Ron Holland is one of the Detroit Pistons’ most important bench players, and his impact comes down to attitude and work ethic.
A lot of top-five picks would come into the league expecting to be a top option on a bad team, which is usually what happens. But the Pistons unexpectedly made the leap to playoff contender, so it wasn’t a free-for-all for Holland as it was for the other Pistons' young guys when they were drafted.
Most of the Pistons’ young core was allowed to play through mistakes with impunity, while Holland was asked to be a role player on a good team as a rookie, facing pressure the others never had to face at his age.