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The Thunder, after having rocked through an incredible and well documented off-season, finally take the court for real. Sort-of. They welcome the Detroit Pistons to the Peake to start what should be a new era of Bad Boy Basketball. Detroit, after having said goodbye to Stan Van Gundy, have a new sheriff in town in last year’s NBA Coach of the Year Dwane Casey. As you may know, Casey was fired from his head coaching job in Toronto days after winning the award, so he looks to renew himself and Detroit heading into this season.