(Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr., Detroit News)
East Lansing — The two-a-day practices are the separators. If a player is out of shape, it shows there first. If he’s not mentally sharp, the mistakes will show.
For NBA players, it’s part of the routine: a week of training camp and a couple of weeks of preseason games before the Pistons’ regular season gets started on Oct. 23 at Indiana.
The days and weeks are grueling, at times, but it’s part of the journey toward getting ready for the real thing.
“This (stuff) is tough out here,” Andre Drummond said.