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Show Caption Hide Caption Isaiah Stewart on Detroit Pistons’ impressive win over Sacramento Isaiah Stewart had 16 points, 13 rebounds and four assists in the Pistons’ win over the Kings, April 8, 2021. Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are entering the home stretch of the season. Following After a five-game Western Conference road swing, they will

By Jason Lusk | April 12, 2021 5:55 pm Follow @GolfweekJLu As rounds of golf played in the U.S. surge, mechanical equipment manufacturer Ingersoll Rand Inc. has agreed to sell golf car-maker Club Car to Platinum Equity, an investment firm and holding company founded and operated by Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores. The price: $1.7

By Jason Lusk | April 12, 2021 5:55 pm Follow @GolfweekJLu As rounds of golf played in the U.S. surge, mechanical equipment manufacturer Ingersoll Rand Inc. has agreed to sell golf car-maker Club Car to Platinum Equity, an investment firm and holding company founded and operated by Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores. The price: $1.7

Arn Tellem  |  Detroit Free Press Earlier this month baseball commissioner Rob Manfred pulled this summer’s All-Star Game and the league’s amateur draft out of Atlanta in response to sweeping changes to Georgia’s voting law that critics say will disenfranchise Black and Latino voters and threaten our democracy.  President Joe Biden described the law, which makes

It wasn’t a big surprise when Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver decided to trade Luke Kennard last November. Kennard, the 12th overall pick of the 2017 NBA draft, had become a productive, sweet-shooting starting wing. But knee tendinitis limited him to 28 of 66 games the previous season, and he was set to enter free agency

The Detroit Pistons had multiple reasons to phone it in against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. They were without their leading scorer, Jerami Grant, for the third straight game. It was the second night of a back-to-back on the schedule. It was also the final game of a five-games-in-seven nights road trip with difficult

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Arn Tellem |  Special to Detroit Free Press During his first six seasons in Detroit, Ben Wallace’s hair was something to behold. Though he was listed as 6 feet 9, he says at least two inches of that was actually his untamed Afro. From 2000-06, Pistons fans were so crazy about his wild coiffure that they

The Detroit Pistons are finally approaching the homestretch of the season. The NBA trade and buyout deadlines have both passed, meaning that the current roster is intact until the offseason. With 19 games remaining, the most interesting story line for many fans is probably where the Pistons’ NBA draft lottery odds will be. There’s still

The Detroit Pistons looked just fine without Jerami Grant on Thursday, cruising to a road win against the Sacramento Kings. Grant also missed Saturday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers with a sore knee. The Pistons missed him this time. Portland led by as many as 24 points and easily handled the Pistons, 118-103, behind

When you shook Dr. Benjamin Paolucci’s hand, you could tell he was a former athlete. Brendan Suhr, who was an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons from 1988-92, recalled his strong, but soft hands. Paolucci, a team physician with the Pistons from the early 1970s until his retirement in 2015, died at the age of

Akil Baddoo’s debut would be a great story even if the Detroit Tigers were the defending champs and the other big four teams here had made recent deep playoff runs, too. Not many longshot prospects hit the first big-league pitch they ever see over the fence and follow that up with a grand slam and a walk-off single. Heck, not

The Detroit Pistons were shorthanded on the road Thursday. Jerami Grant missed the game due to knee soreness, and Mason Plumlee sat out with a concussion. It didn’t slow the Pistons down at all, as they took care of the Sacramento Kings with ease, 113-101. Detroit led by as many as 22 points and fended

Dr. Benjamin Paolucci, a former longtime team physician with the Detroit Pistons from the early 1970s until his retirement in 2015, has died at 84, the team announced Wednesday. Paolucci, a Cleveland native who was raised in Detroit, was with the franchise during its two most fortuitous eras — the “Bad Boys” team in the

Jerami Grant’s long-awaited return to Denver finally arrived Tuesday. And he came out swinging against the Nuggets, his former team before signing a three-year, $60 million contract with the Detroit Pistons last November. Grant scored 16 of his game-high 29 points in the first quarter. He made six of his nine shots in the quarter

The Denver Nuggets, one of NBA’s best offenses, was without its second-best player on Tuesday, as Jamal Murray was a late scratch due to a knee injury. It didn’t matter much. The Detroit Pistons fizzled toward the end of the first quarter after a competitive start and loss on the road to the Nuggets, 134-119.

Tyler Cook has impressed with the Pistons since joining the franchise on a 10-day contract on March 18. His energy has endeared him to head coach Dwane Casey, and he’s been a staple in the rotation. He inked a second 10-day deal on March 29. His stint with the Pistons will now last until the

Toward the end of the second quarter on Monday, Killian Hayes used a screen from Jerami Grant to attack the middle of the lane and get to the rim. He initially looked like he would go for a layup. Instead, he floated a lob over Moses Brown’s outstretched hand to Isaiah Stewart, who completed the

After playing what might’ve been their worst game of the season in a blowout loss to the New York Knicks on Saturday, the Detroit Pistons bounced back in a big way on Monday. The Pistons (15-35) beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road, 132-108, thanks to a handful of strong performances up and down

The Oklahoma City Thunder have recently emerged as one of the NBA’s models for consistency. In 13 seasons, the franchise has 10 playoff appearances and one Finals berth, while has drafting and trading for stars to remain competitive in the league’s tougher conference. It takes a strong front office to successfully navigate the NBA’s unpredictability,