If some of the youngsters won’t be able to keep up with this timetable, after their time spend with Blake, Delon and Jerami will definitely be prepared to continue the courses. If everything will go according to the plan, Blake will have a few months to school the kids. Svi, Sekou, Deividas, Isaiah, Killian, Saben, Saddiq, Jahlil and Josh, even Delon and Jerami couldn’t find a better teacher to show them how to hustle relentlessly, how to be vocal, how to support your teammates and how to respond to any forms of provocation, in addition to showing how to prepare for NBA season. Thus we can observe such instances of him letting go there.Īnd as much as the timing between his basketball craft and our roster's ability to actually contend is bad, the timing between his leadership skills and our current squad couldn’t be any better. The energy that Blake uses on offense needs to be recharged on defense. The things Blake does on offense take their toll on the other end of the floor. A capable defender who needs to take some plays off, however I think it’s a perfect solution for us fans as well, as we’ll be able to see more of his great basketball craft, he’ll be able to seduce some contender, to which he should be traded for some assets because he deserves to play for ship – another enjoyable result for us – and our lottery odds will improve as a side effect of all this too – yet another enjoyable result for us. Two years ago it was a similar mixture of shooters, another playmaker and big around Blake that proved to be very successful lineups as this table shows. And with the addition of other playmakers, Blake should not wear out as easily. This might not lead to winning basketball, but it could lead to some attractive basketball. However, his mostly very young supporting cast on the Pistons squad offers a mixture of playmakers, shooters and bigs collected by new GM Troy Weaver which should allow Blake to showcase all of his offensive skills. Ummm, yeah, that’s not going to happen in Detroit. If all of these skills were described to you what role would you want that player to have in an offense? There can be only one answer: offensive leader of a contending team. His name is Blake Griffin.ĭue to poor timing, Blake won’t be able to lead Pistons to trophies, but this didn’t prevent him from working hard enough to show us a season of his best basketball a basketball that was so good that we should count it into best, or even the best, individual basketball performances there is on record in our franchise history. Nevertheless, even in this misery we strike gold. And what a misery it is, as it lasts to this day. After writing the second-best story in basketball history with extremely hard work and wholehearted dedication, it again used all resources of our franchise, leaving it in misery when it ended. However, they couldn’t handle the task, as Houston betrayed the Pistons and Hill couldn’t stay healthy and bolted for Orlando.įor our team, their departure was another hard-earned win as it started the rebuild that led to another golden age of Goin’ to work Pistons. They were cornerstones of a young, up and coming Pistons team in the middle of the 1990s. Out of that misery we got the seeds of potentially next beautiful era in two extremely skillful players, Allan Houston and Grant Hill. After writing the best story in basketball history, the era ended abruptly, throwing the team directly into misery. Next, a short period of suck appeared purging the way for a golden era of the Bad Boys. The team moved to Detroit, and in the copper age of 1960s and 1970s, there were golden, Hall of Fame players in Detroit but the results were not so pristine. Next, was the silver age of the 1950s with finals appearances but no rings. It won a bunch of championships in 1940s right after it was founded as Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. Thus, the beginnings were golden for Detroit’s professional basketball team. As the story goes, aurea prima sata est aetas (First the golden age sprung forth). First, a story, and I promise you by the end it’ll all come back around to Blake Griffin, as this is a Blake Griffin season preview.
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