Detroit — It’s a rise-and-shine day for the Pistons and Houston Rockets. Saturday is the first of two games this season with a noon tipoff time, which will take some adjustment from the team and players from a logistical standpoint, as well as with mental and physical preparation. Basketball coaches and players tend to be
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Detroit — Pistons forward Jerami Grant is on the road to recovery. Grant had surgery Thursday to repair UCL ligament damage in his right thumb, the team announced Friday. Grant injured the thumb during the first quarter of last week’s matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans. Pistons mailbag: Where does state of rebuild rank among
The Detroit Pistons’ 122-113 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night in Indianapolis brought them to the brink of history, though — like so much in this season — not in a good way. The Pistons fell to 4-23, including 13 straight losses. (Their last win: Nov. 17, 97-89, over the Pacers at Little
Pistons forward Jerami Grant underwent a successful surgical procedure on Thursday to repair the UCL ligament in his right thumb, the team announced today in a press release. According to the Pistons, Grant will be reevaluated in six weeks. That six-week timeline was reported over the weekend when Grant was first diagnosed with a ligament
Episode 74 of the Motor City Hoops Podcast (dropping Tuesday, December 21st) will be an ALL MAILBAG episode. Producer of MCH, Wes Davenport, will present YOUR questions about the Detroit Pistons and everything else for myself and our guest to discuss. This week we will be joined by a good friend of the MCH podcast
The Detroit Pistons finally got a long-awaited breakout game from struggling forward Saddiq Bey, and for a while, it seemed like the team would have enough to break their 12-game losing streak. Of course, this is the Pistons, and a team that is no stranger to coughing up double-digit leads did it again and was
INDIANAPOLIS — Ask any member of the Detroit Pistons, and they will agree: Saddiq Bey is one of the hardest workers on the team. It’s why few, if any, of Bey’s teammates and coaches expressed serious concern about his shooting slump through most of this season. Bey’s percentages have declined across the board after a strong first
Maybe you’ve seen the numbers. The shooting percentages and point, rebound and assist averages you thought you’d see from the Detroit Pistons’ 2021 No. 1 overall pick. Or maybe you haven’t. Maybe you’ve tuned out, because Cade Cunningham started slowly, and his team started even slower. Cellar-dweller slow, if we’re being honest. And so maybe the
Indianapolis — The Pistons had a chance to stop their 12-game losing streak with another victory over the Indiana Pacers. Detroit’s last win was Nov. 17 against Indianapolis at Little Caesars Arena. The Pistons had a good start to the game, but as has been the case during most of the losing streak, they haven’t been able to
We hear from assistant coach Rex Kalamian after his Pistons fall in Indiana 122-113 Thursday night. #ItsMillerTime
We hear from Saddiq Bey after he leads the Pistons with 28 points in Thursday night’s loss in Indiana. #DetroitBasketball
INDIANAPOLIS — Make it 13. The Detroit Pistons entered Thursday’s game against the Indiana Pacers coming off of four days of rest, after their scheduled road game against the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday was postponed due to the Bulls’ COVID outbreak. The Pacers lost to the Bucks by 15 in Milwaukee on Wednesday night, and
Indianapolis — It’s not just the players who have to be ready in case of a last-minute personnel change. Pistons assistant coach Rex Kalamian stepped in as acting head coach for Thursday night’s matchup against the Indiana Pacers because coach Dwane Casey missed the game for personal reasons. The team made the announcement about 90
December 16th 2021 at 5:45pm CST by Dana Gauruder Forward Bobby Portis is the latest Bucks player to be placed under the league’s health and safety protocols, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Donte DiVincenzo and Wesley Matthews are already listed out for Friday’s game against the Pelicans for the same reason. Brook
INDIANAPOLIS — Detroit Pistons head coach Dwane Casey will miss the team’s game against the Indiana Pacers due to non COVID-related personal reasons, the team announced Thursday. Assistant coach Rex Kalamian will assume head coaching responsibilities. It’s unclear why Casey will miss the game, and when he will return. Casey was present at the Pistons’
Indianapolis — Pistons coach Dwane Casey will miss Thursday night’s matchup against the Indiana Pacers because of personal reasons. The team made the announcement about 90 minutes before tipoff and noted that it was not related to COVID issues. Assistant coach Rex Kalamian will assume the coaching duties in Casey’s place. The Pistons have lost
The Detroit Pistons have had a fair share of tough losses this season. After games, their 20-year-old first-round pick has often taken on the task of explaining those losses to the media. Cade Cunningham is barely two months into his first NBA season, but he sees the big picture. He has a knack for saying
Associated Press New York — The Brooklyn Nets, missing seven players because of the NBA’s coronavirus protocols, signed former Pistons guard Langston Galloway to a 10-day contract Thursday. The Nets have nine players listed as out on their injury report for their home game Thursday against Philadelphia, leaving them with the minimum eight required to start
If you ever want to learn to hate the NBA trade season, all you need to do is pitch a dumb premise like “I’m going to come up with a Jerami Grant trade for each team in the NBA” and it’ll do the trick. Jerami Grant is one of the hottest names on the NBA
The Detroit Pistons have had a fair share of tough losses this season. After games, their 20-year-old first-round pick has often taken on the task of explaining those losses to the media. Cade Cunningham is barely two months into his first NBA season, but he sees the big picture. He has a knack for saying