After Jennings returned from a serious injury, it is obvious that his form is no longer as brave as he used to be, and the end of this season is still a contract year, in order to avoid losing Jennings in vain, Dafan gave Jennings a surprise after the New Year.

On Feb. 17, 2016, the Pistons packed Jennings to Ilyasova and sent it to Mode in exchange for small forward Tobias Harris.

Harris is 206 cm tall, serving as a small forward, and won the first round of the No. 19 rookie in 2011, Harris can be said to be one of the lowest-key quasi-All-Star players in the entire league, introverted, no fancy news, concentrate on playing, and his professional attitude is still very good. Harris signed a four-year, $64 million contract with the Magic last year with an average of 17.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, but the Magic changed coaches last year, and the new head coach Skels and Harris did not match, Harris dropped to a freezing point in many statistics, averaging only 13.7 points per game, and also wanted to find a reliable backup for the team's focused guard Avrid Payton, so the two hit it off.

Jennings is like this, because of injuries, from a talented league star, overnight to a role player who is assigned to play as a substitute, and Jennings has never returned to his former glory, which is warm and cold, which is embarrassing.

On February 19, 2016, Harris played an excellent first game for the Pistons, and Harris, who was well-rounded, seamlessly connected any tactics, came off the bench and played 30 minutes on 9-of-12 shooting to score 21 points and 4 rebounds, but others played sluggishly, especially Pope only 1 of 11 shots, and the Pistons unfortunately lost to the Wizards, at this time the team's record came to 27-28, at that time in the East, the half-to-half winning rate was the basic threshold for entering the playoffs, The Cavaliers with James and the regular Dragons with the Trash Brothers firmly occupy the top two positions in the East, the Heat with Wade in the second echelon and the Hawks and Celtics with all the soldiers are basically guaranteed to have a playoff ticket, and the remaining six teams of the Heat, Hornets, Pacers, Pistons, Bulls, and Wizards compete for the last three tickets, while the Pistons, who have a record of less than half of the record, are in the last place, but there is still hope.

In the second game of Harris's transfer to the Pistons, in the face of Anthony Davis's 59 points and 20 rebounds, the Pistons lost again, and the 27-29 record was getting farther and farther away from the playoffs.

In the first game against the Cavaliers, Harris beat James, the former scored 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 fouls on 6-of-14 shooting, James scored 12 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 6 turnovers on 5-of-18 shooting, and the Pistons defeated the powerful Cavaliers 96-88. In the second game, the Pistons scored 20 points to slaughter the 76ers, the weakest chicken in the league, Harris was like no man's land, scoring 22 points and 8 rebounds in 9 of 12 shots, and the third game played the old opponent Bucks, the Pistons started all five points in double figures, and beat the opponent by 10 points, and the fourth game played the second Raptors in the East, and the Pistons set off a super attack wave of 37:20 in the third quarter, taking away the game in waves......

After the Pistons won another wave of four consecutive wins, this season's Pistons secured a playoff spot one round ahead of schedule, with a final record of 44 wins and 28 losses, ranking eighth in the East, and finally standing on the stage of the playoffs after six years of decline!

The last time the Pistons stood on the stage of the playoffs was back in the 2008-2009 season, which was the year Iverson landed in Detroit, when the team was in the 2015-2016 season, only three players were still playing in the league, one was the little prince Prince, the little prince was in his prime, offensive and defensive in his prime, but this season's Prince Prince was coaching young people with the Timberwolves, and the season ended, retired, the other, is the fourth-year Amir Johnson, the Pistons sent Johnson to the Bucks in order to clean the salary space, in exchange for Oberto, and then stepped on Aubert, and only two months later, the Bucks sent Johnson to the Raptors, who knew that the rough technology at that time was black and hard to practice a three-point hand, and in the Raptors played a value, got a contract of tens of millions, is now the Celtics' starting No. 3, and now the third player who is still playing is Aaron Afralo, a sophomore, Afflalo was unknown to the Pistons that year, and was sold to the Nuggets by the Pistons after the end of the season, only to get a second-round pick, and then Afflaro played a value in the Nuggets, and was briefly pushed to the position of boss when he switched to the Magic, averaging 18 points per game + defensive bonus, and coincidentally, when Afraro was the boss of the Magic, the second leader was the new Tobias Harris.

From Amir Johnson, Afralo, to the previous Middleton and Dinwiddie, it is not difficult to find that these players who were all popular later could not find a place in the Pistons back then, they are all capable players, but the Pistons did not have the patience to cultivate them, and with the aging of the old generation of the Five Tigers, the new players could not stand up, which caused the Pistons to be rejected from the playoffs for six consecutive years.

Six years ago, the Pistons entered the playoffs with the eighth place in the East, when their opponent was the Cleveland Cavaliers with James, and the result was 0:4 swept, and six years later, the Pistons entered the playoffs again as the eighth in the East.

Although the result is the same, but the Pistons are not tied down, compared to six years ago, the Pistons averaged more than 15 points per game in four games, obviously six years later, the Pistons are more energetic, the process is very different.

In the first game, after the first three quarters, the Pistons were still two points ahead of the Cavaliers at Cleveland's home court, and in the fourth quarter, Irving stood up and made consecutive breakthroughs to make fouls to ensure that the team narrowly beat the Pistons by 5 points, the Pistons played very well in this game, there were almost no slots, Pope scored 21 points in 7 of 14, Morris scored 20 points in 6 of 14, and Reggie Jackson scored 17 points in 7 of 12, all of which are normal play, Drummond's 13 points and 11 rebounds and Harris's 9 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block are slightly flawed, and the Pistons lost the game purely due to lack of strength.

The competition between the real strength of the two teams was particularly comprehensive in the second game, James, Irving, and JR Smith all scored 20+, and Loew also scored 16 points and 10 rebounds double-double, while the Pistons only Drummond scored 20 points and 7 rebounds, and the other five scored double-doubles. The Pistons also lost the game 90-107. The third game is the same as the second game, the overall performance of the Pistons is still good, but the opponent is too strong, really can't do it, Irving, James Love scored 20+, after three games, the Pistons fell behind 0:3 without suspense.

In the fourth game, the Pistons did not fight timidly because of the big score behind, but broke out with 120% combat effectiveness in peacetime, which is the advantage of a young lineup, at the end of the half, the Pistons were only 1 point behind the Cavaliers under the leadership of Morris scoring 18 points, and today luck is also on the side of the Cavaliers, Irving threw into the midcourt before the end of the half, and entered the second half, Irving scored 13 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and Pope and Stanley Johnson hit 3 three-pointers in response, the first half of the fourth quarter, Irving scored 7 points again, at this time Harris on the edge of the cliff stood up, scored 7 points to confront Irving, the game fought until the last minute, the Cavaliers tried their best and still couldn't shake off the Pistons, with Pope hitting a key three-pointer at the top of the right rib arc, the Pistons only trailed the Cavaliers 96:97! At the critical moment, it was Irving again, at the top of the right rib arc, dribbling and pulling out a three-point shot, * Reggie Jackson, the Pistons who did not admit defeat scored 2 points by Reggie Jackson in the subsequent offense, with 33 seconds left, the Pistons did not use foul tactics, they were betting on the team's defense, and finally they bet right, Irving's three-point shot in the bottom right corner was basket and thick, and Stanley Johnson won this crucial three-pointer!

I don't need to say it below, the following passage is the original words of the narrator in the Sina highlights of the year-

"Irving missed the shot, there were 8 seconds left, but at this time, the Pistons had no timeout, after Reggie Jackson got the ball, he resolutely did not pass, and finally under Irving's strict defense, he hurriedly missed, and the Cavaliers finally won 100-98, and the overall score was 4-0 to sweep the Pistons......"

Although the playoffs were swept by the Cavaliers, in all fairness, the Pistons were still successful this season and already had the strength of a playoff team, but it is obvious that neither Harris, nor Jackson, nor Drummond have the strength of superstars, and it is a fool's dream to win the championship.

Speaking of which, in recent years, there has never been a superstar who has signed to Detroit naked, and even at the star meeting, Detroit has not been able to enter the candidate city, why is this?

This starts with the urban culture of Detroit, as I said before, Detroit is the largest industrial city in the United States, and the residents living here are more blue-collar workers, the cultural atmosphere is not high, and the city's security reputation is notorious.

So, for the Pistons, they have enough good role players, even quasi-star players, but they don't have superstars, especially in last year's playoffs, the outstanding performance of superstar Irving in Game 4 deeply pierced Dafan's heart.

But the thirst for superstars is thirsty, and this set of teams that already have playoff experience is impossible to break up easily, and Dafan has only made a few minor repairs.

On July 3, 2016, Dafan signed Rockets veteran Joan Loyle.

In the above paragraph, the prominent focus is on the "rocket veteran".

Da Fan: Aray, have you ever heard of a sentence that calls the Spurs out of the coach and the Rockets out of the player, I recently took a fancy to a Rocket veteran and plan to sign it.

Morey: Well, I've heard of Dragic, I've heard of Kevin Lowry, I came out of me, including Ma Dongmei in your lineup, who also played in Houston in the past! There is nothing wrong with what you said!

Dafan: Then why don't you keep these people......

Morey: Don't be noisy with me, little mouthy, Middleton, Afrallo, don't you stay!

Da Fan: Let's get down to business, I have a big eye on a rocket veteran and plan to sign a big contract.

Morey: Tell me, who, I know all about the players I used to be!

Big Fan: Joan Loyle

Morey's eyes rolled: I remember, I remember, this player is amazing, accurate shooting, good defense, dare to fight, and obedient and knows how to improve, and is not a tumor, you take it back and cultivate it well, all-stars or anything is the lower limit.

Dafan: No, if it's really as good as you say, why don't you?

Morey's face was gloomy: Then if I want it, what is the matter with you now, I dreamed of Lloyle a few days ago, I was confused for a while and let him go, and now I regret it in my heart, you sign first, after you sign it, if you don't use it properly, well, Harden can't be changed, I'll use Gordon to exchange it for you.

Dafan: Gordon? Is it Eric Gordon?

Morey: Out of Eric Gordon, is there a second Gordon?

Da Fan Meizi is gone.

Rocket boss Alexander was confused when he heard Morey's side, and asked Morey, who is Loyle? How come I am not impressed?

Morey: How do I know who?

Alexander: Then you promised Fan Fan that if you come back with a garbage contract, we will really exchange it for Gordon.

Morey: Change, why don't you change, it's okay, everything has me.

The next day, Dafan happily signed Joan Loyle with a big four-year contract worth $42 million.