At 2-13 the Detroit Pistons own the worst record in the East and the entire NBA through 15 games. Not a lot to like about this team to start the season.
The Pistons is not a contender, at best they will get the #5 pick. They lost Sadiq Bey and gained James Wiseman.
Well it’s still soon on the season. Reaching roughly 20% , but seams that people already learn. I am talking about all people everywhere.
0 playoff wins in 15 years and we still tank.
Five lottery picks (not even counting Bagley or Wiseman since the Pistons didn’t draft them) who can’t shoot 3’s is a recipe for disaster in today’s NBA. Maybe Cunningham and Ivey can work themselves up to average+ shooters, but Hayes can’t shoot at all and Thompson is somehow even worse than that. Having more than one non-shooter on the court at a time is a bad idea for a modern-day NBA offense, yet Thompson and Duren are probably Detroit’s 2nd and 3rd best players.
I think it was an expensive mistake to throw $12M/year at Monty Williams when you know the team is going to be bad regardless, but it’s not my money. Monty has always had a stronger rep as a developmental coach than a championship X and O’s guy, which was probably the thinking in making a Godfather offer to him, to try and teach good habits and winning basketball even if it wasn’t going to happen right away.
Thompson is young enough that we have no idea what kind of shooter he’ll end up being, non-existent, solid, good, etc.
Kawhi, Jimmy Butler, and Lonzo Ball were all dudes with broken jump shots who were able to fix them and get better.
Butler and Ball are poor counter-examples since Butler has never fixed his shot (32% career 3P%) while Ball’s release looked funky but he was never a bad shooter.