Month: November 2020

The Pistons have placed swingman Zhaire Smith on waivers, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. The transaction was expected, as Detroit’s plan to waive Smith was previously reported. The Pistons officially acquired Smith from the 76ers in exchange for center Tony Bradley a week ago. Smith was due to make $3.2MM during the upcoming season
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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The Pistons are getting into the online sports-betting game. The team announced Monday multi-year agreements to make both DraftKings and FanDuel the official sports-betting partners. The agreements will allow each sports-betting giant to use the Pistons’ logos in their marketing and the Pistons will promote both companies in Little
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Rob Schaefer of NBC Sports takes a look at some of the key storylines facing the Bulls roster heading into training camp. Though the club’s personnel off the court underwent some drastic revisions, the current on-court product looks fairly similar, Schaefer notes. Rookies Patrick Williams and Devon Dotson join free agent additions Garrett Temple and Noah Vonleh. Guards
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The NBA salary cap is somewhat malleable, with various exceptions allowing every team to surpass the $109,140,000 threshold once their room is used up. In some cases, teams blow past not only the cap limit, but the luxury-tax limit of $132,627,000 as well — the Warriors project to have a nine-figure tax bill this season
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Shawn Windsor   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons introduce their rookie class: Why they made these four picks Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver, coach Dwane Casey and the 2020 NBA draft class speak to the media on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. The Detroit Pistons might actually be fun this season. Really, they could be.  Not because of
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Kirkland Crawford   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver: We wanted to ‘attack the NBA draft’ Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver speaks after the NBA draft about his aggressive mindset, Killian Hayes and the team’s huge draft haul, Nov. 18, 2020. The Detroit Pistons puzzled many across NBA circles
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