It’s already hard to get excited about this year’s Detroit Pistons three games into the preseason, and the team’s latest loss, 115-99 to an undermanned Oklahoma City Thunder team, is the latest evidence.
The Pistons’ switching scheme was once again a shambles with poor communication, late or nonexistent rotations and open lanes to the basket as far as the eye could see. The offense isn’t much better, with the team’s big men accomplishing little and Cade Cunningham looking rusty, ineffective and with all the same turnover problems he had last season.
To make matters worse, the team lost potential starting big man (Center?