Vernon Macklin News

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.

Tom Ziller of SB Nation is doing a cool series , looking back at the past five drafts and re-assigning grades with the benefit of hindsight.

The Detroit Pistons' season ended almost a month ago, focused more on next week's NBA draft lottery than the playoffs which excluded them, but some NBA key summer dates will keep the Pistons busy this offseason.

Key Stats : 8.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, .9 blocks in 20 minutes per game while shooting 61 percent in Turkish league This year's draft isn't loaded with international prospects, but there are a lot of guys in the second round like Aldemir who are big, young and unknown.

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

The Detroit Pistons may have finished higher in the Eastern Conference standings than many expected, particularly after a slow start, but they still finished 25-41, and they are a ways away from contending for the playoffs, let alone making any noise in the postseason.

After the way Kyle Singler played on Thursday night, Joe Dumars might be reconsidering being initially upset about the Detroit Pistons draftee opting to finish out the season in Spain.

As I have already chronicled, the Detroit Pistons' season is over . However, I have yet to discuss the individual performance of Detroit's players.