The Pistons underwent the biggest overhaul of players this offseason. They said good bye to AI and Rasheed Wallace and hello to Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva. Obviously on paper this teams biggest strength is their backcourt scoring. Ben Gordon, Rip Hamilton and Rodney Stuckey are all guards that could potentially put up 20 points a night. Their biggest weakness is glaring and unlike many other Piston teams and that is their defense. They don't really have anyone to clog up the middle anymore. The guy who is most likely going to get the call on the block is 6-7 Jason Maxiell. And although I like him, he is hardly a starting center in the NBA. The Pistons made a lot of moves that generated a lot of noise, but nothing of significance. Gordon is an upgrade on Iverson, but little else changed on the perimeter and the frontcourt appears noticeably worse minus Wallace and McDyess.
I think they only win 38-42 games this year.
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