The potential for more isn’t the same as an epic disaster.
This was a projected 46 win team that won 60 with a young team that won the franchises first series in 20 years.
That’s a successful season by any measure.
Maybe they could’ve gone farther if they made the imaginary trade we all wanted that might not have even existed. Who knows if anything was available to us. Who knows what those teams might’ve wanted in return.
The last Piston team that came back 1-3 in the first round was 03. The got swept by the Nets in the ECF. The following year they pushed their chips in and made the Sheed trade. That team was quite a bit older than this one.
I’m salty as hell today too. Nevertheless, great season. Young team taking their first real steps.