Pistons Legend Thinks This Year's Team is Special

The Detroit Pistons are making some real noise this season. Last year they burst onto the scene as a playoff contender, but as of the All-Star break this season, they are something even more dangerous. The Pistons are officially the best team in the league with a record of 40-13. This may come as a complete shock to some as most of the talk this year has been about the Oklahoma City Thunder or other Western Conference contenders, but the Pistons have the least amount of losses in the league, and are a real threat to win the NBA championship. 

The Pistons organization hasn’t had much success over the last two decades. The new iteration of the team is showing some promise to get the team back to their championship ways. 

One of those past Pistons champions, Isaiah Thomas, spoke about what he thinks of this year’s dominant Pistons team. 

“They have know how and what I mean by know how, they know how to win. Cade Cunningham is possibly MVP of the league. They got (Jalen) Duren, who’s an All Star. They got (Isaiah) Stewart, who could be the defensive player of the year also. They’re covered in every area they got. They got great coaching.” “I just don’t think that lack of playoff experience will be a problem…I think that the playoff experience that they got last year playing against the Knicks, they’re ready, and they’re primed to do big things.”

The Pistons are still quite young, and if it took them one more year to become real title contenders, nobody would be shocked. However, Thomas is right, this team is really good, and they have just as good a chance as anyone to do big things this season.