[JazzMan]

NBA Power Rankings
#25: Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart - 17-18
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Reggie Jackson	Ish Smith	Devin Harris
SG	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Justin Holiday
SF	Marcus Morris	Tobias Harris	Stanley Johnson	Jarrod Uthoff
PF	Lauri Markkanen (R)	Jon Leuer
C	Andre Drummond	Aron Baynes	Boban Marjanovic	Henry Ellenson

Detroit has a lot of talented players, but they just don't seem to mesh very well together. At least not yet, anyway. Andre Drummond has yet to take that big leap towards becoming a top 5 center in the league. He's still not a reliable go-to-option on offense, and his defense still needs work. Reggie Jackson came back from injury last season and suddenly the team chemistry went to hell and the team fell off. Would Stan Van Gundy be better off just starting Ish Smith at point guard instead of Jackson?

Detroit brought back Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and while he's a very good 3-and-D player, he's not a go-to-guy on offense, which is what the Pistons sorely need. Maybe that guy will come in the form of Lauri Markkanen, the 7-footer from Arizona. Markkanen's face-up game is perfect next to Drummond, and it will be interesting to see if he receives the bulk of the touches from the bigs. I don't expect this Detroit team to make the postseason this year, but they should at least be in the conversation once again.

Predictions:
Record - 34-48
MVP - Andre Drummond
All-Stars - None