I remember the Pistons being the embodiment of culture. I mean they made the conference finals for 6 straight years. But they haven’t been competitive since 2008. They are now close to, if not, the worst franchise in the league. How? This can’t only be because of Gores? Or can it?
100%. We cut some of the guys that weren’t serving the roster like Cory Joseph, Noel, and RJ Hampton, which was a good first step, but then immediately took a step back by using all that space on injured vets instead of finding 3 and D guys. Now we have several players in roles too big for their talent. For example, Hayes and Stew could be really good bench role players but are asked to be starters. Bey was a great bench guy role player we also tried to turn into a starter, then we dumped him for absolutely nothing.
Weaver has been pretty good at drafting, but just so bad at everything else