At one point, there was a duality in the rebuilds of the Houston Rockets and the Detroit Pistons. Both teams were coming off of playoff-centered aspirations, with wavering levels of success. Both teams stripped down their rosters by trading away or releasing veterans. Both teams had several top draft picks at their disposal and created a young core to hopefully catapult them into the next era. Both teams had myriad cap space over several offseason, with opportunities to build upon the young core. And both teams lost a ton of basketball games heading into the 2023-2024 campaign.