As it is constructed now. The Pistons are a better rebounding team, than they were last year with C-Webb.

AJ is actually our best rebounder and easily capable of getting 10 + rebounds a game if he gets 30 plus minutes.

Dyess is about as good as AJ but it is not very likely that he will be getting 30 + minutes a game.

The whole question this year for the Pistons is:

How many minutes will AJ get?

That will be determined by how comfortable Flip is with AJ's defense. It is really as simple as that.

If AJ can perform at the defensive end and I don't mean just by blocking shots, but rather by stopping his man, handling switches, staying out of foul trouble etc, then we will win it all. If he can't then we will have to fight to get out of the EC.