Auburn Hills — When Ish Smith got the news, he did his best to mask the displeasure. It came as a shock but he wore a smile on the outside and did his best to take it in the best way he could — but it wasn’t easy.
During last Friday morning’s shoot-around in Salt Lake City before the game against the Utah Jazz, Smith found out that he wasn’t going to be playing and that coach Stan Van Gundy would be giving him a game to sit.
After playing all of the Pistons’ first 41 games — including the first 21 as the starting point guard — Smith was beside himself.