Dwane Casey has seem some success in his short tenure as the coach of the Detroit Pistons, going 41-41 a season ago and making a successful playoff push. There’s more significance to this than just the fact that they made the playoffs, as Casey was at times dealt a bad hand.
Last December, former Pistons’ point guard Ish Smith went down with an adductor tear that sidelined him for 26 games. Detroit only went on to win 8 of those games, and Casey had a problem on his hands. Smith’s presence on the floor was so detrimental to the Pistons’ success that him being injured caused coach Casey to have to play a dangerous game – lineup roulette.