The Detroit Pistons made the playoffs ... as a .500 team ... and were swept in the playoffs ... and lost by an average margin of 23.8 points per game.
Owner Tom Gores is desperate for playoff appearances, relevance and building this team up into a contender. And with Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond (among others) locked into big-money deals, scraping toward relevance is probably easier than a tear down.
But it’s plain as day that improvements are needed for this team to take a real step toward contention. The path for doing so, and what the options will be are up for debate.