Following this year’s draft, it appeared that Detroit had finally turned their eyes to the future and embraced a rebuild. Now that the dust has settled following the first 24 hours of free agency, it’s clear that was never going to be the case.
Detroit has found themselves in a very familiar situation - the team is not good, but not bad enough to land a top-five pick without a little lottery luck. They also acquired veteran players who will see significant minutes over their young core. Detroit’s motto was, and still is “if everything goes right maybe we can be the eighth seed.