Your Detroit Pistons are, blessedly, almost back from their nine-month hiatus from playing NBA basketball. We are a mere 10 days from the first preseason game. But before we get to games, we’ve got training camp. And during training camp, we’ve got Media Week.
You know how Media Week normally goes. Everyone has either gained eight pounds of muscle or lost 15 pounds of flab. Everyone is in the best shape of their natural-born lives. Everyone is ready to get a jump on the season and go out and win an NBA Championship.
But, in between the rote utterances, we occasionally get some interesting insights into what the team is planning and what players are thinking.