Basketball, today? Featuring the Detroit Pistons? On ESPN no less. Preseason action kicks off and we have finally cleansed ourselves of the dirt and grime of everything we experienced last year. The franchise has a new leader in the front office in Trajan Langdon, a new head coach in JB Bickerstaff, and plenty of new faces that, if nothing else, feel at least a bit more reliable than the hodgepodge mix of non-shooting young players and non-defending (and not healthy) veterans of last season.
But the source of gravity remains the same as ever — this is Cade Cunningham’s team.