Other than Blake Griffin, the Pistons frontcourt depth chart for 2020-21 is the land of opportunity.
Christian Wood is a free agent with all the uncertainty that entails. So is John Henson, acquired from Cleveland in a deal primarily motivated by the desire to remove Andre Drummond’s $29 million salary from the books.
And then we come to Thon Maker and Justin Patton, both of whom the Pistons have under team control but neither of whom has a guaranteed spot on the roster.
Dwane Casey says he’s not using team camp as a measuring stick for players without a guaranteed contract for next season, but it probably won’t be lost on those players that it surely can’t hurt their cause to show out at the camp that runs through Oct.