Nov. 30, 2021 was Chauncey Billups’ first time in the head coach’s chair against his former team but this week’s matchup was a little different. Billups, a Detroit Pistons legend who earned a NBA Finals MVP and three All-Star berths with the franchise from 2002-08, was hired as coach of the Portland Trail Blazers last
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The Pistons Pulse is brought to you by The Detroit Free Press and is co hosted by Bryce Simon of MotorCityHoops and Omari Sankofa II, Detroit Pistons beat writer for The Detroit Free Press. Omari and Bryce start off the episode talking about the biggest storylines from the past weeks slate of games including Dwane
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editor: Cary Junior II • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys have plenty to say about the big scoring nights from Saddiq Bey and Jerami Grant in the last few days. They also dig deeper into
Detroit — With several of their veteran players out because of injuries, the Pistons had to lean on their young players against the Portland Trail Blazers. In the first half, it wasn’t working out well. The Pistons fell behind by double digits before halftime, and the lead ballooned to 23 points in the third quarter.
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after a furious rally by his Pistons comes up just short Monday. #ItsMillerTime
We hear from Luka Garza after he scores 11 off the bench in Monday’s 119-115 loss to Portland. #DetroitBasketball
A severely depleted Portland Trail Blazers team team nearly embarrassed the Detroit Pistons at home on Monday. Instead, they had to settle for a close win. Without Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons, Jusuf Nurkic, Josh Hart and several other rotation players, a rag-tag group of Blazers players built a 23-point lead over the Pistons early in
Greg Kelser said what we all were thinking. “Pistons just don’t have the life right now,” the Pistons broadcaster said of Detroit’s play after Dwane Casey called a timeout with just over nine minutes left in the second quarter. At that point, the Pistons were down 40-26. Detroit played host to a Portland team down
Detroit — In his first season as a head coach, Chauncey Billups has had a good indoctrination with the Portland Trail Blazers. After a stint in television broadcasting, the Pistons icon made the transition to coaching as an assistant with the Los Angeles Clippers last season. Moving to the first chair this season has been
Mr. Big Shot explains how good it feels to return to Detroit as an NBA head coach.
Hear from Pistons PA announcer John Mason as the Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers stand in a moment of unity for the Ukrainian people.
Both squads are playing their B and C teams, and I’m not sure if it’s going to make for watchable basketball. The Detroit Pistons look like they might rest Jerami Grant and Cory Joseph, and will likely be without Kelly Olynyk. That means that if for some reason Rodney McGruder doesn’t suit up then the
I would love to see an analysis that could quantify who was more polarizing within the Detroit Pistons fan community among Jerami Grant, Killian Hayes, and coach Dwane Casey. At this point in the season, I felt I “went to the film” quite a bit on those two players, but had less of a handle
If you think the Detroit Pistons and tanking belong in the same sentence, I’m not quite sure what you would call what the Portland Trail Blazers are doing since the NBA Trade Deadline. New coach Chauncey Billups has had to plumb the depths of his roster and the G League in order to field a
It was a mild surprise when Jerami Grant was not traded by the Detroit Pistons during the most recent NBA Trade Deadline, but even at the time the smart money said he could just as easily be moved in the offseason. That smart money appears to be … smart money as The Athletic’s Shams Charania
The Pistons are 19-52, and they’ll be right back in the NBA draft lottery, hoping for another top-three pick this summer. It’s not a sign of failure, coming off getting Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 overall pick last year. Ignore the numbers for a bit and look at what they’re doing on the court.
CLEVELAND — The NBA Rookie of the Year award has typically favored the highest-scoring rookie. This year’s race is challenging that notion. The Detroit Pistons‘ own Cade Cunningham, by any measurement, has a Rookie of the Year-worthy resume. He leads all rookies in scoring (16.9 points per game), is second in assists (5.4), fourth in
The Pistons had another stellar individual performance on the heels of Saddiq Bey’s 51-point game on Thursday night. Jerami Grant took center stage this time, with a season-high 40 points in a standout showing on Saturday night. It wasn’t enough to lift the Pistons, who struggled for a stretch bridging the third and fourth quarters,
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons play another competitive game but finish the road trip 1-2. #ItsMillerTime
We hear from Jerami Grant after posts a season-high 40 points in Saturday’s 113-109 loss in Cleveland. #DetroitBasketball