In the 2012 NBA draft, the Pistons won Andre Drummond with the 9th pick in the first round, and the 21-year-old young player Chris Middleton from Texas A&M University with the 9th pick in the second round. Ten dead, nine of them can shoot, although the even Middleton was in good physical condition at the time, but he didn't show any potential on the defensive end, and the Pistons guard line was crowded, not to mention Brandon Knight, who focused on training, and the former crown prince Rodney Starkey, sitting on the bench was Will Bynum, who had already proven himself to be a qualified substitute, and Middleton in his rookie season only played 27 NBA games, averaging less than 18 minutes per game and scoring 6 points, At that time, there was also a newcomer in front of Middleton, and he was Kyle Schindler.

Schindler is the No. 3 rookie in the second round last year, American, a top student at Duke University, last year because of the NBA shutdown, Schindler signed an overseas team early, and was able to join the Pistons this year, Schindler looks handsome, similar to me, deep eyes, born blonde hair, nicknamed "Golden Bomber", he is a player who is good at scoring, especially shooting, accurate three-pointers, very good running without the ball, when he graduated from his senior year, his total score was fourth in Duke history, but the shortcomings are also obvious, Basically has no ability to attack with the ball, the defense is middle and low-class, and the physical fitness is known as the worst template in the NBA, and he is old and has very limited potential......

As a result, everyone knows, and it turns out that those who are handsome are not necessarily dry goods.

No. 1, Rodney Starkey, No. 2, Brandon Knight, No. 3, Tyshawe Prince, No. 4, Jason Markhill, No. 5 Greg Monroe, this is the 2012 Pistons starter, the bench is Will Bynum, Kyle Schindler, Andre Drummond, Charlie Villanueva, Jonas Jerebko, this is the entire rotation of this Pistons team at the beginning of the season, since the Pistons Five fell apart, there has never been a big name player on the team since then, This can be directly called the "Detroit Sending the Heads Team".

In fact, the Pistons wanted to cultivate Rodney Starkey's so-called team door card, after all, his performance in the summer league in his rookie season was too amazing, giving the management too many illusions, but it turned out that they still chose the wrong person, the star flavor is not enough, not the most terrible, the most terrible is still to come.

On October 31, 2012, the Pistons ushered in the first game of the season, sitting away against the Houston Rockets, which was the first game of the Rockets' bloody trade to Harden, Rockets general manager Morey through the data research he relied on to become famous, identified Harden as the cornerstone of the team, but data is data after all, no, but to the court to try it for real, as a result, in this game, Harden shot 15 of 25, with a 56% shooting rate of 37 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals, And the Rockets defeated the Pistons 105-96, the Rockets were overjoyed, and two days later, on November 1, 2012, the Rockets renewed Harden's contract for 5 years and $78.5 million, and Harden became the first player in NBA history to cut 30 points and 12 assists after switching to a new team.

What am I talking about Team Rocket? Am I off topic? No, our protagonist is the backdrop that bears witness to this history......

In this game, Rodney Skiesch scored 9 points and 6 assists on 1-of-10 shooting, while Schindler scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting off the bench.

On November 2, 2012, the Pistons lost to the Suns 89-92 away, Rokishi scored 1 point, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 0-of-7 shooting in 22 minutes, and Schindler scored 5 points on 2-of-2 shooting.

The third game of the Pistons season was slaughtered by the Lakers 79-108 on November 4, Rokishi played 25 minutes, shot 0-of-6 and did not score 3 assists and 1 rebound, while Schindler scored 11 points and 5 rebounds on 4-of-9 shooting, and Rokishi became the first player in the NBA's 32-year history to shoot less than 10% in the first three games of the season after having a complete record......

In the fourth game, the Pistons lost to the Nuggets 97-109 away, and Rokishi's performance rebounded, and he was brave and brave, playing 39 minutes in the game, shooting 5 of 17, scoring 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists with less than 30% shooting, and Schindler scoring 9 points on 3 of 5 shots.

In the fifth game, the Pistons and the Kings fought to the last minute, with 10 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Kings center DeMarcus Cousins hit one of two free throws, the Pistons trailed by 5 points at 100:105, Rokishi hit a 3-pointer, and there were 1.7 seconds left in the clock...... Schindler, on the other hand, scored 12 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks on 3-of-8 shooting.

The Pistons, who have lost consecutive battles, are so miserable that I can't bear to say it...... Let's talk about the Pistons' first win of the season.

On November 14, 2012, the Pistons, who had lost eight in a row, faced the Philadelphia 76ers away, and the Pistons won 94-76......

Rokishi failed to play, head coach Frank actually sent 203 cm Kyle Schindler, who was originally a small forward, to play point guard, Schindler played really well at the beginning of the season, after being arranged to start, the result was surprisingly good, Schindler scored 16 points and 4 rebounds on 7-of-14 shooting, and helped the team achieve the final victory!

As the saying goes, winning is not terrible, but it is embarrassing to lack anyone.

In this way, Rokistone was completely abandoned by Frank and spent most of the season hovering on the bench to work.

After Schindler was sent to the starter, the result was surprisingly good, in the last ten games, Schindler scored double-doubles in 7 games, averaging 11.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, and the shooting rate was as high as 50%, such a performance is very good for rookies, and the most important thing is that the team won 5 wins in these ten games!

Of course, this is just a flash in the pan for Schindler, as the season progresses, Schindler was immediately beaten back to the prototype, 3 points, 2 points, 9 points, 5 points, 9 points, 8 points, 7 points, 11 points, 9 points, 10 points, this is the last ten games, Schindler handed over the report card, a total of 84 shots 28 shots, the shooting rate of 33.33%, the team only won 3 games, the lack of scoring ability is not the most critical, the most important thing is that Schindler is slow even in the position of small forward, unable to defend against opponents, Being pushed to a faster defender position makes others complain and make the opponent happy.

In these ten games, Warriors scoring guard Klay Thompson scored 27 points on 8-of-13 shooting, 76ers guard Evan Turner scored 18 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists on 8-of-13 shooting, Hawks guard Joe Johnson scored 28 points and 5 assists, DeRozan scored 23 points on 10-of-19 shooting, and even Belinelli, who is not good at breaking through and will only get rid of the small role of finding space to shoot, scored 16 points, what? You're going to say that Belinelli was a good shot, but have you ever heard of a player named Jeremy Pargo? I have heard of it as a fan of the Shenzhen men's basketball team, this player is just a temporary worker signed by Cavaliers guards Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters who were both absent due to illness, and once played in the NBA to China's CBA Shenzhen men's basketball team. NBA career played a total of 2 seasons (a total of 84 games) with an average of 4.7 points per game, wave shots and turnovers have always been his labels, just such a marginal person, can also cut 24 points and 4 assists in Schindler's shooting, with a shooting percentage of 10 in 18 shots, this game has also become the highlight of Pago, and when the Shenzhen manager is studying Pgo in the future, this game is also focused on studying the video.

Actually, you don't understand Schindler, he is not playing, but benefiting the new humanity! How many players who can't play get a contract by playing against Schindler, and how many third-rate players play with first-class value by playing against Schindler! This is really the conscience of the industry!

Schindler played the first ten games of the start, completely conquered the management of the Pistons, decided that Schindler was a malleable talent, and decided to focus on training, as for the next games - the rookie wall, it was all the rookie wall to blame!

But Schindler's rise has made another person's position awkward, and he is the team's regular small forward, Tyshawn Prince.

The 2012-2013 season is Prince's 11th season in the Pistons, out of the rookie season, every year after that, Prince is the team's starting three position of the best choice, although Prince has first-class defensive ability, excellent overall view, and is low-key, but the offensive ability is insufficient, especially the ability to attack with the ball, and Prince is 32 years old this year, only the tail of the peak is left, from the little prince of the year, to the old prince now, all considered, the Pistons in order to cultivate Schindler, finally, Or started the Princes deal.

On January 31, 2013, the Pistons made a three-way trade with the Raptors and Grizzlies, and the Pistons sent Prince to the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Pistons got the Raptors' leading guard, Jose Calderon.

At this point, although everyone is reluctant to admit it, the fact is that the Pistons Five Tigers, the last veteran Tyshawn Prince, who once dominated one side, officially left Detroit, although the Pistons have long since lost their bravery, but trading Prince is still considered to be the official start of the rebuilding of the Pistons.

After that, Prince played the rest of the game in the Grizzlies, and the next season's Prince state declined, and he suffered a serious injury in Boston, and then in the 14-15 season, the Pistons used another veteran in the team, Jason Markhill, to replace Prince back in the team, but at this time Prince has long been no longer brave, and in the 15-16 season after struggling with the Timberwolves for a season, he retired gloomily, and finally settled in the management of the Pistons as an assistant to the general manager.

At present, among the former Pistons Five Tigers, in addition to Rashid Wallace's short time in the team, Hamilton's No. 32 jersey, Billups' No. 1 jersey, and Ben Wallace's No. 3 jersey have all been retired.

As of December 16, 2018, Prince's 10,006 points for the Pistons ranked eighth in team history, 3,683 rebounds ranked tenth, 2,074 assists, ranked ninth in team history, 455 steals ranked 16th in team history, and 448 blocks ranked eighth in team history. Among the hard-won rings, there is Prince's strong defense against Kobe, and it is no exaggeration to say that without Prince, I believe the Pistons would not have won so easily.

Prince's trade sparked a league-wide debate about loyalty, and the NBA's game between loyalty and interest erupted across the league after Olajuwon, Ewing and Malone.

After talking about Prince, let's talk about Calderon.

Calderon has only played in the Pistons for so one year to be exact, half a season of 28 games, in the long history of the Pistons, such as a fleeting cloud, so it is good to briefly describe it, Calderon is a Spaniard, one year younger than Prince, he is a very solid point guard, average physical fitness, defensive ability in the middle, but has a good three-point shot, and a very good overall view, he spent the first seven and a half seasons in the league in the Toronto Raptors, relying on his own efforts, From a role player to the team's leading guard, the strength is also good, the data is maintained at the level of 11 points and 8 assists all year round, but after the end of the season, the Pistons are only willing to provide Calderon with a mid-level contract in order to save money, and finally Calderon left Dallas and signed a 4-year $28 million contract, which is equivalent to the Pistons using a meritorious veteran who has been loyal to the team for 11 years, in exchange for a temporary worker who only played 28 games for the team, and did not even get a draft pick.

Remember that Prince was in tears at the press conference and said a very famous and common sentence -

"I thought I could live in Detroit for the rest of my life, and I didn't want to go."

But business is business, and there is no choice.

The Pistons sent their leading scorer Ben Gordon to the Bobcats with a protected first-round pick this season in exchange for 32-year-old Corey Margety.

Ben Gordon and his contract also saved 2 years and 25.8 million US dollars, but Margeti only has 1 year and 11 million US dollars, so the question is, why the Pistons are so picky this season, the reason is that 2013 is a year of big fish in the free market, and the Pistons fantasize about catching one or two big fish this season, so that the salted fish can turn over and quickly improve the team.

So did the Pistons' dream come true?