So it’s a big season for the Pistons and there are a few key metrics that are essential for them to be successful. Here are a few I’m tracking from the preseason, along with some context.
True shooting percentage
2016-17: 52.1 percent
2017-18: 54.1 percent
Context: 54.1 percent still isn’t good (17th in the league in the preseason), but if the Pistons were able to hold that over the course of a season, it’d be their best performance in the mark since the 1999-2000 season. This team has always been a rather putrid TS squad.