I’m going to go out on a limb and say he’s not coming back. The Pistons hold him out, make sure he’s OK, makes sure he doesn’t get injured, then trade him in early Dec or something for some assets, telling other teams behind the scenes that he’s fine, they were just keeping him on ice to make sure he’s OK for a playoff run.

I say this positively too: my thinking is A) the Pistons know they have the nucleus of a team, so they want to play them, and B) they do right by Bojan and trade him to a contender in what might be his last year for a shot at the title.