The Detroit Pistons have been dwelling in the depths of the NBA’s Eastern Conference for much of the last decade.

But that seems to be changing in a big way. The Pistons are 9-2 to start the 2025-26 NBA season on the heels of a playoff appearance.

Draymond Green, on the latest episode of his podcast, “The Draymond Green Show,” said his hometown team is taking the next step and could be championship contenders this season.

“[The] Pistons should have [beaten] the New York Knicks,” Green said. “And when you come out of a series knowing everything that you did wrong... you’re coming into that next year, you’re saying amongst each other, 'Yo, we’re ready to take this next step...’”

“... 'We know we did X,Y and Z wrong, and if we can correct those things, we’re in the Eastern Conference

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