Written by Bryan Gibberman at Bloguin
It seemed that the Stan Van Gundy era with the Detroit Pistons officially started during the opening night of the 2015-’16 NBA season. The Pistons knocked down 12-29 threes on their way to a 106-94 win over the Atlanta Hawks in Philips Arena.
Detroit’s offense had the look of Van Gundy’s Orlando teams — it was centered around the Reggie Jackson and Andre Drummond pick and roll surrounded by three-point bombers. Some of this existed last season, when the Pistons were 20 points better per 100 possessions with these two on the court together in 29 games. However, the complementary pieces are better now.
Starting small forward Marcus Morris is a career 36% three-point shooter.
Starting power forward Ersan Ilyasova is a career 37% three-point shooter.
Starting shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is coming off a second season which saw him raise his three-point shooting by almost three full percentage points (.345). Caldwell-Pope canned 4-7 looks in the opener.
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