The Detroit Pistons unofficially kick off the 2022-23 NBA season tonight under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks. It will be a homecoming, of sorts, for a trio of new Pistons players, though none of the former Knicks — Alec Burks, Nerlens Noel or Kemba Walker — is expected to play.
Walker, who is not with the team and not expected to make the roster, might be MIA, but the player the Pistons got in exchange for taking on Walker’s deal — Jalen Duren — will be active and should play some decent minutes off the bench.