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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.

And after 52 minutes of a back-and-forth of the first truly competitive game in the series, the Pistons left the wrong person open at the worst possible moment.

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.

Key Stats : 18 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists per game while shooting 51 percent from the field and 35 percent from three Like all Pistons fans, I'm an advocate of Detroit finding an impact big in the first round.

Thanks to a lockout-shortened season, Detroit's Jonas Jerebko had little time to develop his game beyond finding his post-injury footing.

Key Stats : 16.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 49 percent and 42 percent from three There's really little chance that Jeff Taylor would rise enough to be in play in the late lottery when the Pistons pick and there's little chance he falls out of the 20s, where he's currently projected, to the earlier of ... (more)

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.

Key Stats : 14.1 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 52 percent and 27 percent from 3-point range I obviously haven't seen much of Fournier, since he's an international prospect, but the name tossed around most often in comparisons is fellow Frenchmen Nicolas Batum.

There was no greater contrast from a player's expectations to his actual production than with Austin Daye, the third-year Pistons forward.

A few days ago, Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince told reporters outside of the locker room what he thought the team needed next season.

Detroit Pistons' Ben Wallace, left, smiles as he enters the game against the San Antonio Spurs with teammate Tayshuan Prince on Feb.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER The Pistons are still thanking the heavens and six other teams for passing on Greg Monroe during the 2010 draft.

Here's an addendum to Sean's Tuesday's First Round open thread from the real Vincent Goodwill of the Detroit News: In addition to weighing in on what the Pistons need to do this offseason, he will now be giving his keen insight on how NOT to play defense in the NBA playoffs .

Sad news, the Detroit Pistons did not make the NBA playoffs this year. Detroiters have high expectations for every DetroitA sports team.

The Detroit Pistons' final grades can't help but look at little better than where they stood at mid-term. That doesn't make the process any less imprecise and open to individual interpretation.

Pistons point guard Brandon Knight set a team rookie record for three-pointers this season with 105.

It's not a stretch to say Pistons small forward Tayshaun Prince is one of the better talent evaluators in the organization.

If there was one game that stood out in the Detroit Pistons ' season, it may have been the March 21 contest at Denver .