The Raptors came into this game winners of 6 of their last 7 while the Pistons came off of a 46-point blowout loss to the Bulls on Tuesday. It seemed like the result of this one was already pre-determined, but the Pistons had other plans. There seem to be no rules when the Pistons face
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After coming off a big loss to the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday, the Detroit Pistons are back in action tonight against the Toronto Raptors. Jerami Grant and Kelly Olynyk are still out of the lineup, recovering from their various injuries, and the Raptors are without backup point guard Goran Dragic and starting shooting guard Gary
Following up on Michael Scotto’s report that stated teams around the NBA are eyeing Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith, Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report says Rick Carlisle was considered Finney-Smith’s “biggest advocate” in Dallas, adding that the Pacers are considered a possible suitor for that reason. According to veteran reporter Marc Stein, the Mavericks have been
The last time these two teams faced, the Pistons came out victorious, which has happened a lot since Dwane Casey has taken over as coach of the Pistons. The Raptors have won 6 of their last 7 games and are now above .500. They have gotten healthy as a team and are playing some of
The trade between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets for 7-footer Bol Bol is off after Bol failed his physical for Detroit, according to Mike Singer and media reports. Singer, a Nuggets beat writer for the Denver Post said that the Nuggets are “taken aback by the news” as Bol had been injury free
Troy Weaver has reloaded and is emptying a fresh clip in the early days of NBA trade season by flipping a vet in Rodney McGruder, and a Brooklyn Nets second round pick projected for the mid- to low-50s for the once highly ranked and recruited Bol Bol, son of former NBA big man Manute Bol.
The Detroit Pistons went from down just nine at halftime to suffering a humiliating 133-87 defeat at the hands of the Chicago Bulls. The 46-point margin was the fourth-worst in Pistons franchise history and worst since 1978. There isn’t much to discuss other than it was absolutely embarrassing showing with few players showing the slightest
A lot has changed since opening night when the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls meet for the first time. While Detroit has remained an Eastern Conference bottom-dweller, Chicago has exceeded expectations, emerged as a true contender and is current atop the Eastern Conference standings. A 9-30 record is indicative of Detroit’s play to this point
On episode 82 of the Motor City Hoops Podcast I am joined by Mat Issa, creator of The Quest for the Best and The Rise Network, Mat is also a NBA writer and content creator for basketballnews.com and 137pm. Mat and I took a deep dive into Cade Cunningham’s game after we worked on an
January 6th 2022 at 5:00pm CST by Dana Gauruder Rudy Gobert has entered the league’s health and safety protocols. He returned two rapid negative tests on Thursday but his PCR test overnight came back positive, according to Tony Jones of The Athletic (Twitter links). Of course, the Jazz center’s COVID-19 positive in March 2020 led to
Veteran Bucks reserve shooting guard Wesley Matthews is making the most of his second stint in Milwaukee, writes Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The Madison, Wisconsin native, a Marquette alum, made it clear that he wanted to return to the reigning champs. In 11 contests with the Bucks, the 35-year-old wing is averaging 5.6 PPG on
January 5th 2022 at 12:33pm CST by Luke Adams The Wizards are on the verge of replenishing their point guard depth, with Spencer Dinwiddie and Aaron Holiday now out of the NBA’s health and safety protocols, per Josh Robbins of The Athletic (Twitter link). Both players will remain sidelined for at least one more game,
After briefly having no players in the NBA’s health and safety protocols for the first time in weeks, the Raptors placed Svi Mykhailiuk and Yuta Watanabe in the protocols today, tweets Eric Koreen of The Athletic. According to Josh Lewenberg of TSN.ca (via Twitter), only three players on the Raptors’ roster have avoided entering the
The NBA has announced the rescheduling of the 11 games postponed in December due to COVID-19 issues, listing the changes in a press release. Additionally, eight other scheduled games have been shifted to accommodate the postponements. A pair of others have been shifted to new starting times. Most notably, Kyle Lowry‘s return to Toronto will