It’s the offseason, which means there’s no NBA to watch. I am dying inside.
So, during the offseason, I spend a bunch of time watching games from last year and looking at last year’s numbers to remind myself of what this team accomplished - and what they didn’t accomplish. That, in turn, affects how I think about how Detroit projects in 2019-20.
After some film study and poring through Stats.NBA.com, here are the three numbers that will dictate the Pistons’ success (and I do think they will be successful) in 2019-20:
That’s the regular-season on-court NetRTG of the Reggie Jackson, Blake Griffin, Andre Drummond trio, in almost 1600 minutes of play.