Despite looking historically bad earlier this season, this isn’t an all-time atrocious team. The talent deficit between it and elite teams is wide enough that the Pistons will still get waxed from time to time, but Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey and Co. can grind out the occasional surprise victory, too.
Since the All-Star break, Detroit has been more bad than brutal. No one is writing home about a 3-7 record with a minus-4.6 net rating, but no one is wondering aloud whether this is the worst team they’ve ever watched, either.
The standings shouldn’t matter to this squad, though. The single most important thing that could come out of this stretch run would be for Cunningham, the No. 1 pick in 2021, to take a sizable step toward stardom. So far, so good on that front, as his post-All-Star averages sit at 25.4 points on 48.1/43.8/91.3 shooting, 7.9 assists against 3.1 turnovers and 5.1 rebounds in 33 minutes per contest.
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