It seems the main criticism of the pistons since the Smith signing has been floor spacing. I thought about who the teams were who had a lack of outside shooting but were successful anyways. I was pretty surprised at how bad two of the most respected teams were at it.

1984-85 Lakers
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Magic (shot a miserable .189 from 3 for the season)
Byron Scott (the only guy with range)
Worthy (.000 from 3)
Rambis (.000 from 3)
Kareem (.000 from 3)


1991-92 Bulls
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Paxson (had range)
Jordan (developed his 3 ball playing baseball somehow years later)
Pippen (couldn't shoot yet either)
Grant (nope)
Cartwright (nope)




Of course the Pistons don't have Jordan or Magic, and I suppose that would be the response from any critic. Yet the fact remains that those teams won championships and they did it by playing solid defense and running an efficient offense that capitalized on the turnovers they created.

It just seems like a bunch of folks are acting like it's some impossible problem to overcome, but the more I look into it the more I realize that's simply not the case.