We waited a long time for a season like the one our Pistons just put together — 60-22, the East's No. 1 seed, the kind of year Detroit basketball fans dreamed about through the lean stretch. Then it went sideways: we stumbled out against the Orlando Magic and fell in the second round to the No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers in a Game 7. Zach Kram handed the offseason a C-, and it's fair to ask what comes next. Trajan Langdon reshaped the group around Cade Cunningham. Detroit effectively swapped Tobias Harris and Caris LeVert for John Collins and Isaiah Joe, added Taurean Prince and Gary Harris, and traded away Isaiah Stewart — the longest-tenured man in the room. Ebuka Okorie came in at No. 17. And then there's the one that matters most: talks with restricted free agent Jalen Duren have stalled, his camp and the front office still far apart. His playoff performance drew scrutiny, but this is a young, proven core, and letting it fracture over dollars would sting.
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