When things go wrong, the word “accountability” gets thrown around a lot. It’s a word we’ve been reading and hearing numerous times for the past few months in reference to the Detroit Pistons struggles. Now that the disappointing 2016-17 campaign has finally come to a (merciful) end, we can begin analyzing where it all went wrong in the hopes of finding the holes that need to be plugged. This task has to start at the top of the Pistons organization and most notably at Stan Van Gundy’s disappointing performance as a head coach this past year.
Coming into this season, the Pistons roster was largely unchanged from the one that made a playoff appearance in 2015-16.