Detroit Pistons: 5 goals following 2019 NBA All-Star break

4. Shoot better

Casey wants this team to shoot a lot of 3-pointers, and they are … but they aren’t making a lot of them.

The Pistons rank seventh in the NBA in 3-point attempts with 34.4 per game, but they are 28th in accuracy, making just 33.8 percent from long distance. It wouldn’t be a surprise if things got worse after the All-Star break, since Detroit traded Reggie Bullock, its best pure shooter, in exchange for the rookie Mykhailiuk.

On paper, the Pistons have some solid shooters: Kennard, Mykhailiuk, Thomas, Jose Calderon, Langston Galloway, Glenn Robinson III and midseason free agent pickup Wayne Ellington. But many of them either have not been producing up to expectations or are not getting enough playing time to really contribute.

Griffin has been shooting well for a power forward, hitting 36.5 percent from 3-point range, but point guard Reggie Jackson will be the X-factor.

Jackson is the team’s third-leading scorer (14.9 points per game) and its best guard. He hasn’t been a good 3-point shooter throughout his career (32.9 percent) but this season he’s been improving. Jackson shot 36.1 percent beyond the arc in January, and in the first six games of February, hit a blistering 55.6 percent of his 3s (20-of-36).

If Jackson stays hot, Griffin keeps doing what he’s doing, and a couple of their other shooters find their rhythm after the All-Star break, the Pistons could move up the Eastern standings.