This is an opinion piece by MLive.com columnist David Mayo.
AUBURN HILLS -- This is why franchises with history and tradition exploit it, and why those without it seek it. Among the best of them, there is a sense of something greater at work than just the transient players who occupy professional sports rosters.
The greatest Detroit Piston came home Wednesday to Six Championship Drive, most likely for the last time, and when Isiah Thomas completed his brief halftime address, the first player out to greet him with a warm embrace was the best current Piston, Andre Drummond.