When the Detroit Pistons announced Blake Griffin was sitting until he and the team could agree to a resolution for his departure, it shook up the nature of the team’s rotations and how to move forward.
Dwane Casey has struggled to find a consistent, successful starting lineup since that time. The most common iteration has been Delon Wright, Wayne Ellington, Saddiq Bey, Jerami Grant, and Mason Plumlee. That group had a terrible -23.5 net rating in 68 minutes. When Josh Jackson replaces Ellington in that group, they improve to +7.9 and were terrific offensively in a short sample.