Hamidou Diallo has his moments, and he certainly has the athleticism to get steals, but often gets lost on the weak side and isn’t a great on-the-ball guy either.
Isaiah Livers is a good team scheme guy, but not super athletic or a great one-on-one defender. When you look at some of the top teams (Warriors, Clippers, Suns, Celtics) they all have at least one very good wing defender who they can match up on the other team’s best perimeter player and switch onto bigger and/or quicker guys.Īthletic, long and versatile wing defenders are a “must-have” in the NBA, and right now, Detroit just doesn’t have the guy.īogdanovic and Saddiq Bey are too slow to defend quicker small forwards or guards and it’s fair to ask if coach Dwane Casey is going to be able to play them together much at the same time because of it. Related Story: 6 young players the Pistons could target in trades with contenders What is far more concerning to me is how un-athletic Detroit looks on the wing, especially on defense, where they lack the type of true wing stopper that all of the good teams have. Even after adding Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks, it’s pretty clear that Detroit will need better shooting (and better shooters) if they are going to continue to shoot 45 from long range per game on average.īut young shooters like Cade Cunningham are going to improve, and 3-point specialists aren’t that hard to come by in trades or free agency, as we just saw in the Bogdanovic trade, as the Pistons got one of the better long-range shooters in the league for practically nothing.
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We talk a lot about the Pistons’ lack of shooting, which has been in full display in the first two preseason games, as they have hit just 30 percent of their 3-point shots. The restoration of the Detroit Pistons is getting closer but there are still some major roster needs that Troy Weaver needs to address.
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