Time to bench Ish Smith, start Beno Udrih

I don’t care how close Reggie Jackson is to returning to the lineup, the Ish Smith as starting point guard era needs to end right now.

The Pistons, currently mired in a four-game losing streak and winning only two of their past nine, cannot simply wait for Jackson to take back his spot in a week or two. Smith has made it abundantly clear he doesn’t fit alongside Andre Drummond and should take a seat in favor of Ben Udrih.

Each player is flawed, but Smith’s flaws are compounded when playing alongside Andre Drummond. Smith simply makes Drummond a worse player, and when you have the two of them out there sharing the court the defense is playing three on five.

They don’t just lack chemistry, they…