The Detroit Pistons are a young team with plenty of promising talent and a rising star in Cade Cunningham. But they are a few years away from being a few years away.
There were plenty of moments against the Golden State Warriors that served as proof. A team shows its youth on both ends of the floor, but it’s on defense where it rears its head the most. Defending in the NBA is a tough task; not only are you thrown a near-nightly barrage of star after star, with an occasional sprinkling of a bona fide superstar — you’re faced with the current climate of the NBA, that of a game that favors the offensive side of the ball.