The plan was not to play Sekou Doumbouya 20 minutes per game during his rookie season with the Pistons. The plan was for Doumbouya to spend much of his time in the G League with the Grand Rapids Drive, developing with the Pistons’ minor league club and accustoming himself to a new country. But Detroit’s…
Category: Season Review
2019-2020 Season Review: Svi Mykhailiuk Continues To Show Improvement
After not getting much playing time as a rookie in the 2018-19 NBA season, Detroit Pistons wing Svi Mykhailiuk found himself as an every day rotational player during the 2019-20 season. In 42 total games as a rookie, Mykhailiuk averaged only 3.2 points on inefficient 32.9/32.6/60 shooting splits in 10.5 minutes a game between the…
2019-2020 Season Review: John “Expiring Contract” Henson will Likely Play Elsewhere
There is not a tremendous amount to say about John Henson, who played only 11 games for the Pistons this past season. Hard to really judge a player who saw the court a grand total of 188 minutes. But we will give it a shot. Henson, a 29-year-old center who was traded to Cleveland in…
2019-2020 Season Review: Thon Maker Did Not Make Enough of an Impact
When the Detroit Pistons took a shot on Thon Maker as a bench big, the expectations were low. Maker was drafted as a raw, athletic freak that a team could mold like clay. As it turns out, the clay is already basically rock. Maker is unlikely to be in a Pistons uniform next season and,…
2019-2020 Season Review: Khyri Thomas’ Future Remains Murky
In the second round of the 2018 NBA Draft, the Pistons made a trade to acquire the draft rights to Creighton University guard, Khyri Thomas. During the 2018-2019 NBA season, a second-round pick did break out for the Pistons, however, it was not Khyri Thomas. He was outshined by the scrappy Miami University guard with…
2019-2020 Season Review: Brandon Knight Shows He’s A Viable Backup Still
Since tearing his ACL in 2017, Brandon Knight has not been the player that he was hyped up as coming out of Kentucky. Knight has bounced around the league since being drafted by the Pistons in 2011, having played in Milwaukee, Phoenix, Houston, and Cleveland since. However, Knight found his way back to Detroit this…
2019-2020 Season Review: Louis King Showcased He has the Tools to Succeed
Louis King spent little time with the Detroit Pistons this season. The 21-year-old rookie out of Oregon was able to scratch out 10 games with Detroit this year while spending most of his time with the Grand Rapids Drive. King was first picked up by the Pistons four days after going undrafted, which was surprising…
2019-2020 Season Review: Jordan Bone Shines With the Grand Rapids Drive but NBA Future Remains Uncertain
As the 57th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, the Detroit Pistons weren’t expecting many contributions from first-year point guard Jordan Bone. Instead, the franchise hoped that the 6-foot-3, 180-pound speed demon would prove to be a standout on the team’s G League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Drive, and show steady development throughout…
2018-2019 Season Review: The Pistons Gambled Depth at Their Most Important Position with Jose Calderon
Last offseason Detroit added the most consistent point guard of the then-defending Eastern Conference Champion Cleveland Cavaliers. It was Jose Calderon. Woof. That speaks both to the very low-risk and just slightly higher reward the Pistons took and the incredibly poor play the Cavaliers survived on the way to a slaughtering via the Golden State…
2018-2019 Season Review: Jon Leuer was Healthier, But Still Not Effective
Jon Leuer’s tenure so far with the Detroit Pistons can be summed up as ineffective and injury-ridden. That is a harsh, but fair, assessment of a player that the Pistons thought would be a helpful 3-and-D power forward when they signed him to a 4-year $41 million deal in 2016. I am not here to…
