Coach JB Bickerstaff helped lead the Detroit Pistons out of the cellar, but new faces and increased scrutiny and expectations will make his job much tougher in year two.
Coach Bickerstaff had little pressure taking over a team fresh off its worst season in the history of the franchise. If the Pistons showed modest improvement last season, but only won 25 games, no one would have blamed him, as he inherited the worst team in the league.
That won’t be the case next season after the Pistons won 44 games and nearly beat the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs, and while Detroit has plenty of continuity again, JB Bickerstaff will not only be tasked with winning with new faces but with answering all of the Pistons’ biggest questions.