Will Bynum #12 of the Detroit Pistons (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images)
If there was one word to describe the Detroit Pistons of the 2010s it would be … um … erm … uhhhhhh … hm … I don’t know.
Forgettable, right? There’s the word!
The Detroit Pistons competed in the playoffs just twice — both times as the No. 8 seed — and didn’t hold a top-5 draft pick. Detroit couldn’t even claim to be pseudo-offseason winners with any splashy signings.
The past decade (and counting) has been basketball purgatory, which helps explain why the roster deconstruction initiated by general manager Troy Weaver inspired hope.