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Month: November 2020
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Rod Beard | The Detroit News Pistons general manager Troy Weaver is getting an early start to a big week in transforming the roster. The NBA moratorium on trades ends Monday at noon and the Pistons have already negotiated a trade. Guard Bruce Brown will be traded to the Brooklyn Nets for forward Dzanan Musa
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Troy Weaver on NBA draft: ‘Everything’s on the table’ Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver addressed the media on Nov. 5, 2020 and said the Pistons could move up or down in the draft. On Monday morning, the NBA’s trade moratorium lifts.
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Troy Weaver on NBA draft: ‘Everything’s on the table’ Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver addressed the media on Nov. 5, 2020 and said the Pistons could move up or down in the draft. In the Free Press’ NBA mock draft 3.0,
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Picking at No. 7 in the NBA draft historically has been a good spot through the years. It’s the midpoint of the lottery and while there generally are some regrettable selections there, some good players also drop, and some others develop nicely into solid rotation players on their teams.
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Troy Weaver on NBA draft: ‘Everything’s on the table’ Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver addressed the media on Nov. 5, 2020 and said the Pistons could move up or down in the draft. At long last, the 2020 NBA draft is
Rod Beard | The Detroit News In an NBA draft that’s regarded for its dearth of point guards, one position that’s often glanced over and downplayed is center. The face of the big men in this draft class has been James Wiseman, who has been ranked as one of the top players in this group
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press While reflecting on the life of Detroit basketball great Terry Duerod, Dick Vitale summed up his achievements succinctly. “He was a winner in the game of life,” said Vitale, who coached Duerod at the University of Detroit from 1975-77. Everything Duerod attempted, he excelled in. He had a
Marlowe Alter | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption ‘Get to TCF’ – How Detroit was the game-changer of the presidential election Crowds gathered outside of the TCF Center as worried Republicans sounded the horn for backup to come to Detroit, while equally concerned Democrats did the same. If you want to know how
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Troy Weaver on NBA draft: ‘Everything’s on the table’ Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver addressed the media on Nov. 5, 2020 and said the Pistons could move up or down in the draft. The 2020-21 NBA season is scheduled to tip-off
Chanel Stitt | Detroit Free Press Using a metaphor from basketball, Dave Bing often advises “attacking” a situation by taking on any tasks. “Everything that I’ve ever done, I’ve attacked it,” Bing said. “I have not been a guy that would lay back and just hope something happens. You made things happen.” That includes having a
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November 12th 2020 at 8:30pm CST by Alex Kirschenbaum In an extensive look at intriguing free agent Pistons big man Christian Wood, Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer offers some intel on Wood’s possible asking price in free agency and his potential suitors. There is a significant disparity among O’Connor’s league sources in gauging the annual cost
After holding his first in-person workout ahead of the draft on Wednesday for the Timberwolves, highly-regarded 2020 lottery pick LaMelo Ball followed that up with a second private workout for three other clubs today in Southern California, according to Jonathan Givony of ESPN. Ball, a native of Chino Hills, CA, went through several individual drills in
Rod Beard | The Detroit News With less than a week until the NBA Draft, there is still plenty of work to be done before the Pistons pick at No. 7. They’ve gone through months of projections, film study and discussions, and with new general manager Troy Weaver, they have a new lead in the
The NBA revealed today that the estimated average salary for the 2020/21 season will be $10,000,000, while the Early Bird exception amount will be $10,047,450, according to Bobby Marks of ESPN and Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report (Twitter links). The estimated average salary for a league year is defined as 104.5% of the average salary
The Warriors continue to actively discuss trades involving the No. 2 pick, according to Jonathan Givony of ESPN (Insider link), who writes within his latest mock draft that the Bulls, Pistons, and Knicks are among the candidates to make a deal with Golden State. If the Warriors remain at No. 2, the team seems more
Rod Beard | The Detroit News When I was a young child, one of the most exciting days of the year was when the holiday catalogs arrived. I would flip immediately to the toy section and imagine all the race tracks, Star Wars figures and new gadgets I could get. Of course, my mother was
Marlowe Alter | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Troy Weaver on NBA draft: ‘Everything’s on the table’ Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver addressed the media on Nov. 5, 2020 and said the Pistons could move up or down in the draft. The time is nearly here for Detroit Pistons general