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Niyo: Pistons stand pat but issues remain

Auburn Hills — They’re all on notice now, from the point guard who became a center of attention in advance of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline to the franchise center the Pistons made a point of including in talks as well.

But it goes beyond Reggie Jackson and Andre Drummond — or any other player, for that matter — now that the deadline has passed and everybody’s still present and accounted for at The Palace, if not wholly accountable yet, based on Thursday’s Jekyll-and-Hyde performance against the Charlotte Hornets.

It goes to the head coach and team president, too, as Stan Van Gundy claimed victory in jest even before his team’s 114-108 overtime escape, mocking the “experts and inside sources who knew what we were doing,” after the Pistons opted to stand pat.