The Pistons approached last offseason with an emphasis on future flexibility, but that may have hurt them in the case of Nickeil Alexander-Walker. He's now having a career year after signing a 4-year contract with the Hawks, which the Pistons likely didn’t want to match. Detroit certainly doesn’t regret the offseason as a whole, but this could be one of their key misses.
Alexander-Walker is an elite 3-and-D wing
Alexander-Walker, colloquially called NAW, was a marquee free agent after a couple seasons honing his craft in Minnesota. Over the last two seasons, he evolved into one of the league’s best perimeter defenders.