NBA Power Rankings, Dec. 12 Edition: Some Shuffling In The Top 5

Dec 11, 2013; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Pelicans power forward Ryan Anderson (33) and Detroit Pistons power forward Jonas Jerebko (33) battle for the ball during the second quarter at New Orleans Arena. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

17. Detroit Pistons (10-13)

Last Week: 1-3
Previous Ranking: 16

We Still Don’t Know Who You Are: The Pistons have been a tough team to get a handle on this year, going up and down with alarming frequency. That makes future planning difficult, but there are four players who Joe Dumars might look to move, including Charlie Villanueva , Jonas Jerebko, rookie Luigi Datome and Will Bynum. The problem? Bynum and Datome are probably the only movable pieces, unless someone wants Villanueva’s expiring deal ($8.58 million) to clear cap space for this summer.

The Week That Was: The Pistons won at Chicago 92-75 on Saturday, lost to the Heat 110-95 on Sunday, lost to the Timberwolves 121-94 on Tuesday and lost in overtime at New Orleans 111-106 on Wednesday.

The Numbers: 43.9% FG, 36.4% 3FG, 66.3% FT (29th), 44 RPG, 17.5 TOPG (26th), 96.8 PPG
The Opponents: 45% FG, 36.6% 3FG, 84.2% FT, 43.8 RPG, 15 TOPG, 104.3 PPG

The Leaders: Brandon Jennings 24.3 PPG, Andre Drummond 11.8 RPG, Jennings 5.5 APG, Jennings 2.8 SPG, Drummond 1.8 BPG, Drummond 21-for-40 (52.5%) FG, Jonas Jerebko 3-for-5 (60%) 3FG
Don’t! Shooters: Josh Smith 20-for-54 (37%) FG, Smith 4-for-14 (28.6%) 3FG