Detroit Pistons
Vegas Over/Under: 38.5
Fromal’s Record Projection: 41 The Bet: Hammer the more This is not about the Detroit Pistons’ upsidedown. All indications point to these playoff contenders having one of the highest flooring –relative to their over/under lineup, at least–and therefore becoming one of the league’s safest over stakes.
Everything went wrong throughout the 2016-17 campaign, and also the Pistons managed to squeeze out 37 wins from their troops.
They get to function with another year of improvement from Andre Drummond, Stanley Johnson and another young players, add perfect matches in Luke Kennard and Avery Bradley, get deeper in the frontcourt with the inclusion of Anthony Tolliver and should have a healthier version of Reggie Jackson leading the charge.
The beleaguered point protector can not play worse than he did last season, and we have very little reason to think that is his true degree. Since Duncan Smith wrote for Piston Powered:”The question now remains whether Jackson will be the participant of a year ago or two years ago, or whether he will be somewhere in between. His priority this summer has been nothing but rehabilitation, eschewing on-court work to focus solely on strengthening the knee”
Even someplace between the fringe All-Star of 2015-16 along with the disaster of 2016-17 would depart the Pistons in better position, and the deepening backcourt must enable them to rest him more and keep the knee tendinitis from flaring up again. Additionally, that is not the best news of all.
The Pistons still play in the Eastern Conference, and it is weaker than ever.
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