When the NBA’s free agency frenzy opened in July of 2015, names like DeMarre Carroll and Danny Green were frequently floated as Detroit targets. With a roster virtually devoid of talent at small forward (save for 19-year-old rookie Stanley Johnson), filling that gaping hole was job one for Jeff Bower and Stan Van Gundy. When Carroll accepted a $60 million offer from Toronto, and Green gave San Antonio a hometown discount of $40 million, it looked like the Pistons would have to go shopping at the bargain basement store.
2016 Detroit Pistons preview: Philly native Marcus Morris has found a home in Detroit
