Vegas Over/Under: 38.5
Fromal’s Record Projection: 41 The Bet: Hammer the over This is not about the Detroit Pistons’ upside. All indications point to those playoff contenders having among the greatest floors—relative to their over/under lineup, at leastand therefore becoming one of the league’s safest over bets.
Everything went wrong during the 2016-17 campaign, and the Pistons still managed to squeeze 37 wins out of their troops.
They get to function with another year of improvement from Andre Drummond, Stanley Johnson and the other young players, add great 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 year, and we’ve got very little reason to believe that is his true degree. Since Duncan Smith composed for Piston Powered:»The question now remains whether Jackson is going to be the player of a year ago or 2 decades ago, or if he will be somewhere in between. His priority that summer was nothing but rehab, eschewing on-court function to concentrate entirely on strengthening the knee.»
Even someplace between the fringe All-Star of 2015-16 and the tragedy of 2016-17 would depart the Pistons in better position, along with the deepening backcourt should enable them to rest him more and keep the knee tendinitis from flaring up again. Plus, that is not the best news of all.
The Pistons still play at the Eastern Conference, and it’s poorer than ever.
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