Vegas Over/Under: 38.5

The Record Projection: 41 of fromal The Bet: Hammer the over This is not about the Detroit Pistons’ upsidedown. All signs point to these playoff contenders having among the highest flooring –relative to their over/under lineup, at least–and therefore becoming one of the league’s safest over bets.
Everything went wrong during the 2016-17 campaign, along with the Pistons still managed to squeeze 37 wins from their own troops.
They get to work with another year of improvement from Andre Drummond, Stanley Johnson and the other young players, add great matches in Luke Kennard and Avery Bradley, get deeper in the frontcourt with the inclusion of Anthony Tolliver and should have a healthier version of Reggie Jackson leading the charge.
The beleaguered point protector can not play worse than he did last season, and we have little reason to believe that is his true degree. Since Duncan Smith wrote for Piston Powered:»The question now remains whether Jackson will be the player of a year ago or two years back, or if he’ll be somewhere in between. His priority that summer has been nothing but rehabilitation, eschewing on-court work to concentrate entirely on strengthening the knee.»
Even someplace between the fringe All-Star of 2015-16 along with the disaster of 2016-17 would leave the Pistons in better position, and the deepening backcourt should allow them to rest him keep the knee tendinitis from flaring up again. Additionally, that’s not the best news of all.
The Pistons still play at the Eastern Conference, and it is poorer than ever.

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