The Pistons traded Andre Drummond in February and for the first time uttered the “R” word: rebuilding. In large measure because they were transitioning to a new phase, it was determined now was the time to fill the general manager’s chair left vacant since owner Tom Gores hired Ed Stefanski, who filled the role of…
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History says it’s a virtual certainty a future All-Star, perhaps even a future MVP, will be available when the Pistons go on the clock to make the seventh pick in the 2020 NBA draft. It’s too early to judge the 2018 and ’19 drafts – though early returns suggest form will hold as young players…
Dwane Casey can easily recall the moment. The Detroit Pistons coach was delivering groceries for Focus: Hope during the early days of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Accompanied by his wife, Brenda, he approached a dwelling where he was told a blind man lived by himself.Casey could hear the TV and the man moving inside.
As the draft and free agency near, there’s more chatter about Christian Wood’s future and which young players the Pistons should target on draft night in this week’s edition of Pistons Mailbag.
History says it’s a virtual certainty a future All-Star, perhaps even a future MVP, will be available when the Pistons go on the clock to make the seventh pick in the 2020 NBA draft. It’s too early to judge the 2018 and ’19 drafts – though early returns suggest form will hold as young players…
The blaring horn signaling the end of team camp Oct. 2 at the Pistons Performance Center sent those who’d taken part in the nearly three-week experience scattering. How many of them are back whenever the modified NBA calendar calls for training camp to open remains to be determined.
More than a year after training camps for the 2019-20 NBA season opened and less than two weeks shy of a year since the regular season tipped off, the off-season has finally arrived. How long it lasts remains an open-ended question, dependent foremost on when the NBA believes it will be able to launch under…
History says it’s a virtual certainty a future All-Star, perhaps even a future MVP, will be available when the Pistons go on the clock to make the seventh pick in the 2020 NBA draft. It’s too early to judge the 2018 and ’19 drafts – though early returns suggest form will hold as young players…
A bit of dish on draft prospects Deni Avdija, R.J. Hampton and LaMelo Ball plus the uncertainty of the salary cap for the 2021 season get us rolling for this week’s edition of Pistons Mailbag. Pistons Talk (@Pistons_Talk): Deni Avdija would be a great fit on the Pistons. I just can’t see him falling to…
History says it’s a virtual certainty a future All-Star, perhaps even a future MVP, will be available when the Pistons go on the clock to make the seventh pick in the 2020 NBA draft. It’s too early to judge the 2018 and ’19 drafts – though early returns suggest form will hold as young players…
Whenever a Pistons transaction occurs over the off-season – the draft now a little more than a month away and free agency and the bulk of trade season soon to follow – expect that the additions will fall into one of three categories:
The Pistons surely will have bigger decisions to make in Troy Weaver’s first off-season as general manager, but maybe none will be deliberated quite like the call that must be made on Khyri Thomas.
History says it’s a virtual certainty a future All-Star, perhaps even a future MVP, will be available when the Pistons go on the clock to make the seventh pick in the 2020 NBA draft. It’s too early to judge the 2018 and ’19 drafts – though early returns suggest form will hold as young players…
Luke Kennard’s trade market, Jordan Bone’s future and Sekou Doumbouya’s development are on the docket in this week’s edition of Pistons Mailbag. Derek Moore (@SportsLunatic): Will Luke Kennard be moved via trade before the season opener?
By the time Pistons team camp wound down, Dwane Casey saw the same Svi Mykhailiuk who blossomed in the last few weeks before the Pistons had the plug pulled on their season March 11. “He had his best days the last couple of days,” Casey said as their team camp came to an end last…
One of Thon Maker’s coaches sent a boxing video along to pass the idle time amid the NBA’s endless off-season. “See if you can spot yourself in this situation,” he said to accompany the epic “Rumble in the Jungle” fight that pitted Muhammad Ali and George Foreman from 1974.
The Pistons wrapped up team camp Friday, the one they and the seven other franchises excluded from the NBA’s Orlando bubble fought to hold to give their players a taste of real basketball after being limited to individual work for the past six-plus months.
If Dwane Casey were injected with a dose of truth serum and pressed for his draft wishes, chances are he’d want a point guard who checks off as many of the following boxes as possible: size, toughness, shooting range, defensive aptitude, vision and – last but certainly not least – the disposition of a classic…
Trade up? Trade down? Or keep the seventh pick and take your best shot? That’s a hot topic of discussion in this week’s edition of Pistons Mailbag. Mc Saint Nick (@419mcsaintnick): There have been reports of the Pistons wanting to trade down in the draft, possibly with the Celtics. Staying at seven is the best…
If you believe in the power of consensus, then it appears that the player the Pistons will pick seventh in November’s NBA draft will be one of this quartet: Onyeka Okongwu, Isaac Okoro, Killian Hayes or Tyrese Haliburton.