Detroit Pistons

Troy Weaver took what neutral observers surely deemed a big dice roll – two of them, in fact – when he dealt future assets to pick add the 16th and 19th picks in the 2020 draft. It would typically take at least a few seasons for a conclusive risk assessment of those deals, but Isaiah…

The Chicago Bulls pushed their chips to the middle of the table at last season’s trade deadline, acquiring Nic Vucevic at the cost of two future first-round picks plus a recent lottery pick. They doubled down over the summer, spending $85 million apiece to add veterans DeMar DeRozan and Lonzo Ball to support dynamic scorer…

Three quick observations from Wednesday night’s 94-88 loss to the Chicago Bulls at Little Caesars Arena DOWN TO THE WIRE – Jerami Grant and Zach LaVine were teammates on the gold medal United States Olympic basketball team this summer and when their coaches summoned them to return to the game with 6:31 left in the…

Cade Cunningham’s status, expectations for the Pistons as the season tips off and Dwane Casey’s fit with a team in transition are among the menu items in this week’s edition of Pistons Mailbag.

Dwane Casey has been rooted in the NBA’s Eastern Conference for a full decade and for most of that time it was a stretch to come up with eight legitimate playoff teams when projecting outcomes on the eve of the regular season.

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Before beginning his remarks, Troy Weaver had one important matter to address with the early fall dinner audience, which included Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores. Weaver, entering his second season as general manager, noted that several people – including rookie Cade Cunningham – had birthdays on consecutive days recently and he thought it appropriate to…

Because there’s no vaccine for sprained ankles, Dwane Casey didn’t get all the answers he hoped to mine from training camp and the Pistons preseason. But he got some. He liked the competitive spirit he saw daily from a team that took its lumps last season and returns as one of the youngest among the…

Three quick observations from Wednesday night’s 108-100 loss to the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS – With Cade Cunningham and Killian Hayes both out – Saddiq Bey also missed the game – that meant Saben Lee got his second start of the preseason and the chance to make a move for…

Saben Lee’s dad spent nine seasons in the NFL on his ability to slither through the narrowest of cracks. Amp Lee’s son showed on basketball’s most historic stage that he’s poised to squeeze through whatever opening injuries to a few of his more ballyhooed teammates allows him.

With the preseason winding to a close and the NBA regular season only a week away, this week’s edition of Pistons Mailbag looks at the likely lineup combinations and digs into Killian Hayes’ present and future.

The Pistons are halfway finished with preseason games and two-thirds of the way through training camp and they’re still waiting to have their expected starting lineup available. A rash of sprained ankles – starting with Isaiah Stewart during his stint with USA Basketball’s Select Team in July and claiming four others since camp opened –…

If it’s true that every mistake is a learning opportunity, then the videotape from Monday’s preseason loss at Memphis will be a virtual educational gold mine for Dwane Casey and the Pistons. The Pistons dug themselves a 24-point halftime hole thanks to an avalanche of fouls (14) and turnovers (13) while trying to force balls…

Three quick observations from Monday night’s 127-92 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies at FedEx Forum SLUGGISH START – Five fouls in the first 77 seconds, including two apiece on second-year players Isaiah Stewart and Killian Hayes, set the tone for a night in which the Pistons seemed a half-step behind every play. The Pistons committed…

There are two lottery picks ahead of Frank Jackson in the starting lineup and two phenomenally athletic wings blocking a path to a defined role with the Pistons bench unit. So it’s simultaneously tough to figure where Jackson fits in Dwane Casey’s rotation yet difficult to imagine a scenario where he isn’t in it.

We’re more than halfway through training camp with the season opener just 11 days away and the Pistons still have things to sort out – starting with getting Cade Cunningham back off of his sprained ankle to take his place in the starting lineup.

To be clear, there would be nothing wrong with Saddiq Bey taking what he did last year – shoot 3-pointers, well and often, and play defense responsibly – and sharpening those tools as the seasons of his career unfold. He did it well enough last season, after all, to be named to the NBA’s All-Rookie…

DETROIT, Mich.– The Detroit Pistons announced today that Ben Wallace will join the Pistons organization as a basketball operations and team engagement advisor.  In this role, Wallace will assist Troy Weaver and the basketball operations staff, Dwane Casey and the coaching staff and serve as a mentor and development asset for players on the Pistons…

Jerami Grant came to Detroit for the opportunity to be a leading man. It speaks to the success of his quest that he put up 19 points in half a game on 13 shots in a preseason-opening Pistons win and wasn’t the center of postgame attention. Jerami Grant had another star turn? Ho-hum.

With no Cade Cunningham or Killian Hayes, Dwane Casey opted to keep his second unit intact and patch together a starting lineup for the preseason opener. And that bench, anchored by three Canadian national team veterans and energized by two hyperathletic wings, was the story of the 115-105 win over San Antonio to open the…