Already beset by injuries to several potential rotation pieces, the Detroit Pistons got a bit of good news Wednesday when the team revealed Marvin Bagley avoided the most serious knee injury and only sustained an MCL sprain and bone bruise in Tuesday’s loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Bagley will miss three to four weeks
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It’s already hard to get excited about this year’s Detroit Pistons three games into the preseason, and the team’s latest loss, 115-99 to an undermanned Oklahoma City Thunder team, is the latest evidence. The Pistons’ switching scheme was once again a shambles with poor communication, late or nonexistent rotations and open lanes to the basket
The word out of Detroit Pistons media day two weeks ago was that, in their third year of rebuilding, they are finally ready to compete. It’s too early to write them off, but that’s yet to be proven true through three preseason games. The Pistons have struggled to shoot, making just 39.4% of their overall
Detroit — Searching for their first victory of the preseason, the Pistons hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday and not only lost their third consecutive game, but they lost their starting power forward in the process. Marvin Bagley III suffered a right knee injury less than one minute into the game and did not
Killian Hayes appears to enjoy playing the Oklahoma City Thunder. He scored a career-high 26 points and tallied eight assists, seven rebounds and five steals against them on April 1 last season. He was once again the Detroit Pistons’ best all-around player against the Thunder on Tuesday. Unfortunately, much of the rest of the roster
The tantalizing tools of back-to-back Thunder lottery picks Ousmane Dieng and Jalen Williams flashed over the course of four quarters Tuesday night in Detroit. Dieng, at 6-foot-10, played point guard for a good chunk of the fourth quarter in the Thunder’s 115-99 preseason win against the Pistons. Dieng flashed an in-and-out dribble, a crossover, a
Detroit — The crowd inside Little Caesars Arena fell silent as Marvin Bagley III went down 45 seconds into Tuesday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with an apparent knee injury. The five-year forward inadvertently slipped on the court and clutched his knee. Unable to apply any pressure on his leg, Bagley was helped off
The Detroit Pistons lost an important player early in Tuesday’s preseason game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Marvin Bagley III had to be helped off of the floor after slipping on the foot of Thunder forward Jalen Williams with 11:04 remaining in the first quarter at Little Caesars Arena. His right knee bent at an
Detroit — When Pistons rookie Jaden Ivey decides he’s going to attack the basket, he’s aware of the fact that he’s likely going to take a hit once he’s inside the paint. The No. 5 overall draft pick found his way to the free-throw line nine times Friday against the New Orleans Pelicans. Not only
The Detroit Pistons are looking to notch their first win of the preseason, and it looks like the Oklahoma City Thunder might just oblige them. OKC is the rare team that schedules six games in the preseason including a back-to-back. The Thunder rested a large contingent of players on Sunday against Maccabi Ra’Anana. It’s unclear
We finally have legit Detroit Pistons basketball to watch, discuss, and analyze. No more workout videos or offseason scrimmages to break down. With that said, it is still preseason so we should always be careful about any overwhelming takeaways about a player or team until we get a much larger sample size. It does, however,
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 I finally got the chance to talk about and give analysis on real Detroit Pistons basketball games. Our Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are in an odd position where it’s impossible to discuss their point guard rotation without talking about a lot of non-point guards. In a perfect world where Killian Hayes met his potential and the team still somehow managed to get Cade Cunningham and Jaden Ivey, the Pistons would be relying on the
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editor: Cary Junior. • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: This week, Omari and Bryce share their thoughts on what they’ve seen through the first two Pistons preseason games,