HOUSTON — Cade Cunningham vs. Jalen Green. It’s a matchup that sells itself. That’s good news for ESPN, because the Detroit Pistons have little interest in making Wednesday’s game a bigger deal than it is: one of 82. The 2021 NBA draft’s first overall pick will take on the second overall pick Wednesday, when the
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Houston — The Pistons won’t have a slew of nationally televised games this season, but their one time in the limelight has arrived. They’ll face the Houston Rockets and No. 2 overall pick Jalen Green on Wednesday, and the focus will be on that matchup with Cade Cunningham. In their head-to-head matchup in Summer League,
Detroit — In trying to engineer a franchise rebuild — or what general manager Troy Weaver would call a “restoring” — it’s not going to be a straight-line improvement. There are going to be ugly losses and growing pains in the process of turning things around with the Pistons. The Pistons’ 1-8 start this season
The Motor City Cruise is in its infancy. The Detroit Pistons’ new G League franchise played its inaugural game Saturday against the Canton Charge (Cleveland Cavaliers). The Cruise have yet to play a home game at their brand-new arena on Wayne State’s campus, which they share with Wayne State’s basketball programs. But the Pistons are
Nine NBA games isn’t a big sample size. In an 82-game season, things change rapidly. But it’s certainly enough to get a feel for where teams currently are in the pecking order. The 1-8 Detroit Pistons, the Eastern Conference’s lone team without at least two wins, are one of the worst teams in the league right now.
Detroit — Saben Lee had himself a night on Saturday. It wasn’t just some pickup game at a local health club against part-time basketball players. The Pistons’ second-year guard made his debut for the Motor City Cruise in the G League with a memorable one: 42 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and four steals. The
Bulls guard Coby White is likely nearing his return from shoulder surgery, Rob Schaefer of NBC Sports Chicago writes. White faced live contact after the team’s practice on Sunday, a strong sign that the 21-year-old is progressing well in his rehab. “He’s moving closer and closer to getting to a point where he’s going to
Saben Lee scored 42 points, Luka Garza 24 and the Motor City Cruise won the first game in its history, 140-117, over the Cleveland Charge in an NBA G League season opener at Cleveland Saturday night. Jamorki Pickett, Derrick Walton Jr. and Deividas Sirvydis each had 15 points for the Cruise. Walton also had 12
Kevin Durant offered high praise for top pick Cade Cunningham after the Nets’ narrow win over the Pistons on Friday, Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press relays (Twitter links). “I love Cade’s game. I think he’s going to be a tough, tough player for a long, long time,” Durant said. “I got to
Cade Cunningham scored his third bucket of the night against one of the NBA’s biggest stars. He used an in-and-out dribble to catch Kevin Durant off-balance, drove into him and used his shoulder to create space before laying the ball in. It was one of many impressive buckets the Detroit Pistons‘ No. 1 overall pick
By Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — No matter how much you want to look at it as a five-man game for the Detroit Pistons, the line on the box score that resonates the most is the one with Cade Cunningham’s name on it. Cunningham, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA
The Detroit Pistons hung with the Brooklyn Nets late in Friday’s game. Despite a spirited effort from Cade Cunningham, Kevin Durant was able to ice the game with a handful of clutch buckets. The Nets defeated the Pistons at Little Caesars Arena, 96-90, but not before an 11-2 run pulled Detroit to within one on a
Nets forward Blake Griffin. (Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports) Fans are blaming Shailene Woodley for Aaron Rodgers vaccine debacle by Aryanna Prasad Piston fans don’t like Blake Griffin and they let him know it when he came back to Detroit. The Nets forward responded with boos of his own. The split between the Pistons and Blake
By Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — The Detroit Pistons were 1-7 entering Friday night’s game with the Brooklyn Nets, and not off to the kind of start anticipated with No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick Cade Cunningham and a pair of Big Ten stars being taken in the second round behind him.
Only four NBA teams currently project to have significant cap room in the 2022 offseason, writes Danny Leroux of The Athletic. Not only is that number lower than usual, but none of those four teams appear likely to have enough space for a maximum-salary player worth 30% of the cap, Leroux adds. The Pistons currently
By now, you’ve probably seen some of the numbers behind Cade Cunningham’s slow offensive start to his rookie season. If you haven’t, here’s one. According to Basketball-Reference creator and NBA stats guru Justin Kubatko, Cunningham’s shooting percentage through three games (17.9%) is the lowest of any NBA player with at least 30 shot attempts since the
His coach is talking about rust and reps — or a lack of them —and everyone else just wants to know when he’s gonna start making 3’s and making defenders miss and making the Detroit Pistons —and all those who love ’em — look like they took the right man with the No. 1 overall pick. Well, that isn’t so easy
Detroit — Crowds usually don’t cheer for a 4-of-14 performance. Pistons fans were plugged in and trying to will each of Cade Cunningham’s shot attempts into the basket. Even though the stats don’t bear it out, it was a good showing for the rookie. It’s been an uphill climb for Cunningham in the first few games
The Detroit Pistons started strong on Thursday against the Philadelphia 76ers, but a poor second half cost them against the Eastern Conference contender. After scoring 66 points in the first half, the Pistons had just 32 in the second half, on 25.6% shooting. That allowed the Sixers to pull away for a 109-98 win. The loss
Pat Connaughton can become a free agent next summer but he’s very comfortable playing for the Bucks, Eric Nehm of The Athletic writes. Connaughton feels his versatility is valued by the defending champions. “I mean, that’s kind of what I’ve hung my hat on my whole career,” he said. “Obviously, high school and college is