Rod Beard | The Detroit News When free agency started, the Pistons made some moves to improve their frontcourt, adding Mason Plumlee and Jahlil Okafor pretty quickly. Then it was Dewayne Dedmon. And Tony Bradley. That’s in addition to using one of their first-round picks on Isaiah Stewart. They also were looking to retain Christian
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Rod Beard | The Detroit News Just looking at Josh Jackson, one would presume from his baby-faced features that he is just beginning to get his feet wet in the NBA. A glance at Jackson’s basketball dossier defies that thought, showing the 23-year-old wing has three years in the league and two stops, in Phoenix
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons GM: Jerami Grant, Josh Jackson exactly what we need Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver and new forwards Jerami Grant and Josh Jackson speak to the media on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Jerami Grant’s offseason could’ve been straightforward. He had a strong
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Looking at the rosters, there wasn’t much comparison between the Detroit Pistons and Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets made a surprise trip to the Western Conference finals before falling to the eventual-champion Los Angeles Lakers. The Pistons were coming off a 20-46 season and were one of the eight teams
The Pistons have re-signed free agent forward Louis King to a new two-way contract, according to Keith Smith of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). King, who went undrafted out of Oregon in 2019, spent his rookie season on a two-way deal with Detroit. He didn’t see much action at the NBA level, logging limited minutes in
Kristie Rieken | AP Sports Writer Houston – The Houston Rockets have traded Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards for John Wall and a future lottery-protected. first-round pick. Both teams announced the trade Wednesday night. The move ends Westbrook’s tenure in Houston after just one disappointing season. Westbrook was traded from Oklahoma City or Chris
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Looking at the rosters, there wasn’t much comparison between the Pistons and Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets made a surprise trip to the Western Conference finals before falling to the eventual-champion Los Angeles Lakers. The Pistons were coming off a 20-46 season and were one of the eight teams not
General manager Troy Weaver introduces the two free-agent signees.
The Pistons‘ two-year deal with Josh Jackson is worth the full room exception, according to Keith Smith of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). With no options on year two, Jackson is assured of earning about $9.77MM over the course of the deal, including $4.77MM in 2020/21. Newly-signed big man Mason Plumlee, meanwhile, also has no options
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons GM: Jerami Grant, Josh Jackson exactly what we need Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver and new forwards Jerami Grant and Josh Jackson speak to the media on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. On Wednesday, Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver introduced two
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Before the start of free agency, Pistons general manager Troy Weaver had his wish list and in the first few hours, he focused on a select few to try to augment the roster. Weaver already had radically reshaped the roster with a slew of trades and three first-round picks
Rod Beard | The Detroit News The Pistons ended up getting one of the Ball brothers — just not the one that people thought. As they round out their roster for the start of training camp, the Pistons are adding LiAngelo Ball on an Exhibit-10 contract, a league source told The Detroit News on Tuesday.
Kirkland Crawford , Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Dwane Casey: We want to force feed youngsters, but compete to win Detroit Pistons coach Dwane Casey answers questions from the media as training camp opens Dec. 1, 2020. The Detroit Pistons continue to add to their roster, and
LiAngelo Ball, the younger brother of Lonzo Ball and the older brother of LaMelo Ball, has agreed to sign a one-year, non-guaranteed contract with the Pistons, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). Ball’s deal will contain an Exhibit 10 clause, per Charania (Twitter link). He’s extremely unlikely to make the Pistons’ regular season
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Blake Griffin: Been around too long to listen to trade rumors Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin speaks to the media on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. After the Detroit Pistons selected him with the 19th pick in November’s draft, Saddiq Bey flew to Los
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Just like that, the Pistons are back in training camp. After almost nine months without playing a competitive game, the Pistons are rounding back into form by starting mandatory COVID testing and doing one-on-one individual workouts with a player and a coach this week. With all the new additions
Coach Dwayne Casey addresses the media as Pistons training camp is about to begin.
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Sekou Doumbouya describes his eye-opening offseason Detroit Pistons forward Sekou Doumbouya speaks to the media on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. This offseason has been one of change for the Detroit Pistons. They hired a new general manager, drafted four players and swung
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Coming off an All-NBA season in 2018-19, Blake Griffin had high expectations at the start of last season. Even though he was recovering from knee surgery, he entered training camp optimistic he’d be able to build on one of the best seasons of his career. After experiencing some knee
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons introduce their rookie class: Why they made these four picks Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver, coach Dwane Casey and the 2020 NBA draft class speak to the media on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. A year after becoming a second-round pick in the