Vegas Over/Under: 38.5

The Record Projection: 41 of fromal The Bet: Hammer the more This isn’t about the Detroit Pistons’ upsidedown. All indications point to these playoff contenders having one of the highest flooring –relative to their over/under line, at least–and consequently becoming one of the league’s safest over bets.
Everything went wrong during the 2016-17 effort, along with also the Pistons managed to squeeze 37 wins out of their troops.
Now, they get to function with another year of improvement from Andre Drummond, Stanley Johnson and another young players, add great fits in Luke Kennard and Avery Bradley, get deeper in the frontcourt with the inclusion of Anthony Tolliver and should have a much healthier version of Reggie Jackson leading the charge.
The beleaguered point protector can’t play worse than he did last year, and we’ve got little reason to think that is his true degree. As Duncan Smith wrote for Piston Powered:”The question now remains whether Jackson will be the player of a year ago or 2 years back, or if he will be somewhere in between. His priority that summer has been nothing but rehabilitation, eschewing on-court work to focus solely on strengthening the knee.”
Even somewhere between the fringe All-Star of 2015-16 and the tragedy of 2016-17 would depart the Pistons in better place, along with the deepening backcourt must allow them to break him more and keep the knee tendinitis from flaring up again. Plus, that’s not the best news of all.
The Pistons still play in the Eastern Conference, and it’s poorer than ever.

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