Fansided

Each NBA team’s 2020 New Year’s resolution

By Gerald Bourguet

MILWAUKEE, WI - DECEMBER 19: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks and LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers look on during a game on December 19, 2019 at the Fiserv Forum Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images).
MILWAUKEE, WI - DECEMBER 19: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks and LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers look on during a game on December 19, 2019 at the Fiserv Forum Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images). /
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Detroit Pistons: Tear it down

The Detroit Pistons are 10 games below .500, their franchise superstar was recently getting booed at home and their starting point guard here in 2020, the year of our Lord, is Derrick Rose. Rebuilding from the middle up was a commendable strategy, and a defensible one for such an apathetic fanbase in a new arena, but it’s time to blow this thing the hell up.

Blake Griffin is 30 years old, with an extensive injury, and is playing like hot garbage right now, but maybe there’s a team out there that’ll talk itself into him as a buy-low target. Andre Drummond is playing great, but if he turns down his $28.8 million player option for 2020-21 over the summer, the Pistons would be foolish to commit long-term max money to him as their franchise star. Moving him now might be a drastic but superior choice.

Aside from younger players like Luke Kennard, Bruce Brown Jr. and Christian Wood, the Pistons should pick a new direction and stick with it this time. Nobody on this roster is expendable anymore, and a full-blown roster reconstruction is badly needed for one of the NBA’s worst basketball products.

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