(a sorta) League Preview: Detroit Pistons

You could argue that Charlotte, Indiana, Golden State, Minnesota and New York could be included in the sorriest. I might agree. I placed them together above the worst teams because, however improbable, I could envision one or two of these teams in the race for a playoff berth. The next three squads may be cut from a better cloth than the first five. Just the same, they are lottery likelies. We start with the 3rd best team in the East’s Central Division. Detroit Pistons PG Rodney Stuckey Will BynumSG Richard Hamilton Ben Gordon SF Tayshaun Prince Austin Daye DaJuan Summers PF Charlie Villanueva Jason Maxiell Chris Wilcox C Kwame Milicic Ben Wallace Wild times in Mo-Town. Gone is the stability and sense of cohesion that defined the Pistons for the better part of the decade. After the failed experiment with Iverson, Joe D. is paring Stuckey and Hamilton with Ben Gordon. Though younger (and current...