![]() Attaching a Luke Kennard-level piece to Drummond sets the team back, no matter how nice it may make you feel to not see number zero lumbering around the paint. The Pistons do not have a cupboard of assets like Boston and Philadelphia do (or, used to have at least) to play around with. The trend is shooting big man, that is the reality.īut here is the same reality: Detroit is not going to be able to get rid of Drummond and his contract without incentivizing the other team with an additional asset. Most of the teams who won a playoff series had a center who could do just that, like Jokic, Lopez, Joel Embiid, Marc Gasol, and Al Horford. He is expensive and does not do the thing that seemingly every center can do – shoot threes and space out an offense. He will more than likely pick that option up too. Drummond is due to make $27.093 million next season with a player option the following year for $28.75 million. And in a way, I understand where that is coming from. So the rampant request around roughly one-third of Pistons fans on Twitter have asked for is to trade Andre Drummond. It was a downgrade over the past few seasons, but enough was done on the offensive end to outweigh the defensive inefficiencies. His defensive rating is good for tenth-best among starting centers who played at least 70 games. He makes his money in the paint and that will likely not be changing.ĭrummond maintained the higher efficiency offense while still being a solid defensive player. ![]() No, these are not coming off of three-pointers as much as people would love to see. Drummond had the seventh-most field goal makes per game last season among starting centers who played at least 70 games. Offensively, he was more efficient than he ever has been. Podcast: Could the Pistons Trade for Jrue Holiday? Detroit Busy at NBA Combine Meeting Prospects Offensive rebounding is a critical aspect in today’s “shoot-first” league and got average guys like Tristian Thompson massive contracts. He grabbed more offensive rebounds per game than any other player in the league period, resetting possessions or going back up for a put back. He had a higher rebounding percentage, 22.8% than all of those other centers and by a healthy margin. That’s a few All-Stars and an MVP candidate.ĭoes that make Drummond elite among centers? Well in rebounding, for sure. Compared to all other starting centers who played at least 79 games, Drummond was only behind Brook Lopez (!!!), Rudy Gobert, Steven Adams, Nikola Jokic, and Nikola Vucevic. What do all of those numbers mean? Andre Drummond, for the whole season, produced more points per 100 possessions than he gave up. ![]() His net rating was a career-high 3.4, and his offensive rating was a career-best 111.2. He led the league in total rebounds per game. The 25-year-old is still coming into his own and is coming off a tremendous season.ĭrummond finished the 2018-2019 campaign with career-high per-game averages in points, offensive rebounds, and steals. The era of centers only being rebound vacuums and put back specialists may be over, but while the rest of the league zigs the Pistons must zag. His shortcomings become glaringly clear too, like his inability to shoot completing stagnating the offense.Īnd despite that, Detroit needs him. ![]() ![]() His attention dips at times and he is occasionally unplayable because of it. His motor wavers seemingly from game to game. Drummond gets a lot of hate, and some of it has been deserved in the past. Graphic Image: an era where the big bruising center has been replaced with the lithe seven-foot shooter, Andre Drummond continues to be a remnant of a time long past that really was not that long ago. ![]()
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