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The Detroit Pistons had the unique opportunity to add four rookies at the start of the 2020-21 NBA season, and all of them have shown promise. One is a Rookie of the Year candidate, one has already been compared to Motor City legend Ben Wallace, one fits well in the starting rotation, and another had a lot of promise but was sidelined due to injury.
Rookie performances are not always an indicator of long-term NBA success. Careers are altered due to unforeseen injuries, and sometimes players just don’t improve and remain stagnant, like certain young men named Micheal Carter-Williams and Andrew Wiggins.