Pistons Pre-Season Press Conference
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:01 am
Good morning and thank you for joining us.
Last season has to be described as an absolute success. We improved our win total by 16 wins, we won our division, Anthony "A better basketball player than Jesus" Davis was finally awarded the MVP trophy after seasons of unrecognized toil.
Oh, and we won the PBSL title too.
We had a fantastic draft, grabbing the point guard of our future with the #6 pick, Stephen Keitt, and a potential sleeper in Douglas Kimbrough at #30. Did I mention that we were picking at #30 because we won the title? Because we did win the title, so we got pick #30.
Free agency didn't quite go as planned, but we did fairly well. Rodney Hood was a fine player for us and we wish him well with the Clippers. We wanted to bring him back, but at around $5 million a year. We were able to bring on Greivis Vasquez to help smooth the transition to Keitt, and we were able to upgrade our center position with Andrew Bynum. Ramon Sessions and Taj Gibson were willing to come back for the league minimum, albeit in reduced roles.
Training camp was rough on us. Anthony Davis stubbed his toe and went from purple/purple to blue/purple. Fear not, for Anthony Davis shall rise from this affliction and save us all by taking our sins upon his big toe. Also, Bojan Bogdanovic got dinged too, but not too badly. It's just a flesh wound.
We're expecting another division title this year. Record-wise, I expect us to take a step back, probably in the range of 55 wins, maybe a 1-seed, depending on how badly the teams in the Southeast beat up on each other.
With that, I'll open the floor to questions.
Last season has to be described as an absolute success. We improved our win total by 16 wins, we won our division, Anthony "A better basketball player than Jesus" Davis was finally awarded the MVP trophy after seasons of unrecognized toil.
Oh, and we won the PBSL title too.
We had a fantastic draft, grabbing the point guard of our future with the #6 pick, Stephen Keitt, and a potential sleeper in Douglas Kimbrough at #30. Did I mention that we were picking at #30 because we won the title? Because we did win the title, so we got pick #30.
Free agency didn't quite go as planned, but we did fairly well. Rodney Hood was a fine player for us and we wish him well with the Clippers. We wanted to bring him back, but at around $5 million a year. We were able to bring on Greivis Vasquez to help smooth the transition to Keitt, and we were able to upgrade our center position with Andrew Bynum. Ramon Sessions and Taj Gibson were willing to come back for the league minimum, albeit in reduced roles.
Training camp was rough on us. Anthony Davis stubbed his toe and went from purple/purple to blue/purple. Fear not, for Anthony Davis shall rise from this affliction and save us all by taking our sins upon his big toe. Also, Bojan Bogdanovic got dinged too, but not too badly. It's just a flesh wound.
We're expecting another division title this year. Record-wise, I expect us to take a step back, probably in the range of 55 wins, maybe a 1-seed, depending on how badly the teams in the Southeast beat up on each other.
With that, I'll open the floor to questions.