Podcast: The Franchise Deciding Questions the Detroit Pistons Face

Jack Kelly from the Detroit Bad Boys is the guest on the All Pistons Podcast this week.

Pistons fans are finding it hard to see light at the end of the long dark tunnel that has been the Detroit Pistons franchise over the last decade and a half. It's certainly early as the young squad hasn't even hit the quarter mark on the season, but many of the questions surrounding this team remain unanswered

Questions like "Can Cade Cunningham and Jaden Ivey be effective on the floor together?" simply can't be answered after 16 games. 16 games in which I might add the team hasn't once been at full strength. Having said that, it seems the jury of public opinion is closing in on verdicts regarding some other Pistons topics that have been around for longer. The belief in Dwane Casey has likely hit an all-time low. Despite recent aggressiveness from Killian Hayes, it seems fans have made it clear they don't want No. 7 in a Pistons uniform after his rookie deal is up.

Where this team goes from here no one knows, but the logical love that the All Pistons Podcast has keeps it real on the talking points of the present.

This week the crew had a special guest in Jack Kelly of the Detroit Bad Boys website to go over all the pressing topics facing the team. Well-known in the Pistons Twitter community for his "313 Thoughts" Jack brings some level-headed analysis to this week's episode. Jack and the usual trio of Neal Sinha, Aedan Mulerone, and Vinayak Swaroop go over the off-season questions that remain, and the topics that have been born from the past month of basketball.

Here's your guide to this week's episode:

• Overall state of the Pistons - 0:52
• Cade Cunningham's fit with Jaden Ivey - 7:00
• Is Dwane Casey the problem? - 14:54
• What is wrong with the Pistons defense? - 20:34
• The returns of Alec Burks and Marvin Bagley III - 27:50
• Jack answers the Killian Hayes question - 31:01
• Jalen Duren's ceiling - 38:36
• Will Cade Cunningham become a No. 1 option on a championship team? - 48:32
• Jack's NBA Championship prediction - 58:48

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