The Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs are two of the best young teams in the NBA and could end up fighting each other at the trade deadline, a battle in which the Spurs have a decided advantage.
The Pistons and Spurs are old-school rivals, but that has dissipated over the years as both teams cycled out of their sustained success into a rebuilding era.
They are in similar positions now, even though the Pistons did make the playoffs last season in the watered-down Eastern Conference. Both teams have a superstar to build around but aren’t yet sure if all of the pieces fit together.