Detroit Bad Boys

The Detroit Pistons are 1-1 on their 5-game homestand and are coming off of an impressive win over the Indiana Pacers. Wednesday’s contest against the Pacers was a hard-fought defensive game. Tonight’s game against the Golden State Warriors figures to showcase much more scoring, at least on the Warriors’ side of things. It might not

As alluded to in the 10-Game Progress Report article, Jerami Grant’s game needs further time under the microscope. He continues to be one of the top scorers on the Detroit Pistons, but he also has not shown considerable growth since his breakout year last season. He has not been bad, per se. The issue is

Another week, another Ben Simmons to the Detroit Pistons trade rumor. Whether it’s a “where there is smoke, there is fire” situation or whether it’s just the shambling, rotting corpse of an exploratory call from several months ago is anybody’s guess. This time, as in rumors’ past, the talks are centered around former Sixer and

I hope that we can mostly agree that momentum is a real, albeit impossible to quantify, part of sports, basketball included. As I watch the Detroit Pistons play, I can’t help but track some of the plays and sequences that keep a run going, stop a run, or contribute to a swing in momentum one

On episode 65 of the Motor City Hoops podcast, I bring you my instant recap and reactions to the Pistons’ Wednesday night win over the Indiana Pacers. I give my overall outlook on the game and a rundown of what we saw from the Pistons. I also provide my biggest takeaway, player of the game,

Nine games into the year, Cade Cunningham’s reputation as a clutch player is already playing out in real time. The Detroit Pistons rookie entered the game in the fourth quarter with Detroit down two and having blown a large lead. But the rookie proved calm beyond his years. Cold off the bench, he patiently knocked

The lions’ share of the attention is on Detroit’s current, some would say historic, inability to put the ball in the basket. Kind of goes with the territory of having a league-worst true-shooting percentage, effective field goal percentage and bottom-three overall offensive rating. The most noticeable reason for all those offensive struggles are an allergy

The rumors of the demise of the Golden State Warriors dynasty has been greatly exaggerated. After thrashing the supposed Eastern Conference frontrunners 117-99 and having a lead as large as 28 points, it’s official — The Warriors are back. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that didn’t prematurely bury Steph Curry and Draymond Green.

The second game of the Detroit Pistons’ five-game home stand sees a familiar face come to Little Caesars Arena in the form of the Indiana Pacers. Indiana has struggled to begin the year, but has surged a little by winning two of their last three, including a road victory over the Utah Jazz. Detroit looks

The Detroit Pistons are, frankly, a mess on offense. They currently sport one of three sub-100 offensive ratings in the NBA and sport the worst shooting in the entire league. There are several familiar suspects when people try to pin the blame on Detroit’s offensive woes. Dwane Casey and his offensive philosophy creating poor looks,

On episode 64 of the Motor City Hoops podcast, I bring you my instant recap and reactions to the Detroit Pistons‘ Monday night game vs the Kings. I will give my overall outlook on the game and a rundown of what we saw from the Pistons. I will also give my biggest takeaway, player of

The Sacramento Kings came to Little Caesars Arena in turmoil. They’ve lost six of the past eight games, most recently blowing a 14-point lead in a loss to the lowly Oklahoma City Thunder. Head coach Luke Walton is on the hot seat and appears to be coaching for his job. Things are not well with

The Detroit Pistons are currently out of the cellar in the Eastern Conference after winning two of its past three games. Yes, one of those wins was against the lowly Houston Rockets and the loss was an abysmal season-worst showing against the Cleveland Cavaliers, but we are trying to stay positive here. After besting the

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in Detroit Pistons fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts. We are roughly at the 15-game mark for teams in the NBA, and that means it is time to

The Detroit Pistons still have a long way to go offensively, but there were a lot of encouraging signs in Saturday’s win against the Toronto Raptors. The Pistons have an opportunity to keep that progress going against a Kings team that is weak defensively. After spending their last three games on the road, the Pistons

Last week I took a look at the Detroit Pistons defense as a whole and broke down areas I felt like they were being solid and some areas where they could definitely show improvement. This week, I decided to take more of an individual approach and look at the two guys I would say have

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we’re talking about your 3-9 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Cade Cunningham’s aggressiveness, how Jerami Grant is like Jerry Stackhouse, and the ripple effects of the Kelly Olynyk injury. Very glad to have Ben back on the

At the 7:15 mark in the fourth quarter of a blowout loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on a sleepy November Friday night, perhaps the most exciting bit of drama occurred for the Detroit Pistons since the team won the Be Very Bad Stakes to get blue-chip prospect Cade Cunningham (unless you count Cade crossing up

On episode 63 of the Motor City Hoops podcast, I bring you my instant recap and reactions to the Pistons’ Saturday night game vs the Raptors. I will give my overall outlook on the game and a rundown of what we saw from the Pistons. I will also give my biggest takeaway, player of the

After a dispiriting performance against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit arrived in Toronto to face the 7-6 Raptors on the second night of a back to back. Prior to tonight, the Pistons had lost their past 8 games in such situations. While all eyes were on the match up of No. 1 and No. 4 draft