He can play with the ball a bit bitter than I thought watching him play pickup before we started training camp.” (See what we mean about the evaluation process?) “He can make the pocket pass. But the way Williams spoke of Livers last week made it sound like he, too, will have a role.
Williams said over the weekend the Pistons were being cautious with Bogdanovic’s calf injury given his history, so he’s expected back before Livers, who probably will miss all of October at minimum. Then again, Bojan Bogdanovic and Isaiah Livers were missing and it seems safe to expect both will be in the rotation.But they might be inclined to use three guards plenty even when Cunningham is off the floor. Cade Cunningham’s size – and, yes, the talk of his added bulk and strength seems real – allows the Pistons to use three guards a ton.
There will be times the Pistons play with one big man and four perimeter players. Which, at that point, we’re just dealing with semantics. The lines become more blurred every season regarding positions, but in Sunday’s second quarter Williams had a lineup of Killian Hayes, Jaden Ivey, Joe Harris and Ausar Thompson surrounding James Wiseman and then had Marcus Sasser enter for Thompson which would have made the power forward … Joe Harris? Yup. The Pistons used a lot of three-guard lineups against Phoenix.Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center Rental.
