Can Detroit make the playoffs in the East?

With Detroit selecting 3 players in the first round of the draft this season, last year's pick Sekou Doumbouya coming in at 19 years old, trading Luke Kennard, and Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose coming off injuries, you would probably think a playoff spot would be out of reach this season, and they would be better off focusing on developing Killian Hayes (the 7th overall pick in this year's draft), with the aforementioned Doumbouya, wing Saddiq Bey, and big Isaiah Stewart. I actually think that if they can stay healthy, they may be able to develop those players while also making the playoffs, as I think their rookies can complement what they have on their roster, and be rotation players. 

Detroit put together an interesting roster, adding multiple versatile defenders and wing shooters, if they can stay healthy…which is potentially an issue when 2 of your better players are Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose

Josh Jackson
Wayne Ellington
Saddiq Bey
Jerami Grant
Blake Griffin

Derrick Rose, Delon Wright, Sekou Doumbouya, Svi Mykhailiuk, Isaiah Stewart/Okafor/Mason Plumlee, Killian Hayes

There have been conflicting reports on if they’re keeping McGruder, but if they do, he should obviously be in that rotation, giving them another multi-positional defender that can be disruptive, and make plays on that end of the floor

Josh Jackson is on the verge of a breakout, once he is finally used correctly. I thought several teams should have been in on him as a defender/2nd or 3rd playmaking guard/combo forward. Detroit has grabbed a few guys that fit some of those teams that badly need defense at those positions, and surrounding them with shooters should be interesting to see. I think Jackson could end up playing several different spots, and I'm interested to see how he fits with Jerami Grant and Delon Wright, with all of them being really strong, to potentially elite defenders. I think Jackson should start at the PG spot, allowing Derrick Rose to be a scorer off the bench. Jackson wouldnt be the primary playmaker in that lineup, but he would play well off Blake Griffin as a secondary playmaker, and I think Ellington and Bey would be great fits next to them and Grant as shooters on the wing. Ellington would be great coming off handoffs from Griffin, and screens from Jackson and Grant, and I think Bey could contribute on both ends of the floor, even early on, in a lineup like this. He gives them much needed spacing at those spots. Jackson should also move around the 1-4 spots in different lineups, allowing them to potentially use multiple variations of 3 guard lineups.

Delon Wright is a big addition defensively next to Derrick Rose, or their other guards, and I think he should be valuable in his minutes, if he starts, or they go to a rotation more like this, which I think would give them more balance and spacing on the floor. Mykhailiuk could end up being a big shot maker for them this year, and they dont have to necessarily worry about him defensively as much, with what should be around him. I think they probably should rotate the big spot, depending on matchups, which should allow for all of them to see viable minutes, including their rookie, Isaiah Stewart, who plays hard, and can help them win games now. All of these guys takes pressure off Killian Hayes, who should see minutes off the bench, likely in multi-guard lineups. Having veterans around, as well as just being a good fit on the floor with the guys around you, is a big deal in developing young players, and giving them the best chance to succeed. I think being thrown into a situation where there isnt a fit on the floor can put players in position to fail their draft position or fall out of the league, so it was really important that Detroit made the moves they made in the offseason. 

Can they make the backend of the playoffs in the East? If they play the way I think they should, and they stay healthy, I have them in those 6-9 spots, and I could see them getting a 7th seed.