For some teams, NBA training camp is about cleaning off the rust after a summer away from the game and preparing for the physical grind of an 82-game regular season.
For others, like the Detroit Pistons, it's a time to align a number of moving pieces and get them all functioning as a cohesive machine with a common goal. Detroit's offseason featured a dramatic overhaul, both on its roster and along the sideline.
At full strength, that's a tremendous challenge to undertake. Even the two-time defending champion Miami Heat needed a full season together before solving their championship puzzle.
But these Pistons aren't at full strength. And their most recent subtraction will be their most painful, via Vincent Ellis of the Detroit Free Press:
Brandon Jennings, the man with the greatest say in snapping Detroit's current four-year playoff drought, might not miss a lot of regular-season action.
But his absence casts an ominous shadow over what should have been a season of hope for the Pistons.
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