Luke Kennard has finally arrived

Christopher Daniels / Detroit Bad BoysRaise your hand if you’ve caught yourself — whether it was out loud or simply in your head — dropping the following line at some point early on this season:

“Shoot the $%@ ball, Luke!”

Yeah, I figured.

Let’s go back a few months. The Detroit Pistons were good. Then they were bad [editor’s note: really bad].

When Luke Kennard got the ball at the 3-point line, he hesitated. He surveyed the court. He pump-faked, then faked a pass. He thought about his three options: pass, drive and shoot — usually in that order. You could see the gears working in his head.

There wasn’t enough decisiveness. It was just indecision — too much of it.

Thankfully for the Pistons, that…