Stanley Johnson let readers inside his reflection of his offseason and his expectations for the Detroit Pistons this season in a column for The Players’ Tribune on Monday. Johnson detailed his offseason training schedule and his experience with USA Basketball during the summer leading up to the beginning of the 2016-17 season.
His column, appropriately named “Mind Games,” Johnson says how his head coach, Stan Van Gundy, inspired him to get right to work after the Pistons were swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of last season’s playoffs.
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“Coach was so locked in, it looked like he hadn’t left his office since the series had ended,” Johnson says.