Somewhere in the NBA is a team with a point guard conundrum—a squad with two players vying for one spot. They’re both former first-round picks (one much higher than the other) and on their second franchise, despite being in their second and third years. At
The Detroit Pistons (21-6, No. 2 in the Eastern Conference) have been one of the surprises of the early 2017-18 NBA season. They’re currently top 13 in both offensive and defensive rating, and their offseason additions of Avery Bradley and Langston Galloway have proved fruitful.
With the bright lights of an ESPN nationally televised contest against the Los Angeles Lakers drawing eyeballs from the NBA’s general populace on Nov. 8, second-year forward Jaylen Brown was a relative non-factor offensively, scoring nine points on 3-of-11 shooting, including an 0-of-3 showing from