AUBURN HILLS – The Pistons go into the off-season with four roster openings – five if they decline the option on Glenn Robinson III.
If the glass is half full, then they’ll embark on roster construction with a certainty of continuity should they not find any deals irresistibly tempting. If it’s half empty, the lack of roster openings coupled with the fact they’ll be over the salary cap on July 1 limits their ability to boldly reconfigure the personnel around Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond.
The reality is they’ll have two draft picks, three clear needs and a decision to make about Robinson that has to come before the Pistons will know what free agency yields.