5 takeaways from Dwane Casey’s pre-Media Day interview

Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty ImagesIn advance of Media Day, Detroit Pistons head coach Dwane Casey sat down with beat writers from the Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press, MLive.com, and The Athletic for a interview about ... all things Pistons. I highly recommend reading each writer’s take on what Casey had to say (click the links, subscribe, support journalism), but here’s what stuck out to me, both good and bad:

Iso Joe... closing games?

But we also have a need for that veteran player, like a Joe Johnson, who can put the ball on the floor, still make plays, still has it, even at 37. Now, he’s not a 40-minute player anymore, but we don’t need him for 40 minutes. We need that experience,…