It’s safe to say that the 2016-2017 season didn’t go as planned for Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond.

After signing a five-year, $127 million extension last summer, the ultra-athletic 6’11” big man saw his numbers decline from 16.2 points and 14.8 rebounds over 32.9 minutes per contest in 2015-2016 to 13.6 points and 13.8 rebounds over 29.7 minutes last season.

Seemingly falling out of the graces of head coach Stan Van Gundy at multiple points of the season, Drummond is on track to go down as the worst free throw shooter in NBA history. Converting just 38.1 percent of his shots from the charity stripe for his five-year career, Drummond shot a slightly improved 38.6 percent last season, but proved to be a liability late in games.

That led to his decline in court time, as he fell below the 30 minute mark for the season, his lowest mark since his rookie season.

Over the last eight games of the year, Drummond scored in double-figures just two times (11 points and 10 points) and was a complete afterthought on the offensive end of the court. His low point seemingly came on March 30 against the lowly Brooklyn Nets. In that game, Drummond played 29 minutes, but had just two points on 0-of-1 shooting (2-for-4 from free throw line) along with two rebounds, three fouls and two turnovers.

Due to his regression and the team’s lack of success, Drummond’s name was included among the number of big-named players who could be on the move before last season’s trade deadline. And those rumors apparently hurt him and his family.

“I never had to deal with that before,” Drummond told reporters via conference call on Thursday. “It was tough for my family and me to hear those rumors, but guys making that much money, not having the year they’re supposed to have, obviously that’s what’s going to happen. I’ve accepted that.”

Therefore, Drummond openly admits that he had a down year, but is optimistic that he can turn his career around.

“I wasn’t playing the way I was supposed to play and they were looking for a better option, but they still have faith in me and believe that I can still be on this team and get us to where we need to get that down,” Drummond said.

While the NBA is becoming more focused on perimeter shooting, Drummond and Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan have proven to be unstoppable forces on the glass due to their elite athleticism for their size. Both big men have clear issues on the offensive end and are terrible at the free throw line, but it’s easy to make the comparison. Since Jordan made the All-NBA Third Team last season, there’s no reason to claim that Drummond can’t have a similar impact.

In order to do that, he will have to put last season behind him and re-develop his shooting form to improve his numbers at the charity stripe. If he doesn’t, he could find his name on the trading block once again this season.