Sidelined Pistons big man Andre Drummond doesn’t need to be medically cleared to return to the court following a bruised rib injury, it’s simply a matter of where his pain tolerance sits, Rod Beard of the Detroit News writes.
The Pistons play the Sixers tomorrow – the potential third installment of Drummond’s personal series against Joel Embiid – but there’s no guarantee that Drummond will be a part of it.
“It’s is a pain-tolerance thing. Everybody has had them,” Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said after a Thursday practice that Drummond missed. “It’s hard to breathe and hard to move. Whenever he’s comfortable enough to go, he’ll go. It’s a painful injury, no question.”
In the first four years of his career, Drummond only missed three games total.
There’s more from Detroit:
- Friday marks the first day that NBA teams are permitted to sign players to 10-day contracts and it’s “possible” that the short-staffed Pistons will look to bring in temporary relief, Keith Langlois of the team’s official site tweets.
- He may be the most efficient scorer in NBA history but Boban Marjanovic isn’t a practical option for Stan Van Gundy on a nightly basis when Andre Drummond is healthy. Chris Herring of Five Thirty Eight broke down how the reserve’s game stacks up historically and what’s preventing him from seeing more time on the court when the starter ahead of him is in the lineup.
Marjanovic is way too close to keep up on defense, he gets absolutely torched when he has to switch on defense.
All these piston fans wanted Boban to get more playing time well they got their wish, Boban is limited on defense, running the floor and switching on defense he is slow afoot and slows the team down because he can’t run the floor. He can score with relative ease but the offense is stimied because he clogs up the middle and the players try to force feed him the ball.
I would love for the Pistons to sign Mitotic I believe he would make Detroit a dangerous team come playoff time.
I wouldn’t have agreed at all about Mirotic being a good addition to any team about a month ago, but you’re right for the right price Mirotic will be a good addition to any team. He literally got the sense smacked into him by Bobby Portis
True, Mirotic has been lights out since Portis.