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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News There are many schools of thought in how to structure a rebuild. One way suggests giving the Pistons’ young players all the minutes they can handle, where they can do on-the-job training and relish in their successes and learn from their mistakes. There’s another philosophy where those youngsters have

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Pistons coach Dwane Casey on OT loss in Atlanta Pistons coach Dwane Casey talks about Wednesday’s 123-115 OT loss in Atlanta. The Detroit News The Pistons finished their three-game road trip to Miami and Atlanta with two straight disappointing losses. In each game, they let

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Pistons coach Dwane Casey on OT loss in Atlanta Pistons coach Dwane Casey talks about Wednesday’s 123-115 OT loss in Atlanta. The Detroit News After losing three of their last four games, the Pistons were looking to finish the last game of their three-game road

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Pistons coach Dwane Casey on OT loss in Atlanta Pistons coach Dwane Casey talks about Wednesday’s 123-115 OT loss in Atlanta. The Detroit News The Pistons finished their three-game road trip to Miami and Atlanta with two straight disappointing losses. In each game, they let

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Pistons coach Dwane Casey on OT loss in Atlanta Pistons coach Dwane Casey talks about Wednesday’s 123-115 OT loss in Atlanta. The Detroit News After losing three of their last four games, the Pistons were looking to finish the last game of their three-game road

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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News For a while, it seemed that no news was good news on the extent of the injury for Pistons rookie Killian Hayes. The news isn’t as bad as it could have been. Hayes, who suffered a torn labrum in his right hip on Jan. 4, will not need to

Michael Marot  |  Associated Press Indianapolis — Caris LeVert arrived in Indianapolis last week feeling perfectly fine. The former Michigan standout was eager to meet his new teammates, join the starting lineup and make his Pacers debut. Then came the shocking news from Indiana’s team doctors: They found a small mass on LeVert’s left kidney.

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News In the midst of the pandemic, the NBA has taken on a slew of new procedures to help ensure the safety of all the players, coaches and team personnel. In addition to the morning practices and shootarounds, there are mandatory COVID tests, which have become the new harbinger of

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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The Pistons continued their up-and-down play this season. They had a good first half against the Miami Heat, but couldn’t hold on to a 19-point lead from the first quarter, when their reserve unit let the lead get away in a 113-107 loss on Monday night. It was a

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The Pistons’ matchup with the Miami Heat was pushed back a few hours to Monday night after some issues with COVID protocols during the morning tests. Picking up where they left off in Saturday’s win over the Heat, when the Pistons got their first road win of the season,

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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News In the midst of the pandemic, the NBA has taken on a slew of new procedures. In addition to the morning shootarounds are mandatory COVID-19 tests, which have become the new harbinger of how the rest of the day will go. Inconclusive tests — or worse, positive tests — can

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Pistons coach Dwane Casey has lamented that the one consistency during the pandemic is the unpredictability of the virus and the impact it will have on the schedule and logistics. Pistons coach Dwane Casey has lamented that the one consistency during the pandemic is the unpredictability of the virus

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — There was a time when Jerami Grant’s projected fantasy points production was something of a mystery for the Pistons. In the regular-season opener, his salary on DraftKings was $4,700 and he finished with nine points, one rebound and three assists. That was the end of the uncertainty.

Tim Reynolds  |  Associated Press Another NBA game was called off Sunday because of coronavirus concerns, and the Memphis Grizzlies said center Jonas Valanciunas will not play Monday because of the league’s health and safety protocols. The NBA said the Philadelphia at Oklahoma City game, scheduled for Sunday night, could not be played because the

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Lottery picks often have a way of changing a team’s fortunes quickly. It wasn’t so long ago that Giannis Antetokounmpo set the league on fire as a rookie in 2013 as a starter in the Milwaukee Bucks resurgence. Seeing Jamal Murray immediately push the Denver Nuggets to success in 2016

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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Pistons’ Jerami Grant on wire-to-wire win in Miami Pistons forward Jerami Grant talks about the 120-100 victory, the potential of his new team, Derrick Rose’s contributions. The Detroit News During a difficult start to the season, even small victories within a game are good signs