Everyone starts to pick up the pace of the previews so let’s move on. On the program today, direction Michigan to discuss a franchise that may – a little – talk during the season. With Cade Cunningham, number 1 in the last draft, a huge talent has landed in Detroit. With a first pick accompanied by Jerami Grant, Saddiq Bey and our Frenchie Killian Hayes among others, the Pistons will be interesting to follow. However, do not expect many victories for a workforce that is still very young and with little collective experience.
To take the aperitif while talking about the Pistons season, it’s here!
What happened last season
We knew the Pistons went into a rebuild with Dwane Casey as captain and that’s what happened. With quite a few young people and a few more old ones, the start of the season was quite special. Nobody really finds his role, Killian Hayes is injured quickly, the defeats follow one another. Only Jerami Grant is the leader and confirms his nice check signed in the offseason by being the leader of the race at the MIP. Then comes the month of February when a big cleaning is required. Exit Derrick Rose and especially exit Blake Griffin, the page is finally turned in Michigan. Make way for the new generation of Pistons, with cool young people including the revelation Saddiq Bey, even elected once player of the week. The muscular Isaiah Stewart will also make a place in the racket in the second part of the season and at the very end, Kiki returns to find some sensations. But above all, on June 23, 2021 during the Draft lottery, a little boost in the reconstruction of the Pistons with the first pick that falls. Selection during the summer of Cade Cunningham. Spoil, we might talk about it again.
Detroit Pistons, the 2020-21 report: year 0 of the reconstruction at Motor City, and obviously it was quite painful to live
Some useful links
The summer market
- They left: Mason Plumlee, Jahlil Okafor, Sekou Doumbouya, Tyler Cook, Deividas Sirvydis
- They re-signed: Cory Joseph, Hamidou Diallo, Saben Lee, Frank Jackson, Rodney McGruder
- Ils arrivent : Cade Cunningham (Draft), Isaiah Livers (Draft), Luka Graza (Draft), Kelly Olynyk, Trey Lyles, Chris Smith
Lots of movement this summer in Michigan. With a workforce in total reform, the management of the Pistons has been very active. In addition to the draft which made it possible to add in particular Cade Cunningham, several other signatures. Kelly Olynyk will come to play the uncle in the racket accompanied by Trey Lyles and his shoot while on the back posts we did not always understand the mess with Cory Joseph and Rodney McGruder who were cut… then resigned. Hamidou Diallo has been extended, as have Saben Lee and Frank Jackson for their hair. Some departures also with Mason Plumlee and Jahlil Okafor inside, but above all, we will remember the failure of the Sekou Doumbouya project in Detroit which is packing its bags after two years in Michigan.
The 2021-22 roster of Pistons
- Leaders: Killian Hayes, Cory Joseph, Saben Lee
- Rear: Cade Cunningham, Hamidou Diallo, Frank Jackson, Rodney McGruder
- Wingers: Saddiq Bey, Josh Jackson, Chris Smith (two-way)
- Strong winger: Jerami Grant, Trey Lyles, Isaiah Livers
- Pivots : Kelly Olynyk, Isaiah Stewart, Luka Garza (two-way)
In bold, the potential starters, according to the famous sources close to the file
With all the moves of the summer, the roster is brand new in Michigan. To say, Killian Hayes, sophomore, is now the oldest player in the locker room. Moreover, we can easily imagine the French holder on the backcourt with Cade Cunningham to form a young, fairly complementary duo. Saddiq Bey and Jerami Grant should occupy positions 3 and 4 without too much surprise and, finally, we want to put a little room on Isaiah Stewart as the starting pivot in view of his very good end of last season. For the rest, a lot of old on the bench (Joseph, Lyles, Olynyk) but really few talented players. If the five major is exciting enough (and inexperienced), behind it is not necessarily dreaming and it may be fair to win even thirty games.
The banker’s little point
Crazy enough, more than 45 million dollars will fly into the pockets of cut players next season! 45M for players not in the team! Otherwise, rather good raises the Detroit Pistons in terms of the tunasse, no big follies. Jerami Grant finally fully assumes his annual 20 million and Cade Cunningham goes directly into the top 4 salaries of the franchise, which means that there is no bullshit. As a bonus, with many team options, the Pistons will be able to do a lot of testing this year to choose which players to keep in the long term. A very good situation to keep flexibility and leeway in a rebuilding franchise.
For the complete analysis of Pistons finances, it’s here
Read TTFL tips
Clearly, to choose a type of Pistons in TTFL, it will undoubtedly be necessary to have exhausted its quota of big pick. If Jerami Grant should guarantee around thirty points each night, we are always looking for better. To see what Cade Cunningham can give, will he become a premium pick? In any case, he will have balls in his hands, so he should ensure him a minimum in each match.. From there to making boxes, everything in its time. For the rest of the workforce, maybe a Stewart or a Bey on baked nights, but it will really be the bottom of the drawers.
The good TTFL plans at the Pistons, it’s here
The Doc paragraph
When we look at the Detroit infirmary last season, three names stand out. Hamidou Diallo for starters, who missed thirteen games over last season for a right hip tension, as well as three for one inflammation of the right knee. These alerts are not very worrying but remain to be watched, it is never good to accumulate injuries so young. Kilian Hayes For its part, had a very complicated season in the infirmary. He collapsed in the middle of a match in early January following a subluxation of the right hip with a tear in the labrum and forty-one consecutive games are missing. While he had to take five more nights off at the end of the season, it will be necessary to watch the Frenchy’s hip. Jerami Grant, to finish, knows a small alert at the beginning of March and misses two games because of a contusion to the left quadriceps. His end of the season is however much more complicated, he only played six of the last twenty-one meetings, suffering from right knee pain. Not a lot of info released since then, but it should have had time to recover, to watch out for when resuming.
What immediate impact does Cade Cunningham have on the Pistons?
This is THE big question around the Pistons and Cade Cunningham for the coming season. Crack announced by some, ultra dominant in NCAA, rather at ease in the Summer League, what will be the impact of Motorcade in the NBA? Will he be able to pass a course to the Pistons from his rookie season? In a franchise in reconstruction and with a workforce not crazy crazy either, it is difficult to imagine a real level passed by the Pistons this year. His duet with Killian Hayes seems quite complementaryJ, Erami Grant and Saddiq Bey to support him in the wings it’s really cool, and Stewart to pose extra mammoth screens, but Cade is going to have to really bring his scoring and his leadership to this team. who really needs it. Balloon in hand, he will create and make differences. After, to see how much he is able to repeat that in an NBA context where every night, he will have big defenders on his back. If we have no doubts about his individual ability to meet expectations and level up, will it be the same with his teammates? Will he manage to make them better in his first season like a true generational talent? If so, be careful, it could hurt a lot. Otherwise, no worries, in Detroit, we are at the start of reconstruction, development always takes time. So many questions and questions around Cade, and here we are very excited and impatient to have some answers to the resumption of the season because we will see, perhaps, the great debut of one of the best NBA players. of the coming decade.
The editor’s prognosis
24 wins – 58 losses, 14th in the East. Arrival of a future star in the workforce, but an overall level still too low. Cade Cunningham will bring the Pistons for sure, and along with Jerami Grant they will be the leaders of this team. However, if this group mixes youth and experience, it has little collective experience and lacks talent. Dwane Casey knows it, he is still in a development phase and it is likely to go through a lot of defeats this season.
The arrival of Cade Cunningham gives a certain hype to the Pistons. The number 1 in the draft is heralded as a very big future and we can’t wait to discover his debut in the Great League. With our French leader in the boat, we want to see Detroit succeed, but the season promises to be quite complicated overall. Spoiler therefore, the defeats will largely take precedence over the victories, as often in the reconstructions.
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