1, a fan who has been following this team for a LONG time and tries to look for the positives.
So here are a few that the Detroit Pistons can hopefully hang their hats on for the rest of this season and into the future.
Cade Cunningham's 3-point shooting
Cade Cunningham has been on fire from behind the arc of late. He's leading the NBA in 3-point percentage since the All-Star break, a welcome development that we knew was coming at some point.
Since hitting over 48 percent from 3-point range since the All-Star break, Cunningham is up to 36.4 on the season and climbing. He's now hitting over 45 percent from the field on the season and putting up counting stats that would have him in the All-Star game if he were on a better team.
The Detroit Pistons need Cade Cunningham to be a superstar and all signs are pointing toward that eventuality.
Ausar Thompson is figuring it out for the Detroit Pistons
I love watching Ausar Thompson play basketball.
He's already very good at so many little things, especially on defense, where he is a borderline All-Defensive player in his rookie season.
And there are signs that his offense is catching up.
He's been shooting over 50 percent since the All-Star break and nearly 30 percent from long range. No one is going to mistake him for peak Klay Thompson, and he doesn't need to be, but if he can hit league average some of the spacing concerns in the starting lineup get less daunting.
I hope to see him continue to be aggressive with the ball in his hands, and continue to take the open shots when they are there for him. When defenders have to start closing out on his 3-point shot, he's going to be trouble for the league.
The Core Four starting to gel
After not seeing much action as a group for most of the season, the Pistons' young core of Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, Ausar Thompson and Jalen Duren has now played 335 minutes together, the most of any 4-man unit for Detroit.
In that time, they have an offensive rating of 109.5 (not great) and a defensive rating of 110, so the net rating is still in the negative, but barely.
These four, regardless of what happens in the offseason, are the future of the team and the Pistons will only go as far as they take them, so to see them starting to come together is a positive sign.
Cade and Duren are developing real chemistry in the pick-and-roll. Ivey is learning how to feed off Cade's gravity and Thompson can be the glue guy that holds it all together.
They aren't there yet, but things are trending up for this group and the addition of a real stretch four would help get them there as well as improve the bench by bringing Isaiah Stewart off it as the backup center.
The Detroit Pistons have a long way to go and it's not all going to happen this season, but these developments, along with some impact offseason additions, could get them there.