Tonight the Detroit Pistons play their penultimate game of the season. They host the Denver Nuggets in their end-of-season home stand that will conclude Sunday at 8 p.m. (the time was made official) when they’ll tip off their final game of the season against the Miami Heat. Because there are teams losing in bunches to
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Dwane Casey gave his coach of the year speech after he’d been fired. He was gracious and humble and admitted to a bit of self-doubt. That he questioned himself despite leading Toronto to four division titles and a run to the Eastern Conference finals showed his humility and self-awareness. It also showed why players love him. That love is
Before Troy Weaver joined the Detroit Pistons last summer, he had long admired Dwane Casey from afar. Weaver was a longtime AAU coach and college assistant coach before joining NBA in scouting and front office positions. Coaches tend to follow each other, he said on Thursday, and he’s followed much of Casey’s career. He became better
In each of the games in the past week or two, the rookies each have had a positive outing and something to make the coaching staff and fans nod their heads and file away for later. On Tuesday night, it was Saben Lee’s run. He had his best scoring game of his rookie season and
Troy Weaver knew the changes he wanted to make when he signed on to be the Pistons general manager last summer. It was a fairly lengthy list, as we’ve seen, particularly when it came to the roster. But as a first-time GM, Weaver also knew what he wanted to keep. And now we’re seeing more
Tim Reynolds | Associated Press Kareem Abdul-Jabbar appreciates what today’s NBA players are doing in their attempts to make the world better, how they’re using their voices and platforms as conduits for change. And going forward, one of those players will be rewarded by a trophy bearing Abdul-Jabbar’s name. The NBA announced Thursday the creation of
Killian Hayes receives the most hype and Saddiq Bey garners most of the headlines. It makes sense. Hayes is a lottery pick at perhaps the most consequential position on the floor and is the anointed point guard of the future in Detroit. Bey is the plug and play guy who fell in the first round
The Defensive Player of the Year conversation this season has primarily revolved around candidates like Rudy Gobert and Ben Simmons, but Bucks guard Jrue Holiday believes he should be in that discussion. In fact, that’s an opinion he holds year in and year out, as he tells Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. “Man, I feel
Stefanie Dazio and Brian Melley | Associated Press Los Angeles — Two Los Angeles County firefighters could be fired and a third suspended after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his teenage daughter and seven others, court documents say. The court documents were filed Monday
7:10pm: The extension is official, tweets Keith Langlois of NBA.com. 5:05pm: Head coach Dwane Casey will receive a contract extension from the Pistons that will run through the 2023/24 season, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Casey still has two years remaining on the five-year deal he signed when he came to Detroit in 2018,
Dwane Casey received a major vote of confidence from Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver in March. The early returns of the rebuild have been promising so far, and Casey’s reputation as a talent developer has held true. All four 2020 draft picks — Killian Hayes, Isaiah Stewart, Saddiq Bey and Saben Lee — have
In the final week of the season, with very little for the Pistons to play for, it’s a good time to start thinking about postseason awards and how some of the Detroit players might fit in. There aren’t many categories where Pistons will be in consideration, but one intriguing one is the All-Rookie Team, where
This season has been solid evidence that the Pistons’ rebuild is in high gear. Head coach Dwane Casey has been one of the main engineers of the development behind the rebuild — and he’ll be there for a couple more years. Casey and the Pistons agreed to a contract extension that will keep him with
The Detroit Pistons and Dwane Casey are in the latter stages of a one-year contract extension for the veteran Pistons head coach, according to Adrian Wojnarowkski of ESPN. The new deal adds an extra year onto his original five-year pact and will pay him through the 2023-24 season, Woj reports. Contract extensions don’t necessarily guarantee
Since April 29, the player with the third-most 3-point attempts for the Detroit Pistons is a player who didn’t make his first until Feb. 9, 22 games into the season. Isaiah Stewart, a rookie drafted for his size than his shooting, has significantly expanded his volume during the last two weeks. He has 32 total
In this week’s episode of Inside The Cylinder, Matt and I discuss the Pistons 119-100 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. While there wasn’t much to be excited about from an on-court perspective, this loss means Detroit is only two more Ls away from securing a bottom-two record for the 2020-21 season. We’ll take a look
The Detroit Pistons should have a decent shot at the No. 1 pick in next month’s NBA draft lottery. If they don’t get it, history tells us that’s just fine. Not that Cade Cunningham wouldn’t fit snugly onto the team’s roster. Not that Cunningham wouldn’t give the Pistons one of the best young cores in the league. It’s
Dwane Casey, Pistons head coach, sits down to speak with the media following tonight’s game against the Timberwolves. #ItsMillerTime
Pistons C Isaiah Stewart addresses the media after an 11pt/8reb effort against the Timberwolves. #DetroitUp
May 11th 2021 at 9:59pm CST by Alex Kirschenbaum Pistons rookie guard Killian Hayes has appreciated the opportunity to log some time as a combo guard alongside fellow rookie ball handler Saben Lee as Detroit’s season wraps up, writes Rod Beard of The Detroit News. “I love it,” the 6’5″ Hayes said of his minutes alongside Lee in the