Detroit — When Jaden Ivey arrived at Little Caesars Arena for his first official NBA game, he did so with purpose. Ivey, who has several family ties to Detroit, wore a Lions jersey gifted by the Pistons shortly after he was drafted, to honor his late grandfather, James Hunter. When Ivey was introduced during the
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Detroit – Buckle up, folks. If this was a prelude to the reload, it’s going to be boisterous and bumpy, and occasionally blurry. That one blur? That was rookie Jaden Ivey zipping to the basket, game on the line, clocking ticking down, dropping in a layup and drawing a foul to push the Pistons’ lead
With his Pistons on their way to a victory on opening night at Little Caesars Arena, owner Tom Gores says his team has the makings of something special.
Detroit Pistons assistant coach Bill Bayno underwent surgery for prostate cancer Tuesday morning in Detroit, the team announced Thursday. Bayno is expected to spend the next four-to-six weeks recovering. The team gave Bayno a nice recovery present, winning an entertaining season opener Wednesday vs. the Orlando Magic, 113-109. “I’m disappointed to miss the beginning of
Detroit — The Pistons won their regular-season opener, 113-109, over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night at Little Caesars Arena. There were several memorable moments during the game, including the NBA debuts of Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren, both first-round picks, along with Bojan Bogdanovic’s scorching shooting night and Cade Cunningham’s poise and willingness to
The NBA marquee night has arrived again, with TNT heading into week 2, and hopefully featuring 100% less bizarre pseudo-documentaries about Draymond Green punching a teammate. The Sixers and Lakers are once again in action, which is kind of a bummer based on their first respective games of the season. The Sixers will be facing
Detroit — The Pistons won their regular-season opener, 113-109, over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night at Little Caesars Arena. There were several memorable moments during the game, including the NBA debuts of Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren, both first-round picks, along with Bojan Bogdanovic’s scorching shooting night and Cade Cunningham’s poise and willingness to
Jaden Ivey spent a moment in reflection before his Detroit Pistons’ debut. “I just kind of talked to my grandpa, who’s up in heaven,” Ivey said of his grandfather, James Hunter, who played defensive back for the Detroit Lions. “I just told him, you know, ‘just give me the strength to go out there and
The night before the 2022 NBA draft, Troy Weaver received a call from Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores. He had some advice for his general manager. “(He) said, ‘Hey, I want you to be aggressive and go for it,’” Weaver said the night after the draft. “I didn’t know what the rest of the day
Detroit — If there’s anything to take away from the Pistons’ first game of the 2022-23 campaign, regardless of the score, it’s the team’s resilience. With 11.6 seconds left in the game, Cade Cunningham drove to the basket and dished to a wide open Isaiah Stewart, who calmly knocked down a corner 3-point shot he’d
Detroit – Buckle up, folks. If this was a prelude to the reload, it’s going to be boisterous and bumpy, and occasionally blurry. That one blur? That was rookie Jaden Ivey zipping to the basket, game on the line, clocking ticking down, dropping in a layup and drawing a foul to push the Pistons’ lead
Detroit — Tom Gores, owner of the Pistons and CEO of Platinum Equity, had a front row seat to his team’s first win of the 2022-23 season. Gores watched Jalen Duren rip down vicious dunks and he watched Jaden Ivey put his speed on full display, often finishing at the rim with finesse. Lastly, he
He worked on it all summer, the 3 from the corner, and when he got the ball with 11 seconds left and the Detroit Pistons up by a point, he settled his feet, bent his knees, rose and let it fly, just as he had thousands of times in the practice gym in Detroit, and
When the Detroit Pistons drafted Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren in last year’s lottery, it felt like while the Pistons might not be a good team, they were going to be the most fun team Motown’s had in a long while. They certainly lived up to that billing on opening night in Detroit’s 113-109 victory