Previews, forecasts and projections for the Detroit Pistons and the rest of the NBA have been coming in fast and heavy in recent weeks. Just Thursday morning FanSided offered their assessment of the Pistons and a preview of what is to come in 2016-17.
The one thing that all of the prognosticators and previewers had in common thus far: They’re all humans.
Most recently, the machines have weighed in. That’s right, FiveThirtyEight’s computers have run their simulations and found the Pistons to be wanting.
A quick background on the simulation from FiveThirtyEight’s predictions page:
How this works: This forecast is based on 50,000 simulations of the season and accounts for team fatigue, travel distance to games, and home courts with higher altitudes.