When the Pistons released their Summer League roster earlier this month, the squad had the potential to be one of the best teams in Las Vegas, on paper.
Detroit surprisingly listed two of its best players in Cade Cunningham and Saddiq Bey on its summer team, alongside top rookies Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren, both lottery picks in the 2022 NBA Draft. A few of the Pistons' key returners, Killian Hayes, Isaiah Stewart and Isaiah Livers, were also named to the roster.
However, when the ball was tipped for Detroit's opener against the Portland Trail Blazers, Cunningham and Bey were in street clothes.