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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Whenever NBA free agency finally begins, the league’s 30 teams will turn their attention to reshaping their rosters — some with hopes of shifting the balance of talent to match the powerhouses that the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers have amassed. Some of the top names are predictable, given

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Stan Van Gundy is going from the broadcast booth back to the sidelines. The former Detroit Pistons team president and coach, who had been a TV analyst for TNT, has agreed to coach the New Orleans Pelicans, according to multiple reports Wednesday. Van Gundy, 61, was with the Pistons

Michael Marot  |  AP Sports Writer Indianapolis – Indiana wanted its next coach to take the franchise in a new direction. The Pacers were seeking someone who could communicate with today’s players, who was open to a new offensive philosophy and who could win some postseason games. On Tuesday, president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The NBA Draft is about a month away and now that the season is finally over, things can get in full swing. The eight teams, including the Pistons, who were not in the Orlando Bubble, have been doing their in-market workouts with mostly younger players and the others are

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The NBA Draft is about a month away and now that the season is finally over, things can get in full swing. The eight teams, including the Pistons, who were not in the Orlando Bubble, have been doing their in-market workouts with mostly younger players and the others are

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News It’s not the big shot, but Chauncey Billups looks to be getting his first shot at coaching. Billups, the Finals MVP of the Pistons team that won the 2004 NBA championship, has been looking to return to a team, either in the front office or as a head coach.

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Now that the season is officially over, teams can start looking ahead to the NBA draft and free agency and getting ready for the next season, which begins — well, we don’t know that yet. With the Finals over, the league can focus more on the details for the

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News On March 11 everything stopped in the NBA. The first positive COVID-19 test for a player halted the regular season and threw everything into limbo. In July, the season resumed with 22 teams amid a cloud of doubt over the Orlando bubble at Walt Disney World Resort. Seven months

Tim Reynolds  |  Associated Press Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — The ultimate anguish. The ultimate joy. This season, for LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, had it all. And it ended in the only fashion that they deemed would be acceptable, with them back atop the basketball world. For the first time since Kobe Bryant’s

Tim Reynolds  |  Associated Press Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — The NBA said Saturday that two calls that sent Jimmy Butler to the line in the final minute of Game 5 of the NBA Finals held up in the league’s customary review of close games. The calls the Lakers’ took issue with came with 46.7

Tim Reynolds  |  Associated Press Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — Jimmy Butler was slumped over a video board behind the baseline in the final seconds, exhausted, gasping for air. He gave it all. The Miami Heat needed nothing less. The NBA Finals – and Miami’s title chances – are not over, not after Butler and

Tim Reynolds  |  Associated Press Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — The NBA is returning to Chinese state television after a one-year absence. CCTV announced Friday that it would air Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat – the first time that the league would appear on the network

Tim Reynolds  |  AP Basketball Writer Lake Buena Vista, Fla. – The Mamba jerseys are coming back for a closeout opportunity. The Los Angeles Lakers will wear the black jerseys with a snakeskin look – all designed by Kobe Bryant and now worn by the team in his honor – for Game 5 of the

Tim Reynolds  |  Associated Press Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — LeBron James woke up from his gameday nap Tuesday and decided it was time to send his Los Angeles Lakers teammates a message. He grabbed his phone and told the Lakers they were facing a must-win game. “I felt that vibe. I felt that pressure,”

Tim Reynolds  |  Associated Press Lake Buena Vista, Fla. —  Biggest moment of his career. Best game of his life. Jimmy Butler is clearly not ready to go home quite yet. With a triple-double, he joined NBA Finals lore — and the short-handed Miami Heat might have made this title matchup a series after all.

Tim Reynolds  |  Associated Press Lake Buena Vista, Fla. – For the Los Angeles Lakers, the mission is simple: Get two more wins and become NBA champions. For the Miami Heat, the mission may be even more simple: Get one win and make this a series. Game 3 of the NBA Finals is Sunday night,

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — A nondescript SUV pulls into the parking lot at Detroit Thrive gym on Detroit’s east side and there’s some chatter as 19-year-old LaMelo Ball and his brothers, Lonzo and LiAngelo, head inside for a daily workout. There’s no entourage, no fans, no reality-show camera crew, no pomp

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News With the seventh pick in the NBA Draft, the Pistons will have their choice of some solid prospects. Their most glaring need looks to be depth at point guard, with an emphasis on finding a playmaker who can take the reins from Derrick Rose while adding some skill and star

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Needless to say, LaMelo Ball has had an unusual few months of preparation leading up to the NBA draft. The pandemic has scuttled plans for most of the draft prospects, pushing the draft from June to November, with the potential to be delayed again if there are any more

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Pistons general manager Troy Weaver is rounding out his staff with new appointments announced Monday. The Pistons added Britta Brown as the senior director of basketball administration and will manage day-to-day team operations and logistics. Brown previously was an assistant athletic director at Eastern Michigan University and played lacrosse