One of the hallmarks of the Detroit Pistons’ “tank era” was holding onto players for too long or continuing to play them well after it made any sense.
We saw the former with guys like Bojan Bogdanovic, Alec Burks and even Jerami Grant, veterans the Pistons should have probably traded before they did. They did get a nice return for Grant, but had to give away Bogdanovic and Burks, and you can add Andre Drummond to that list as well if you want to go back further.
They kept beating dead horses like Marvin Bagley III, Killian Hayes and Isaiah Livers even after it was clear they weren’t rotation players and certainly not starters.