Stanley Johnson‘s rookie season ended with promise, going toe-to-toe with LeBron James on national television in the Detroit Pistons first playoff appearance in almost a decade. Johnson didn’t stop James, but he showed that he wasn’t afraid of the big stage and that he was a physical force to be reckoned with. As a raw 19-year-old rookie, there’s nothing more the Pistons could have asked of him.
He had a great summer. He was the best player on the floor in the Orlando Summer League with a freshly restructured jumper and coaching instruction to not dribble to his stronger hand.