The NBA learning curve is tough for all rookies. It’s especially tough for those who primarily handle the ball. The Detroit Pistons, for the third season in a row, have a rookie point guard in their starting five. It’s still the preseason, but Jaden Ivey looks up to the challenge so far. Ivey made his
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Detroit — The Oklahoma City Thunder will visit Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday, marking the first of two home preseason games this week for the Pistons to wrap up the exhibition season. Still searching for its first preseason win, Detroit will host a Thunder team that has won three of four preseason games over the
Detroit — After most practices, Rodney McGruder can be found on the court shooting with Pistons development coach Jordan Brink. The 31-year-old guard goes through a series of 3-point attempts from the five principal spots beyond the arc, holding his follow-through until the ball makes its way to the rim. Most of his shots splash
Can Isaiah Stewart really become a consistent 3-point shooter for the Detroit Pistons? This is perhaps the most important question of Deroit’s offseason, and key to whether Isaiah Stewart can stick around long-term in Detroit. Beef Stew has plenty of naysayers and diehard supporters, most notably the Pistons organization, and we now get to see
Here we are at the top of the mountain! If you have been following this draft class even just a little, Nos. 1 and 2 will not be a surprise. HOWEVER, they are just two very exciting prospects here at the top of this class that the Detroit Pistons should be ecstatic to even think
A Hollywood screenwriter couldn’t come up with a handful of teams with as much drama, intrigue and just plain mess as those found in the NBA’s Atlantic Division. You have a team that garners headlines no matter what it does (New York), a neighbor whose superstar demanded a trade that never came (Brooklyn), a team
Through two preseason games, the Detroit Pistons have committed 42 turnovers against 41 assists. They’ve shot a putrid 38.8% overall (including 30% from 3-point range). If you didn’t figure it out from the numbers, they’ve lost both of their exhibitions. But the preseason is designed to work out issues. The Pistons appear to have a
Detroit — The days of a traditional locked-in starting lineup in the NBA have slowly faded, as teams often name starters based on matchup advantages. The strategy is key during the postseason since teams gain more familiarity with each other through four- to seven-game playoff series. Through two games of the preseason, the Pistons have
The 2022-23 season will be pivotal for the Detroit Pistons. The front office hasn’t publicly set its sights on a playoff run yet, but they will look for signs of growth. Will their first-round picks continue growing into franchise cornerstones? Can they improve on last season’s 23-59 overall record? Here are nine predictions for the
After trailing by more than 13 points in the second half, the Pistons rallied but ran out of gas in a 107-101 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. Saddiq Bey, who went without making a 3-pointer against the New York Knicks on Tuesday, had a bounce-back effort with a team-high 23 points
For the second game in a row, the Detroit Pistons couldn’t take care of the ball. That, along with poor shooting, made Friday’s loss feel bigger than the final score indicated. The Pistons fell to the New Orleans Pelicans on the road, 107-101, to fall to 0-2 overall in preseason play. Saddiq Bey finished with
The Detroit Pistons likely hope they see a little bit of themselves in the upstart New Orleans Pelicans. After years of chasing the playoffs and topping out with a 48-win season and a loss in the conference semi-finals, the Pels reset. They traded Anthony Davis, added a bunch of young pieces, got lucky in the
The Detroit Pistons preseason opener against the New York Knicks was a mixed bag of mostly bad things. The final score reflects that, but of the few bright spots, the most important were the quality play of rookies Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren. The Pistons struggled mightily with the Knicks’ aggressive defense and turned the
New York — In something of a scheduling oddity, the Pistons have their first two preseason games on the road and the last two at home. After Tuesday’s game at Madison Square Garden, the team spent two more practice days in New York before heading off to New Orleans. It’s a mini-road trip before the
Welcome back! Now the excitement jumps up a few levels. No long introduction this time, just a reminder that this class does have many prospects who seem to have great potential and this top 10 would be where the Pistons should want to land if they continue to build primarily through the draft. Once more,
The game of Cade Cunningham is both classic and something entirely his own. As the Pistons’ roster improves so do the possibilities for him. Cade Cunningham’s name rolls off the tongue like a Sunday morning comic strip your great-grandparents might have read, and there is something old about his game. Cunningham branches from the James
New York — Jaden Ivey put the pedal to the metal on several offensive possessions during his preseason debut Tuesday night against the New York Knicks. As a 20-year-old rookie, his speed is one of his main strengths, on both ends of the floor. There were occasions when Ivey beat his man to finish at
New York — Midway through the third quarter, New York Knicks forward Isaiah Hartenstein poked the ball away from a driving Cade Cunningham and the ball landed in RJ Barrett’s hands. The Knicks’ fast break was initiated and Barrett lobbed the ball to a floating Obi Toppin for a two-handed slam. Fans inside Madison Square
Now we start to enter the lottery! This class appears to have good depth already as you will see. Plenty of these incoming freshman and first-year draft eligible prospects in the lottery do have good upside to become more than just role players. As always, only time will tell if this becomes fact, but I
It’s unwise to read too deeply into a preseason performance, good or bad. The 2008 Lions, of course, won all four of their preseason games before going 0-16 during the regular season. Exhibition games are a tune-up — an opportunity for players to work off months of offseason rust, and for coaches to experiment with