When Stan Van Gundy assumed the dual role of Detroit Pistons coach and team president on May 15, 2014, he inherited a project. His task was to turn around the fortunes of a franchise that had missed the playoffs for five straight years and hadn’t won more than 30 games in a season since the “Goin’ to Work” era punched the clock in 2008-09.
The starting lineup in the last game before Van Gundy took over was Brandon Jennings, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Kyle Singler, Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond.
Things have changed a bit since then.
The Pistons have added a bona fide superstar in Blake Griffin and are building around the trio of Griffin, Drummond and Reggie Jackson.