One of the knocks against Stan Van Gundy during his four seasons as Detroit Pistons coach was his inability to develop young players and his short leash with recent draft picks.
Henry Ellenson scored 13 points in the season-opener and then played a total of four minutes over the next three games. He scored 14 points in the fifth game, then didn't get off the bench in nine of the next 11 games. Van Gundy cited matchups, concern about the 6-11 power forward's defense.
Luke Kennard was pulled one minutes into his first home start on Dec.