Vegas Over/Under: 38.5
The Record Projection: 41 of fromal The Bet: Hammer the more This isn’t about the Detroit Pistons’ upsidedown. All indications point to these playoff contenders having one of the greatest floors–relative to their over/under line, at least–and consequently becoming one of the league’s safest over stakes.
Everything went wrong during the 2016-17 effort, and also the Pistons still managed to squeeze out 37 wins from their troops.
Now, they get to function with another year of improvement in Andre Drummond, Stanley Johnson and the other young players, add perfect matches in Luke Kennard and Avery Bradley, get deeper in the frontcourt with the inclusion of Anthony Tolliver and ought to 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 little reason to believe that is his true level. As Duncan Smith wrote for Piston Powered:”The question now remains whether Jackson will be the player of a year ago or two decades ago, or if he’ll be somewhere in between. His priority this summer was nothing but rehab, eschewing on-court work to concentrate solely on strengthening the knee.”
Even somewhere between the fringe All-Star of 2015-16 along with the tragedy of 2016-17 would depart the Pistons in better position, and the deepening backcourt must allow them to break him more and keep the knee tendinitis from flaring up again. Additionally, that’s not the best news of all.
The Pistons still play at the Eastern Conference, and it is weaker than ever.
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