It's tough for me to admit, and I've been in denial a long time, but I have no decision making authority over the Pistons, so if my mind is made up is completely irrelevant to training camp. Is it technically possible that Samb is just so good during training camp that he forces his way onto the roster and the rotation? Yes, technically, but it's like a 5% chance or something. It would be a shocking development. I tend to think of things that have almost no chance of happening as things that aren't likely to happen. Weird, huh?

The Pistons have stated that Samb is likely to spend most of the season in the D league as he certainly could use some time to adjust to America, gain weight, get regular playing time, get more experience playing organized basketball (as he started late), and get acclimated to the NBA style of basketball along with a billion other things. He's in the future and not the now. Amir and Max are the young bigs we'll be working in this year. Samb will get his chance next year.