In an NBA draft that promises nothing except unpredictability, Detroit Bad Boys contributors Austen Flores and Max Sturm are back with predictions about how the board could fall in their annual mock draft. This year’s draft has a clear lack of those type of top-3 star-level prospects, but it doesn’t hurt for high-level and even
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Nothing is official, but a new report from NBA reporter Marc Stein indicates that Monty Williams will return to the Detroit Pistons for his second year as head coach. Williams has approximately $65 million remaining on the six guaranteed years he signed with Detroit last offseason. The GM who signed him to that deal, potentially
The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast is your home for fan-driven Pistons content. Hosted by Wes Davenport, from Motor City Hoops and producer of the Pistons Pulse Podcast, and Blake Silverman, DBB’s resident draft expert covering both the Pistons and the Motor City Cruise. The guys bring a reasoned analysis to a uniquely interactive show.
It’s all over but the trophy presentation. The Boston Celtics are clearly the superior team on both ends of the floor, and have ridden their strength to a 3-0 series lead and a potential NBA Finals sweep of the Dallas Mavericks. Boston has sometimes let its foot off the gas, but they have the scoring,
There is a trifecta of joy and misery awaiting Detroit Pistons fans this offseason. First, a decision made on the future of head coach Monty Williams. Second, what the team does in the NBA Draft. Third, what the team decides to do in free agency. For a brief moment, it looked like news broke that
The Dallas Mavericks are facing an 0-2 deficit in the NBA Finals, but they are at home, nobody outside of Luka Doncic has really excelled as of yet, and the Boston Celtics are navigating the rest of the series with the potential of not having Kristaps Porzingis at all. The series is far from over.
I have no idea whether the Detroit Pistons will ultimately fire head coach Monty Williams one year after signing him to a record-setting contract. It’s not my money, I don’t know the inner workings of what the team truly feels about him, or what Trajan Langdon thinks of the team the now-deposed Troy Weaver fielded
The Boston Celtics put quite a stamp on the NBA Finals in Game 1 with a dominant performance that saw them outclass the Dallas Mavericks in virtually every facet. The Celtics relied on a one-two-three punch of Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis off the bench, and Jayson Tatum. The ability to rely so heavily on their
Trajan Langdon continues to reform the Detroit Pistons front office, and according to a new report, one new member could be one of the finalists he beat out for the president of basketball operations role. Marc Stein reports that Dennis Lindsey, who was one of the finalists who met with Tom Gores as part of
The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast is your home for fan-driven Pistons content. Hosted by Wes Davenport, from Motor City Hoops and producer of the Pistons Pulse Podcast, and Blake Silverman, DBB’s resident draft expert covering both the Pistons and the Motor City Cruise. The guys bring a reasoned analysis to a uniquely interactive show.
The NBA Finals are finally here. After a long layoff courtesy of some lopsided conference finals matchups, the Boston Celtics will take on the Dallas Mavericks. It feels like everyone thinks this is Luka Doncic’s NBA Finals to lose after dispatching the defending champion Denver Nuggets and easily outclassing the insurgent Minnesota Timberwolves. But people
Ron Marshall was a beloved member of the Detroit Bad Boys community, and we celebrate him each year with the Ron Marshall Memorial Mock Draft. Ron was known for creating huge three- (or more) team deals, sometimes involving the Detroit Pistons and sometimes not. When DBB wanted to do a community mock, he pushed hard
After four, miserable years at the helm, Troy Weaver is gone. The former Detroit Pistons GM was dismissed by new President of Basketball Operations Trajan Langdon on Friday, kicking off what promises to be a slew of changes in the Pistons dumpster fire of a front office. The crew rejoiced and reacted to the news
Trajan Langdon has made his first move as the Detroit Pistons’ lead executive According to Shams Charania and James Edwards III of The Athletic, the Detroit Pistons and general manager Troy Weaver plan to part ways as Langdon begins his duties as president of basketball operations. Breaking: As Trajan Langdon’s tenure as Detroit Pistons President