Due to injuries and a COVID-19 outbreak, the Detroit Pistons have been playing without the majority of their main roster. A cadre of G League players on 10-day contracts have filled in the gaps. But it appears the Pistons could see most of their players return soon.
Cade Cunningham, Killian Hayes, Saben Lee, Rodney McGruder, Cory Joseph, Trey Lyles and Josh Jackson all exited the NBA's health and safety protocols on Friday evening.
All seven players all still listed as "OUT" for Saturday's game against the San Antonio Spurs due to "return to competition conditioning," but they can now rejoin the team after missing multiple games.
So we might see a bunch of guys sitting on the bench tonight, but it sounds like we aren't letting them play. I don't get this if other teams have players sit out a week they aren't giving them an extra game off they are putting them right back out there. Especially considering we're a young team and they just got a ton of rest. They are more likely to get injured on a back to back than after getting 7 or 8 days of rest. Just makes no sense to play super short handed and have to play guys like Diallo and Bey 40+ minutes a night.
