Rod Beard | The Detroit News The Pistons ended up getting one of the Ball brothers — just not the one that people thought. As they round out their roster for the start of training camp, the Pistons are adding LiAngelo Ball on an Exhibit-10 contract, a league source told The Detroit News on Tuesday.
Month: December 2020
Kirkland Crawford , Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Dwane Casey: We want to force feed youngsters, but compete to win Detroit Pistons coach Dwane Casey answers questions from the media as training camp opens Dec. 1, 2020. The Detroit Pistons continue to add to their roster, and
LiAngelo Ball, the younger brother of Lonzo Ball and the older brother of LaMelo Ball, has agreed to sign a one-year, non-guaranteed contract with the Pistons, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). Ball’s deal will contain an Exhibit 10 clause, per Charania (Twitter link). He’s extremely unlikely to make the Pistons’ regular season
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Blake Griffin: Been around too long to listen to trade rumors Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin speaks to the media on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. After the Detroit Pistons selected him with the 19th pick in November’s draft, Saddiq Bey flew to Los
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Just like that, the Pistons are back in training camp. After almost nine months without playing a competitive game, the Pistons are rounding back into form by starting mandatory COVID testing and doing one-on-one individual workouts with a player and a coach this week. With all the new additions
Coach Dwayne Casey addresses the media as Pistons training camp is about to begin.
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Sekou Doumbouya describes his eye-opening offseason Detroit Pistons forward Sekou Doumbouya speaks to the media on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. This offseason has been one of change for the Detroit Pistons. They hired a new general manager, drafted four players and swung
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Coming off an All-NBA season in 2018-19, Blake Griffin had high expectations at the start of last season. Even though he was recovering from knee surgery, he entered training camp optimistic he’d be able to build on one of the best seasons of his career. After experiencing some knee
Omari Sankofa II | 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. A year after becoming a second-round pick in the
Rod Beard | The Detroit News The Pistons keep adding to the roster ahead of the start of training camp this week. Deividas Sirvydis, their second-round pick from 2019, signed a three-year deal Tuesday with the team, a league source confirmed to The Detroit News. The source requested anonymity because the deal has not been announced
The Pistons have reached a three-year contract agreement with 2019 second-round pick Deividas Sirvydis, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN tweets. This reported transaction adds to the Pistons’ flurry of activity this offseason under new GM Troy Weaver. The third year of the deal will not be guaranteed, James Edwards III of The Athletic tweets. The 20-year-old
Detroit Pistons training camp begins Tuesday and 10 days later, they will begin their preseason schedule. After such a long layoff, it almost feels as though the universe will conspire to find another way to push the season back. With COVID-19 cases spiking across the country, it’s a genuine worry. But following an extremely active
Associated Press | The Detroit News Sydney – Andrew Bogut is retiring after 15 years in professional basketball, with injuries, age and the COVID-19 pandemic ending his bid for one last shot at an Olympic medal. The 36-year-old Australian had initially targeted a retirement date after the 2020 Olympics, but the postponement of the Tokyo
Rod Beard | The Detroit News The Pistons have been busy in the offseason in dismantling and reassembling their roster. They put together the core in one day, signing their four draft picks this season to their rookie deals. The Pistons announced Monday evening that they had signed their three first-round picks, guard Killian Hayes
The Pistons have signed first-round picks Killian Hayes, Isaiah Stewart and Saddiq Bey, according to a team press release. Hayes, a point guard from France, was the highest of those picks, going with the No. 7 selection. Assuming he received 120% of the rookie scale for his slot, Hayes will make $5,307,120 in his first season
Rod Beard | The Detroit News It hasn’t even been two months since the end of last season and things are already gearing up for the 2020-21 season. Training camps begin this week, with preseason games next week and the regular season soon thereafter. The Pistons haven’t played a game since March 11 and besides