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Detroit Pistons 2019-2020 Preview: Blake Griffin

After a paradigm-shifting trade that occurred in Jan. of 2018, the Los Angeles Clippers sent Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons. The significance of this trade was simple; the Pistons were able to acquire a superstar in the only way that they could. No free agents were ever going to bust down the door trying to play in Detroit, so the virtue of trade was the only option, and they hit a home run.

Griffin’s initial first few months as a Detroit Piston weren’t all that glamorous, as former coach Stan Van Gundy seemed to use him as a ball stopper on a team that found its limited success on consistent ball movement.