Pistons
Depth Chart
The Pistons in the Newsroom
- SleepersPaul Reed has started twice for Jalen Duren, and he is now the Pistons big man to addReed scored 22 points with nine rebounds, two steals and a block in Tuesday's loss to the Knicks, and our boards now rank him well ahead of John Collins in both formats while Duren's hamstring heals.
- InjuriesJalen Duren is out two weeks, and Philadelphia rested Embiid the night after his triple-doubleDetroit beat Philadelphia without Duren, who has a strained right hamstring, while the Sixers sat Embiid for rest and VJ Edgecombe with an abdominal contusion. John Collins is the pickup.
- Strategy · ProFoul trouble cost Karl-Anthony Towns and Isaiah Hartenstein on our board, and why we expect it backTowns fell from 26th to 32nd on our points board and Hartenstein from 86th to 111th after foul trouble cut their minutes on opening night, which our projections read the same way as a smaller role.
- SleepersThe opening night waiver wire, and how far to trust each nameAndre Drummond's 12 and 14 off the bench rose 29 places on our points board, while Jared McCain's six threes moved his projection not at all, because his minutes fell short of what we expected.
About the Pistons depth chart
Detroit Pistons depth chart for 2026-27 fantasy basketball
This is the Detroit Pistons (DET) depth chart for the 26-27 NBA season, position by position: who starts, who backs up, who is out and each player’s fantasy rank, read from Sleeper’s chart every night.
The Pistons’ first choices are Cade Cunningham at point guard, Kevin Huerter at shooting guard, Ausar Thompson at small forward, John Collins at power forward and Paul Reed at center (standing in while Jalen Duren is out).
Their best fantasy asset on our points projections is Cade Cunningham, ranked 8th, and Jalen Duren is 49th.
Jalen Duren and Isaiah Joe are listed as unable to play.
To use this chart in a fantasy league, the NBA fantasy schedule counts how many games the Pistons play each week, the NBA fantasy trade analyzer prices a deal for any of them, and the fantasy basketball rankings set them against every other player in the league.
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