Detroit Pistons

To the casual observer – and at the risk of using “casual” in any sentence with rambunctious rookie Isaiah Stewart as the subject – it’s been easier to spot the offensive evolution of the Pistons 19-year-old center than it has his growth defensively.

If the only clue you were given nearing the midway point of the third quarter about how the game was going was that the Clippers were shooting 72 percent, how much would you have guessed the Pistons deficit would be?

Three quick observations from Sunday night’s 131-124 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center QUITE THE FIGHT – Wrapping up a five-game, weeklong Western Conference road swing with a back to back against two of the NBA’s most potent offenses seemed a recipe for a long night. The Pistons nearly made it one…

The Pistons suddenly have a glut of guards since the return of Killian Hayes and Dennis Smith Jr. from injury to go with recently acquired Cory Joseph and rookie Saben Lee. Which made it hard to see where Frank Jackson fit into the puzzle. But two things have converged to clear the fog a little…

Three quick observations from Saturday night’s 118-103 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center CAN’T KEEP UP – Playing hard consistently has kept the Pistons in most games this season, but there are nights – especially when they’re without the firepower Jerami Grant supplies – where they can’t make the scoreboard move fast…

Ten years and five franchises into his NBA career, Cory Joseph has lived through pretty much everything a player can experience over the decade since he left Texas after one season of college basketball.

The Sacramento Kings made a deal with the Pistons last month to strengthen their backcourt for a playoff push. The Pistons dealt that push a blow Thursday night – thanks mostly to the performance of their backcourt. The irony of that might be lost on the Kings, but the sting will endure.

Three quick observations from Thursday night’s 113-101 win over the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center ROAD WARRIORS – Sacramento snapped a nine-game losing streak at the Pistons expense when they came to Detroit in late February. The Pistons weren’t about to let the Kings end a four-game losing streak at their expense this time…

DETROIT– Dr. Benjamin Paolucci, longtime Team Physician for the Detroit Pistons, passed away earlier today in Florida at the age of 84.   Paolucci, who was born on March 5, 1937, served the Pistons’ medical needs for over 40 years, having begun his run as Team Physician in the early 1970s.  Paolucci oversaw the club’s…

DETROIT – The Detroit Pistons announced today that the team has signed forward Tyler Cook to a multi-year contract.  Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.    Cook, 6-8, 255, signed a 10-day contract with the Pistons on March 18, followed by a second 10-day deal on March 28.  He has appeared…

Jerami Grant, Isaiah Stewart, Killian Hayes, Hamidou Diallo, Sekou Doumbouya, Deividas Sirvydis – we cover a lot of bases in this week’s edition of Pistons Mailbag. MWJ (@mwjcomputing): With Killian Hayes looking amazing in the facilitator role, does that make our first pick someone who would be off the ball more? Seems like you would…

Jerami Grant came to Detroit in large part for the bigger role that awaited him with the Pistons and demonstrated in his return to Denver he was eminently worthy of that opportunity. His former team proved it takes more than one player performing at star level to translate into team success – or even two.

Three quick observations from Tuesday night’s 134-119 loss to the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena 1-2 PUNCH – At halftime in Denver, homecoming Jerami Grant had scored 20 points and rookie Saddiq Bey had 19 – including four 3-pointers, the first of which gave him the Pistons rookie record for triples in a season with…

Troy Weaver and the man he served as second lieutenant in Oklahoma City for more than a decade, Sam Presti, are both overseeing rosters in transition for franchises with loftier endgames than sneaking into the playoffs’ back door. They got to measure their efforts against each other for the first time on Monday and, for…

Three quick observations from Monday night’s 132-108 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder at Chesapeake Energy Arena FIRST STOP, FIRST WIN – Coming off their worst defeat of the season, the Pistons appeared on their way to winning by something close to the 44 points they lost to the Knicks by on Saturday night. A…

The Pistons laid an Easter egg, falling behind 14-0 and their starters pulled before scoring a basket, but the night was less notable for the season’s 35th loss than for the first appearance of rookie Killian Hayes in nearly three months.

Three quick observations from Saturday night’s 125-81 loss to the New York Knicks at Little Caesars Arena OVER EARLY – Never a good sign when the starters get pulled having scored a collective … ahem, 1 point. That was the ignominy that befell the Pistons on Saturday when the New York Knicks – on a…

We’re at the third trimester of the NBA’s truncated 72-game season – 48 games down, 24 to go for the Pistons. It will be a busy home stretch, too, with those 24 games shoehorned into 44 days. The Pistons will play 13 of their final 24 at home with the back end of the schedule…

The healthy return of Killian Hayes is the most obvious and important thing the Pistons hope to get accomplished over the final six weeks of the NBA season. If there’s no clear No. 2 agenda item, getting Josh Jackson right is at least a worthy candidate.

Three quick observations from Thursday night’s 120-91 win over the Washington Wizards at Little Caesars Arena BOUNCING BACK – Saddiq Bey and Josh Jackson combined for 20 more points in the first quarter of Thursday’s rout of Washington than they did in the entire game in Wednesday’s loss to Portland, when they combined for ……