In the 2013-2014 season, the Pistons achieved a 2-1 record in 3 games in the new season, giving fans unlimited illusions, these three games were Billups starters, and the third game was played by Celtics Even if Jennings came back, it was also a substitute for Billups, but in the subsequent game, Jennings replaced Bynum to play the starting second position, but the strange thing is that the team immediately suffered a wave of four consecutive defeats.

In the first game against the Pacers, Jennings scored 17 points, 6 assists and 4 turnovers on 6-of-20 shooting, Smith scored 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks and 4 turnovers on 5-of-16 shooting, the Pistons were defeated by the Thunder, Jennings contributed 22 points and 11 assists on 7-of-17 shooting, and the Pistons were defeated by the Trail Blazers in the third game, Jennings scored 28 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 turnovers on 11-of-24 shooting, and the Pistons were slaughtered by the Warriors 95:113 in the fourth game, Jennings scored 13 points, 2 assists and 3 turnovers on 5-of-14 shooting.

After this game, Billups missed most of the season due to a knee injury, Pope was promoted to the starting lineup, and finally the Pistons turned out, note, I used the word unexpectedly, won Saramento the Kings, the King's talented center DeMarcus Cousins although he took the lead on the inside, scored 26 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks on 12-of-23 shooting, although Jennings was still pitted on the offensive end, scoring 11 points on 5-of-14 shooting, but also had 6 rebounds, 9 assists and only 1 turnover, The Pistons relied on Josh Smith's comprehensive statistics of 21 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals and 4 blocks on 6-of-13 shooting and Drummond's 15 points and 18 rebounds, and Starkey and Schindler's double-doubles won the game with difficulty.

I won't list them all in the future, but overall, this is a true portrayal of the Pistons throughout the season.

The two new players who are expected to play poorly, with Drummond and Monroe, the two genius insiders, Jennings as the main control did not make the best use of everything, and he was not a guard who was good at assists, this is also his style, when the Pistons introduced Jennings, this should be thought of, most of Jennings's eyes are baskets, only the eyes can sweep his teammates, and Jennings's shooting timing is still the same as before, all season, handed over a set of averages of 15.5 points, 7.6 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 2.7 turnovers per game, shooting 37.3% from the field, and 33.7% from three-point range.

But then again, if Jennings' performance is acceptable, then the Pistons' other new signing, Josh Smith, can be described as miserable, don't be fooled by the comprehensive data of 16.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, behind this data, there is an average of 2.6 turnovers per game, as well as a dismal shooting rate of 41.9% shooting, 26.4% three-point shooting rate and 53.2% free throw shooting percentage, and more importantly, The Smith and Piston twin towers are extremely incompatible.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Smith, Smith's advantage lies in comprehensiveness, his most effective means of scoring is to impact the basket, but the Pistons have Monroe and Drummond two big inside lines, there is no space at all, can only let Smith play more and more outside, which makes Smith happy in his heart, he already has a mysterious confidence in his long-range shots, this is with Junyi, last season Smith's 16.6% shot was made outside the three-point line, this season it was 21.2%, and last season there was 30.3% 's three-point shooting percentage, which is 26.4% this season, shoots more, scores less, plus Smith's 53.2% free-throw shooting rate, well...... Coupled with Monroe, who shot 65.7% from the free-throw line, and Drummond, who shot 41.8%, these three people make up the three major pits of the Pistons' free throws......

The biggest surprise for the Pistons this season is Drummond, after confirming his main position, Drummond averaged 13.5 points, 13.2 rebounds, 5.4 shallow rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, shooting 62.3% from the field. In the league rebounding king battle with a difference of 0.4 to Jordan Jr., in fact, Drummond's influence is not only data, but more importantly, Drummond showed great talent on the defensive end, played 59 double-doubles in the game, and the explosive data is endless, on December 1, 2013, he played the 76ers, Drummond sent 31 points, 19 rebounds, 6 steals and 2 blocks on 12 of 15 shots to lead the team to win, on January 24, 2014, the Pistons lost to the Pelicans in the game, Drummond scored 21 points, 20 rebounds and 2 blocks on 7 of 17 shots, completely broke the Pelicans' talented interior Anthony Davis (12 shots 4 of 14 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks), February 7, 2014, the Pistons defeated the Brooklyn Nets with four kings at home, Drummond shot 7 of 12 and scored 16 points and 22 rebounds, ten days later, the Pistons lost to the Hornets away, Drummond had the upper hand in the confrontation of the old all-around interior Al Jefferson, Jefferson scored 32 points, 12 rebounds, 0 front boards, 7 assists and 0 blocks on 15 of 28 shots, Drummond scored 16 points, 22 rebounds, 11 front boards and 2 blocks on 8-of-15 shooting, and on March 3, 2014, the Pistons defeated the Knicks, Drummond once again contributed 17 points, 26 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks on 6-of-9 shooting, making the opposite violent interior Amaré Stoudemire deflated.

The most representative game was on April 11, 2014, the Pistons lost to the Bulls away, the Bulls' interior combination is Boozer and Noah, you must know that Noah is the best defensive player of the year this year, the state is at its peak, Drummond shot 11 of 17 in the game, 26 points, 26 rebounds, 12 front boards and 3 steals of super data, and Noah has nothing to do with Drummond, only 6 points on 2 of 10 shots in this game, 12 rebounds, 2 front boards, 10 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

It can be said that in just one season, Drummond has established himself as a cornerstone in Detroit, and Drummond's stuffing partner Greg Monroe has performed mediocre.

It's not that Monroe's performance is bad, but like Knight, he is still improving this season, but the magnitude of the improvement has not reached the heights expected by the team management and fans, with full attendance in 82 games. Averaged 15.2 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, the highest score of the season was 28 points, 17 points of more than 20 points, 7 rebounds of more than 15, I have to admit that Monroe's offense on the inside is one level higher than Drummond, but the defense is three levels lower than Drummond, and Monroe's offensive area seriously overlaps with Drummond, although Monroe is also developing mid-range shooting, but confidence is obviously lacking, but overall, Monroe's play this season is still okay, among the league's first-class interior line.

Other rotation players rookie Pope played a decent game averaging 5.9 points per game, Schindler is still reliable on the offensive end, averaging 9.6 points per game, Wilburnham averaged 8.7 points per game, Rodney Starkey finally found his position this season, as a substitute, Rodney played very well on the bench, averaging 13.9 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, shooting 43.6% from the field.

After the end of the season, the Pistons only achieved a 29-53 record, overall, the Pistons' lineup on paper is very good, but to be able to play this good card is sparse, head coach Morrick Cheeks has to take the blame, averaging 101 points per game, Losing 104.7 points, Cheeks likes to play fast, but the team sits on two big interior lines, Monroe and Drummond are more suitable for positional battles, and after the end of the season, Cheeks became the first head coach to be laid off in the season, and since then Cheeks has also served as an assistant coach with the Thunder, but has never served as a head coach again.

Replacing Cheeks is Stan Van Gundy.

Stan Van Gundy is the older brother of former Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy, so affectionately known as the big Van Gundy, he began his coaching career with the Miami Heat in 2003 and coached the Heat for 3 seasons and the Magic for 5 seasons, both with very good records.

In the resume of Big Van Gundy, the most glorious time was the 2008-2009 season coaching the Magic, the Magic's paper lineup is considered to be above average, but with Superman Howard, the tactics at that time were extremely simple and rough, Howard chiseled on the inside, chiseled the best, met the bag and chiseled it and couldn't move, threw it outside, outside the three-point line Lewis, Nelson, Jason Richardson, Tekoglu, Ryan Anderson, JJ Reddick, Quentin Richardson, Chris Duhon, casually on the four muskets in turn, burst out of the opponent's bloody face, it doesn't matter if he can't shoot, Howard grabbed the board again, continued to chisel, and repeatedly, this set of playing is simple and effective, and it actually chiseled the Magic team all the way to the finals.

In the summer of 2012, Howard publicly fell out with the Magic management and was determined to leave, the Magic team had no choice but to trade Howard, and Van Gundy, who had a bad relationship with Howard, was not much better, and at the end of the season, he went out of class with the team's general manager Odis Smith, and then Van Gundy was idle at home for two whole years, until the Pistons asked him to come back, and the sincerity of the Pistons is also the most sufficient, not only the head coach, but also the president of basketball operations of the Pistons, this status, in the team, in addition to the owner, is him.

Da Van Gundy is a very strong character, very distinctive characteristics of the player, he has a certain appeal and leadership, with a hoarse roaring voice, as long as it is not a thorn, generally convinced of Da Fan, and Da Fan's strength is most directly reflected in the iron fist management.

The first thing Da Fan did after taking office was to establish his prestige, he didn't need any "old man from the past", the first thing he did when he arrived at the team was to clean up Billups, which directly led to Billups' retirement this summer, out of Billups, he also had a thorn in his side, Rasheed Wallace, Tianzun essentially retired a season ago, joined the Pistons coaching team in 2013, as an assistant coach to Cheeks, responsible for training the team's two big interior Monroe and Drummond, and coached the summer league, Da Fan took office, announced the termination of Wallace's contract!

In addition to Billups and Wallace, they are considered veterans, but not only them, but some other veterans have also not escaped the fate of being purged.

The first is to let go of the interior offense can but not good enough, three-point shooting can but not good enough Charlie Villanueva, the latter 5 years 37.7 million signed with the Mavericks, Villanueva is also a Pistons veteran, from 2009 in the Pistons for five years, but last year and 2011 suffered a major injury Although there is no achievement, but conscientious without credit and hard work, let play the starter to play the starter, let the substitute play the substitute, this year's contract expired, not even a pension contract, ask, I don't even have to ask.

In the past, the Pistons wanted to focus on cultivating Starkey's contract expired this year, and Prince Ji, who played for the Pistons for 7 years, still did not get a contract extension from the Pistons, due to the style of play and the relationship between Starkey and the team management in the next few seasons of the Pistons, a bit of "notoriety" taste, no team dared to have a big contract with Starkey, and finally was forced to be helpless, and the veteran with a base salary of 1.22 million a year signed the Indiana Pacers.

Insert a sentence, Starkey ranks 13th in team history with 1,888 assists, 16th in team history with 453 steals, and 17th in team history with 483 games for the Pistons.

Villanueva and Prince Ke are decent, at least the contract is expiring, there is no master here, there is a place to keep the master, but Will Bynum, who is also an old minister, is not so good, Bynum joined the Pistons in 2008, from a little-known marginal player, to a reliable substitute on the Pistons bench, and the final outcome was at the end of this summer, he was sent to the Celtics, in exchange for the center Joel Anthony, who the Pistons don't need at all, don't tell me what is the salary saving, Bynum $3 million this season, Anthony $3.8 million, you tell me where the Pistons are saved.

In fact, it is not only players like Billups, Tianzun, and Villanueva Bynum who have suffered, Da Fan used his previous team to change this Pistons up and down, such as the general manager is Jeff Ball - an old acquaintance who has known Da Fan for more than 30 years.

After Da Fan came up, the first tricky thing in front of Da Fan was Monroe's contract.

Monroe's four-year child labor contract has ended, Monroe wants a top new, but the Pistons don't give it, these four years have passed, Monroe has been a little resentful, always since Drummond came, Monroe feels that he is no longer the team's only "treasure", coupled with the arrival of Jennings and Smith, Monroe directly became the team's fourth choice, which also made Monroe want to escape from Detroit, so, in the summer, Dafan and Monroe started a long tug-of-war, Dafan once adjusted the salary to 10 million-12 million, But he was still rejected by Monroe, and Monroe's position was very firm, that is, Dingxin! Da Fan is going to take a gamble to see if other teams can give Monroe a maximum salary.

Due to the success achieved in the Magic team, Da Fan also wants to train the Pistons into a second magic, and the Pistons also have a big center Drummond with great potential, which is impossible not to make Da Fan move his mind in this regard.

The essence of Dafan's tactics is simple and rude, more rejecting the Spurs-style continuous passing ball, compared to the offensive end, Dafan is a coach who pays more attention to defense, he first came to the Pistons and said, We just form a fucking wall, (what we have to do, just build a damn wall), you must know that the Pistons in the Cheeks era, under the premise of focusing on the offensive rhythm, almost have to forget about the defense, and the defense wins the championship.

On the offensive end, the rapid advancement of the defense to the offense, the mid-line cut in the No. 3 position and the big center inside the hard chisel opponent, and the three points thrown out are the main offensive means of Dafan, and you can see from Dafan's style that what the Pistons need in the era when Dafan is in power.