After a trade deadline in which the Detroit Pistons added a much-needed secondary ball handler in Dennis Schroder, they now get to play their first and only ESPN game of the season (unless they get more added). Playing on ESPN isn’t that big of a deal for a team like the Philadelphia 76ers, but for an up-and-coming Pistons team with an All-Star in Cade Cunningham, you would think the league wants to showcase him more with more national TV games, but so far they have not added anymore.
This will be one of the few times this season in which Paul George, Tyrese Maxey, and Joel Embiid have played together, which, of course, has to happen against the Pistons, who could be without Cade Cunningham after he rolled his ankle against the Cavaliers on Wednesday.