Rod Beard of The Detroit News talks about what led to the end of the Stan Van Gundy era and what's next for the Pistons. Rod Beard, Detroit News
For the past two seasons, many Pistons fans were going through alternate scenarios in their heads, wondering, “What if?”
What if Pistons had drafted Donovan Mitchell?
What if they didn’t trade for Blake Griffin?
What if Reggie Jackson had been healthy?
The third seems to be the most intriguing — and the one that’s most far-reaching, as they missed the playoffs each of the past two seasons.