The Pistons do not have a player over the age of 30 on their roster. Surprising right? Keeping All-star center Andre Drummond was their biggest priority this offseason and they managed to do so. They hope to surround him with some young talent and make a higher seed in the playoffs so they don’t have to play the Cavs in the first round. They drafted 2 players this draft: Michael Gbinije from Syracuse, Henry Ellenson fro Marquette. Ellenson is has great upside and is a great shooter from outside. He has the size and length to be a great inside scorer too but he is definitely going to be deadly with the pick- and pop this year with Reggie Jackson. In Free Agency the Pistons signed Boban Marjanovic, the 7’3 center from the Spurs, Ray McCallum who spent most of hi years as King and Ish Smith who played well for the 76er’s last year despite their losses. It’s only a matter of time before Stanley Johnson breaks out into the player we all know he can be considering how young he is. They have a lot of size down low now and used free agency to sign some guards to help Reggie Jackson out. The Pistons were the 8th seed and I expect them to keep that position or maybe move up to 7th, but they are still going to lose in the 1st round. The starting line-up will be: Reggie Jackson, KCP, Tobias Harris, Marcus Morris and Andre Drummond. My sleeper pick is going to be either Stanley Johnson or Henry Ellenson. Stanley Johnson has the potential to win either 6th man of the year or Most Improved player of the year. The Pistons might have to look into the Draft and draft that next great player. I’m not telling them to tank but I do not think they have the talent to take it past the 1st round with the players they have.
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