Stan Van Gundy has remade Pistons, but will he win?

When Stan Van Gundy assumed the dual role of Detroit Pistons coach and team president on May 15, 2014, he inherited a project. His task was to turn around the fortunes of a franchise that had missed the playoffs for five straight years and hadn’t won more than 30 games in a season since the “Goin’ to Work” era punched the clock in 2008-09.

The starting lineup in the last game before Van Gundy took over was Brandon Jennings, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Kyle Singler, Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond.

Things have changed a bit since then.

The Pistons have added a bona fide superstar in Blake Griffin and are building around the trio of Griffin, Drummond and Reggie Jackson. The complementary pieces…