After knee tendonitis forced Reggie Jackson to miss the first 21 games of the season, the Pistons point guard rotation was looking a bit sketchy to say the least. The team was set to rely on heavy minutes from journeyman Ish Smith. His backup was going to be the unproven Ray McCallum Jr, who beat out Lorenzo Brown for that honor during the preseason.
On October 24, two days before the first game of the season, the Pistons decided to put in a waiver claim on Beno Udrih. Udrih had been released by the Miami Heat after the preseason ended and there were not really any teams lining up to employ his services.