DETROIT — For the past two seasons, the Detroit Pistons have been trying to prove they belong.

Now, the challenge is proving they can stay there.

After completing one of the league’s quickest turnarounds and winning 60 games a season ago, the Pistons arrived at Monday’s Media Day with a noticeably different set of expectations.

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Detroit is no longer the young team trying to surprise people. After finishing atop the Eastern Conference and advancing to the conference semifinals, the Pistons enter this season knowing they will receive everyone’s best shot.

Head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, however, isn’t concerned with how the rest of the…

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