Last season, coach JB Bickerstaff asked his young Detroit Pistons to stay in their respective lanes and that discipline was exactly what they needed, but now it may be time for them to expand those roles.
Coach Bickerstaff established clear roles for all of his young players last season, never asking them to do too much but instead focus on their strengths.
Isaiah Stewart went from a “power forward” who was playing 31 minutes a game and launching nearly four 3-pointers to a backup center who played fewer than 20 minutes a game, barely looked at the basket unless he was right under it and shot fewer 3-pointers than he did in his rookie season.