Stan Van Gundy

Detroit Pistons president-coach Stan Van Gundy is taking notes for the future.

(AP Photo | Chuck Burton)

AUBURN HILLS -- Stan Van Gundy said as he looked upon the floor at the 13 healthy Detroit Pistons who participated in the team's final full practice of the season on Saturday, it occurred to him that only five of those players participated fully in training camp last October.

"It's a setback, especially in your first year," the Pistons' president of basketball operations and head coach said.

The Pistons (30-49) conclude the home portion of their schedule with a 3:30 p.m. game today against the Charlotte Hornets, at the end of a season in which their only continuity was overhaul, their only constant change.

Later this week, the Pistons will embark on their season-ending procedures. Van Gundy already is planning meetings with players and staff, final accounting of the season to owner Tom Gores, and a scouting trip to Spain to prepare for the June 25 NBA draft before cramming for free agency.

The work doesn't end because the season does.

The Pistons play today here and Monday at Cleveland. Because they do not practice after back to backs, there is no practice on Tuesday's day off before Wednesday's season finale at New York.

So Saturday was the last full workout this roster will see together, before many offseason decisions.

Greg Monroe is an unrestricted free agent whose future here is uncertain. Andre Drummond's extension on his rookie contract can be completed this year too, though it is assumed the Pistons will tender a maximum offer.

Then there is how to handle the potentially delicate situation of Brandon Jennings and Reggie Jackson both at point guard, if Jennings returns healthy from his January torn Achilles and the Pistons re-sign the restricted free agent Jackson, both iffy propositions of varying degrees.

Should that happen, Van Gundy said, "Everything's an open competition in my mind."

The Pistons had four point guards start games for them this season, three of them regularly at different times -- Jackson, Jennings, and the traded D.J. Augustin -- and five in the rotation, including rookie Spencer Dinwiddie (who was 1-0 and beat Chicago and Derrick Rose in his only start) and John Lucas III.

"That's tough for everybody, pick and rolls and everything," Van Gundy said. "We've just played a lot of different combinations, especially with a lot of different point guards, and it is difficult. Hopefully, we don't have these problems next year and we get some continuity."

Before this week ends, much of the season review work will be completed.

"I'd like to meet with my staff while everything's fresh in our minds from the year, things we need to do differently system-wise, the way we operate, the way we practice, the way we travel, whatever it is," Van Gundy said. "So we've got all those meetings. Meeting with all the players before they head out. All those clean-up things. I always write myself a postseason report and I'll make sure that gets to Tom (Gores) and his people, sort of evaluating where we are and what we want going forward."

After that, draft preparation begins.

The Pistons won't know their draft position until the May 19 lottery, but pre-draft and draft-night trades mandate knowing as much as possible about prospects.

"The top 10 guys or so, I'm basically going to want to watch their entire season, basically every play, go on through and really study those guys," Van Gundy said. "We're going to make a trip overseas to see a couple of those guys -- I'm going to go over so I get one look at them in person -- and that's really the first thing. Then, we'll start digging into the free-agency thing and talking about what we want to do, the makeup of our roster, salaries, and things like that."

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