The Detroit Pistons are going to be a contender in the Eastern Conference this season. The continued growth of Cade Cunningham, the addition of Caris LeVert and Duncan Robinson, and the (painfully obvious) star leap coming from Ausar Thompson are all marginal improvements that will lead to substantial changes for the team at large. Things are looking up.
Really, there aren't many things that can sink the Pistons ship... but the one glaring (potential) problem that could let some water in is a lack of ball-handling and facilitating depth. First, the optimistic view: there's a world where Jaden Ivey comes back and looks better than he did before injury and fills the starting shooting guard spot, Marcus Sasser bounces back from a sophomore season that wasn't quite the leap people expected, and Caris LeVert plays connector in the second unit.