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Rebirth: A Detroit Pistons Franchise (NBA 2K10)

Posted on April 6, 2010 at 03:50 PM.

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Rebirth: A Detroit Pistons Dynasty

2010 Season Review

The 2010 season started with a bang for the Pistons, with Joe Dumars being fired as General Manager, being told that he "lacked the leadership and good judgement to lead this organization in the right direction". The organization hired former Spurs Assistant GM Dennis Lindsay a few days later.

Lindsay immediately went to work to "clean up the mess left behind by Dumars". After an 0-2 start, and being outrebounded by 33 over those first 2 games, Lindsay jettisoned newly acquired Villanueva to the Nuggets for Nene and a 2nd round draft pick. The team went on to win their next 9 games, finishing November with a 13-3 record. But the season quickly turned sour, as the Pistons went 4-17 in December and fell down the East standings. By mid-January, Jonas Jerebko had become unhappy with Detroit and demanded a trade. In Lindsay's most controversial decision to date, he agreed and sent the fan favorite Jerebko to Milwaukee for Luc Richard Mbah A Moute. This hurt the team even more, and by the All-Star break they had fallen to 11th place in the Eastern standings. Seeing that the season was all but lost, Lindsay decided to make a trade that would set them up for success in the future, rather than right now. He traded Ben Gordon and Will Bynum for Jerryd Bayless, the expiring contract of Juwan Howard, and a 1st round draft pick.

Because of this trade, it left the Pistons even worse for this season, and they faded even more down the stretch. With 5 games left in the season, coach John Kuester resigned, citing "personal reasons". Assistant John Sullivan finished out the season, but the Pistons search for a new head coach began. The Pistons lost the final 5 games under Sullivan, and finished 28-54, 3rd worst in the Eastern Conference.

Reason for hope came on June 10, when maybe the biggest coaching hire in history came to terms. Coach Mike Krzyzewski agreed to a 4 year, $55 million contract to leave Duke University and become the next Detroit Pistons head coach. Coming off of a national championship season, Coach K told reports that he "was looking for a new challenge, and Detroit seemed like the perfect place to do it."

After the draft lottery, the Pistons had the #8 and #16 picks in the 2010 NBA Draft. The day of the draft, however, GM Dennis Lindsay made one more trade that bolstered the Pistons future. He sent Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, 2 2nd round picks, and the #16 pick acquired from Portland to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for the #3 pick in the draft.

With the #3 pick, the Pistons selected Evan Turner out of Ohio State. When it came time for the Pistons to select at number 8, they were delighted to see that DeMarcus Cousins from Kentucky was still on the board. They went ahead and selected him with the #8 overall pick.

With new head coach Mike Krzyzewski at the helm and newly signed draft picks Evan Turner and DeMarcus Cousins ready to go, the future looks a bit brighter in Motown.

*Yes, I know Coach K to Detroit would never happen, but that's why it is fantasy. And it's fun.