Dan is joined by Lazarus Jackson (@lazchance) from SB Nation’s Detroit Bad Boys and Blue Wire’s Pistons vs. Everybody podcast for a wildly, and enjoyably, thorough deep dive into the Detroit Pistons in advance of the 2021-22 NBA season. They discuss Cade Cunningham, Killian Hayes, Jerami Grant, Kelly Olynyk, the secondary rotation, Saben Lee, the Sekou Doumboya trade, Detroit’s overall direction, win-loss predictions, lineups and much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:20 – Intro 3:14 – CHANCE JACKSON SCOUTING REPORT 4:48 – Overall impression of Pistons offseason 7:18 – The Sekou Doumbouya trade (aka LAZ PREDICTS TREY LYLES MAKES AN ALL-STAR TEAM) 10:12 – Rookie-year expectations for Cade Cunningham 16:29 – Jerami Grant, Round 2 20:09 – Hope for Killian Hayes 25:51 – Saddiq Bey’s ceiling 30:04 – Isaiah Stewart’s impact 36:41 – The frontcourt rotation 38:03 – Hamidou Diallo 40:20 – Josh Jackson 40:57 – Saben Lee 44:53 – Chris Smith 46:06 – Luka Garza/Isaiah Livers 48:47 – Trade candidates 1:00:49 – Biggest weaknesses 1:04:53 – Best crunch-time lineup 1:05:57 – Quirky lineups we want to see 1:10:58 – Win-total prediction
1:15:23 – Pistons’ overall direction and play style