It’s been six years since they have made the Playoffs but, in this upcoming season, Detroit promises to take from its yuletide gift of winning to unwrap more victories toward a substantial Playoff run.īy virtue of Greg Monroe leaving, Drummond will either be offensively exposed or more likely rise to the opportunity. Will Drummond fall victim to the old adage and take a step back? The journalistic brain trust within the SLAM Dome suggest otherwise! And in SLAM’s rigorous, albeit slightly less than scientific assessment of statistics and contextual factors, Drummond has taken two steps forward as we anticipate him to perform like the 31st best basketball player in the world. His economical and savvy shot selection is evidenced by his 51.4 field-goal percentage. This rare combination of size and flow can be most noticed in his growing offensive arsenal around the rim. His 17 offensive rebounds that night was just one shy of Dennis Rodman’s franchise record.ĭrummond’s body type and evolving footwork make him strong enough to stay low and agile enough to occasionally hold down the perimeter. In fact, he tied for last year’s single season record (along side DeAndre Jordan) with 27 rebounds in a game against the eventual NBA champions, Golden State. Drummond owns the glass and set career highs in both total rebounds and offensive rebounds. His averages last season were all career-highs: 13.8 points, 13.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks.Īscribing to Van Gundy’s rationale to construct a franchise around this magnificent man-child, SLAM can also make a resounding case for Drummond at No. But as his numbers indicate, there wasn’t a need for an enormous vibration when his game has continually developed at a sturdy pace each year. Ever since blocks and rebounds were both recorded, only three players have ever grabbed at least 21 percent of possible rebounds, blocked at least 6 percent of the shots while playing at least 1,000 minutes in a season: Marcus Camby in 2005-06, Drummond in 2013-14 and Hassan Whiteside last season.ĭrummond’s first year with Van Gundy was certainly not seismic. When Stan Van took the job, Drummond was fresh from a statistically historic season. This year is certainly unprecedented for him it will be the first time in his career that he is starting the season with the same head coach, Stan Van Gundy.Īs the architect of 2015-16 Detroit Basketball as well as the Coach and Head of Basketball Operations, Gundy’s primary order of business was to decree Drummond as the foundation from which to build upon and build around. Andre Drummond is the center that is the seventh most dominant on the planet at what he does for a living and our overall 31st top player in the NBA.ĭrummond is 6-10, 270 pounds, 22 years old-and just beginning his fourth season in the League. The world has only 30 job openings for the position of starting center in its biggest and best basketball league. And perhaps Detroit’s most notable season’s greeting culminated in a winning put-back on the road versus Indiana. Pretty impressive, considering the team lost 13 games in a row just a few weeks prior.ĭuring that joyous span of December through January, the Pistons had the League’s third-best record while being led by their young parvenu, Drummond (who averaged 17 points, 17 rebounds and 2 blocks). Spanning from Christmastime (trading away Josh Smith) through Martin Luther King Day (Brandon Jennings tearing his ACL) the Pistons went 12-3. New Post Game Thread Nikola Jokic dominates the 2023 NBA Finals and earns Finals MVP, averaging 30.2/14/7.The 2014 holiday season was very merry for Andre Drummond and his Detroit Pistons.
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