Added competition and a poor-shooting season could mean less playing time for Jodie Meeks in 2015-2016.
Jodie Meeks was Stan Van Gundy's flashiest free-agent acquisition a summer ago, but a back injury suffered during preseason limited him to 60 games in which he produced one of his worst shooting seasons of his career. A year later and the Pistons have had another productive offseason, strengthening areas of weakness and consolidating positions of strength, with multiple additions hopefully translating into playoff contention. Detroit's roster count currently stands at 18, with Adonis Thomas, Danny Granger, Reggie Bullock and Cartier Martin fighting for the last roster spot, but there will be another training camp competition to keep an eye on with Jodie Meeks going up against last year's primary shooting guard, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, two rookies, Stanley Johnson and Darrun Hilliard, and potentially whoever wins out in the fight for the final roster spot.