Cade Cunningham Didn’t Change Detroit Pistons’ Worst Season Ever
The Detroit Pistons have just gone on one of the worst runs in NBA history the city of Detroit had to watch along as their team went on the biggest losing streak in the history of the NBA this Pistons team lost 28 games in a row a run that topped some truly awful teams
So how did the Pistons do this surely they can have been the worst team in NBA history was it just incredibly bad luck or is this Detroit team really the worst that the league has ever seen let’s take a look at Detroit Pistons in the alltime
Losing Street record how did we get here before we take a look at this season it is important to remember the struggles that Detroit basketball has faced in recent years in the 2000s Detroit had one of the best teams in the league built on physical defense in a roster
Full of impressive players many people consider the 2004 Pistons the last team to win the NBA Finals without having a true Superstar on the floor they did have multiple time Defensive Player of the Year Ben Wallace in the paint alongside a roster featuring great like trony bbss Rasheed Wallace and Richard
Hamilton after the team got old and disbanded it has been the same old story in Detroit for almost 15 years now feed pretty terrible pick highly in the draft Miss on those draft picks and repeat since going to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2008 the Pistons have only
Been back to the playoffs three times in each of those three seasons they got swept twice by LeBron and once by Giannis Detroit are on their ninth coach since title winning leader Larry Brown left the team in 2005 the last few years have been more of the same behind great big men play
From Blake G Griffin and Andre Drummond the Pistons reached the playoffs in 2019 before getting swept since then they have been one of the worst teams in the league failing to pick up 25 wins in each of the last four seasons under former NBA coach of the year Dwayne
Casey this has led to a lot of high DFT picks in the last few years that have not worked out last year they finished 17 65 enough for worst in the Eastern Conference and the entire NBA it was enough for the Pistons to finally fire Casey and instead bring in Monty
Williams the big contract for Monty Williams we have 2021 first overall pick Kate Cunningham in pressing Monty Williams seemed like a very good pickup for his team he had coach the Phoenix Suns to the NBA finals in 2022 as well as being named NBA coach of the year
Will Williams even had experience as an executive he seemed like the perfect person to bring some experience to this young Pistons squad for Monte it gave him an incredibly difficult task but the opportunity to orchestrate what would have been one of the best rebuilds in NBA history Detroit made it very clear
He was the right man for the job by the massive offer they sent Williams he immediately became one of the highest paid coaches not only in the NBA but in professional American Sports is sixe 78.5 million contract could reach 8 years and $100 million with incentives his $113 million perear
Contract makes him the highest paid coach in the NBA over San Antonio Spurs coach Greg popovic only a few of the top coaches in the NFL make more money than Williams in the US losing streak so with the highest paid Co in the league and a young Squad of players looking to
Impress there was some hope that Detroit could at least move forward even if the playoffs were a little bit Out Of Reach losing by just a single point to the Eastern conference winners in Miami Heat shows how good the Pistons are they picked up their first win of the season
In game two against the Charlotte Hornets before an impressive home debut win over the Chicago Bulls so at 2 to one maybe there was some hope for the Pistons a loss to the Thunder was not great followed up by back-to-back L’s to the Portland Trailblazers and the New
Orleans Pelicans from then the losses just kept on coming and most of them were not particularly close the Pistons went 0 to 15 in November with only one of those losses coming in at one possession game the streak extended to December as the Pistons continue to lose
And lose Big Two 40 plus Point performances from Kate Cunningham in the space of 8 days was still not enough for Detroit to end all of this losing this was with most of their main starters healthy that Detroit were losing it wasn’t just the number of losses that
Must have hurt the Pistons fans it was losses like the 19point home defeat to the Washington Wizards or the eight-point loss to the Underman Utah Jazz that probably hurt fans the most the record-breaking laun for consecutive losses in a single season came on December 26 in front of their own fans
Cunningham’s 41 points in five assist game was not enough for them to beat the Brooklyn Nets who have a losing record of their own they tied the allstar record in Boston with a big lead in the first half the business could not hold on as the Celtics forced overtime and
Eventually stole the game away that was it the record was with the Celtics and they almost ended 2023 with a back-to-back winless month thankfully for Pistons fans they did see a little bit of Hope just before the New Year in the team’s final game of the season the
Pistons bested the Toronto Raptors 129 to 127 to snap the historic losing streak you might not be surprised to he that it was Kate Cunningham leading the way for Detroit his 30 points and 12 assists game along with some clutch shooting from role players landed Detroit their first win since October
28th now the win still means the Pistons have the longest losing streak in NBA history what is even worse that the Detroit Pistons now have the most consecutive losses record in the regular season and the playoffs so how did this happen how did the Pistons let this
Happen now that the losing streak is over it seemed like a good time to take a look back at the reasons for this long losing streak for one thing Detroit have a very young Squad of a lot of young starters the five players who have started the most games for the Pistons
This season are all younger than 23 years old buan bogdanovic Alec Burks and Joe Harris are the only players on the roster older than 25 years old Harris and Burks are not even in the top 10 for the Pistons in terms of game started it shows that Williams is committed to a
Proper rebuild now that has got to be hard to hear for Pistons fans for one thing it is not like Detroit or rebuild after a period of success by 2023 2024 being another rebuilding year it shows that all of the work that Detroit has done over the last few years have been
For nothing but that certainly seems to be the case for the Pistons it also doesn’t help that bogonovich has not been healthy for a lot of the season and is averaging 20 points per game in the limited time he has actually been on the court but other than the fact that the
Pistons are rebuilding there are some serious problems with Detroit the business have the fourth worst offense in the NBA in terms of points per game and fifth worst in terms of defensive ratings the offensive stats are even worse when you look into the details Detroit ranked third worst in threo
Percentage with only one player on the Pistons Squad averaging more than 35 percentage from three second in the league in turnovers Detroit are also giving other teams more opportunities to score Cunningham is third in the league in turnovers behind only Trey young in Luca donic the second worst plus minus
In the NBA Detroit aren’t just losing but they are losing heavily all of those statistics represent a team that are young raw and in need of time to build it may sound completely ridiculous but this Pistons team has the pieces to be really good Kate Cunningham looks like
He has the making of a star and his scoring will only get more efficient when he has the right scores around them but what do you think about Detroit Pistons record-breaking losing streak are they the worst team in NBA history why not put your thoughts in the comments down below while you’re down
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Embark on a detailed exploration of the Detroit Pistons’ extraordinary descent into the longest losing streak in NBA history, spanning 28 games. This video examines the pivotal moments and decisions that led to this unfortunate record, from the team’s triumphant era in the early 2000s to their current challenges. We spotlight the role of key figures, including Cade Cunningham, in both the struggles and potential revival of the team. Delve into the impact of significant coaching changes, the aftermath of high-profile draft picks, and the strategic shifts under new leadership, with a special emphasis on Cunningham’s contributions and development as a central figure. We also assess the broader implications of this losing streak for the Pistons’ rebuild strategy and what it signals for their future. Join us in this comprehensive analysis, and share your perspective in the comments. Don’t forget to like and subscribe for more insightful NBA content. 🏀
