Consider the Detroit Pistons if you’re looking for an Eastern Conference team that might make a significant leap up the standings.
Although Detroit yields the great majority of a roster which won only 29 games per year ago (also Jodie Meeks, D.J. Augustin and Caron Butler), Stan Van Gundy’s advent as controlling officer will add structure and discipline.
We know SVG wins wherever he goes and that he sees a way to succeed by matching playing style. It’s him if anybody can sort out backcourt ineptitude and the frontcourt jumble in Detroit.
That is not to say there won’t be major hurdles, according to Zach Lowe of Grantland.com:”Stan Van Gundy is a top-five coach. This group will be frisky, however the Brandon Jennings–Josh Smith combination–even if they play fewer moments together–has attained’do not trust till you see them perform great basketball things status.'”
Jennings and smith are harmful commodities indeed. Both can shoot their staff from games if not precisely managed. For the Pistons Van Gundy might need to rein both while also getting more from the remainder of the roster–Andre Drummond that is man-child and Greg Monroe in particular.
If Drummond provides Van Gundy a passable Dwight Howard impersonation (circa 2009), this group will be in company. And by company, I mean above .500.
Let’s not get too crazy.

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