Greg Monroe News

It's not a question the Pistons have to answer now, but in looking at the Eastern Conference playoffs, it's one they might have to answer soon.

Under normal circumstances, I would dismiss the comparisons of a second-year NBA big man to the likes of Hall of Famers Bob Lanier and Willis Reed as so much horsepucky, figuring it to be spewed by an over-exuberant fan who might never have seen Lanier or Reed play a single minute.

John Henson averaged 8.7 points and 7.3 rebounds over two seasons at North Carolina.

Key Stats : 14.0 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists per game while shooting 50 percent from the field and 30 percent from three I profiled Jones last year before he decided to stay in the draft, and the book on him is basically the same: superstar upside with serious questions about how hard he will push himself to be a franchise player.

Team president Joe Dumars, left, knows he and Lawrence Frank, right, have a lot of work to do to improve, but he likes the foundation put in place in the head coach's first year guiding the Detroit Pistons.

Like the Moose did for the Pistons last year, the Pistons' first round pick from the previous year will represent the team at the NBA Draft Lottery next week per the Detroit Free Press' Vince Ellis: As Tom Ziller said last year , sending the previous year's top pick never works.

After finishing up their 2012 campaign with a dismal record 25-41, the Pistons held an invitation-only 'State of the Pistons' town hall-style meeting last week at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Brandon Knight averaged 12.8 points, 3.8 assists and 3.2 rebounds in his rookie campaign, receiving 13 first-team votes and 14 second-team votes.

Detroit Pistons ' general manager Joe Dumars has been walking on thin ice for the past few years after some questionable moves, but he can start making up for his mistakes by trading away Ben Gordon in the offseason.

Many NBA players have reached the end of the road and should retire at the end of the 2011-2012 NBA season.

With the regular season finally over and the NBA Playoffs in full swing, the Detroit Pistons are already in offseason mode.

For those of you following along at home, I have been publishing articles highlighting potential draft targets for the Detroit Pistons since early in the NCAA season.

Joe Dumars was the catalyst of the turnaround for the Detroit Pistons in the early 2000s.

One of the topics at the Detroit Pistons' season wrap-up media day was the future of forward Jason Maxiell, who has been with the team since they drafted him in 2006.

The 2012 NBA draft class comes with a ton of intriguing talent, but the projected lottery picks will be those who garner the most attention from the majority of fans.

The NBA draft lottery is a few weeks away, and the team that wins the first overall selection will likely select former Kentucky Wildcats star Anthony Davis.

Something always seems to happen before the draft. Certain players start getting hyped, late-season scoring binges are blown out of proportion, and before we all know it, terms like "high ceiling" or "crazy potential" are jammed down our throats.

Jason Maxiell has a player option for $5 million next season. Prior to this year many Detroit Pistons fans thought it was a foregone conclusion that the out-of-shape, under-performing Maxiell would exercise his option, cash in on his last big pay day and probably fall off of the NBA radar.

Imagine a Detroit Pistons frontcourt of Greg Monroe and Jared Sullinger. That's the projection of the latest NBA mock draft from SB Nation, with the Pistons landing the former Ohio State forward with the ninth overall pick.

Looking at a 25-41 record, many would assume it was a failure of a season for the Detroit Pistons .