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Forty-three days have passed since the Detroit Pistons traded for Marvin Bagley III, but based on his play, it seems like he’s spent his entire career with the franchise. The fourth-year big man has quickly found his groove. He’s the team’s fourth-leading scorer since his first game, averaging 14.4 points and 6.9 rebounds on 53.2% overall shooting. And

By the end of the first half, it was clear it would be an upward climb for the Detroit Pistons to pull off a win. Jerami Grant exited the game with 4:30 to play in the first quarter with a left calf strain, and Detroit trailed the Washington Wizards by 16 points at halftime. Thanks to

Jerami Grant exited the Detroit Pistons‘ home game against the Washington Wizards on Friday with a left calf strain, and the team announced that he would not return. It isn’t clear how the injury occurred, or if it’ll cause Grant to miss extended time. Grant subbed out of the game with 4:30 to play in

Hamidou Diallo will miss the rest of the 2021-22 season with a left index finger avulsion fracture, the Detroit Pistons announced Friday. The injury occurred early in the fourth quarter of the Pistons’ home game against the Chicago Bulls on March 9. Diallo missed the next seven games, and will now miss the remaining nine. [ Pistons

The Detroit Pistons have signed Delaware Blue Coats forward Braxton Key to a 10-day contract, the team announced Thursday. The 6-foot-8 G League forward is averaging 18.9 points (47.5% overall shooting, 38.8% from 3), 7.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.5 blocks in 28.2 minutes per game this season. The Pistons, who have nine games

On Feb. 27, Kelly Olynyk received an inbounds pass from Killian Hayes with 2.1 seconds on the clock in overtime. He spun, launched a mid-range jumper and watched the first game-winner of his nine-year NBA career fall through the net. “It took me nine years. I’m here!” an elated Olynyk said during the postgame news

Winning hasn’t come easy for the Detroit Pistons this season. But they made it look that way Wednesday. The Pistons used a 27-6 third-quarter run to take control  and blow out the Atlanta Hawks at Little Caesars Arena, 122-101. It’s their biggest winning margin of the season. Detroit took the lead for good with 10:22

Nov. 30, 2021 was Chauncey Billups’ first time in the head coach’s chair against his former team but this week’s matchup was a little different. Billups, a Detroit Pistons legend who earned a NBA Finals MVP and three All-Star berths with the franchise from 2002-08, was hired as coach of the Portland Trail Blazers last

Nov. 30, 2021 was Chauncey Billups’ first time in the head coach’s chair against his former team but this week’s matchup was a little different. Billups, a Detroit Pistons legend who earned a NBA Finals MVP and three All-Star berths with the franchise from 2002-08, was hired as coach of the Portland Trail Blazers last

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editor: Cary Junior II • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys have plenty to say about the big scoring nights from Saddiq Bey and Jerami Grant in the last few days. They also dig deeper into

A severely depleted Portland Trail Blazers team team nearly embarrassed the Detroit Pistons at home on Monday. Instead, they had to settle for a close win. Without Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons, Jusuf Nurkic, Josh Hart and several other rotation players, a rag-tag group of Blazers players built a 23-point lead over the Pistons early in

CLEVELAND — The NBA Rookie of the Year award has typically favored the highest-scoring rookie. This year’s race is challenging that notion. The Detroit Pistons‘ own Cade Cunningham, by any measurement, has a Rookie of the Year-worthy resume. He leads all rookies in scoring (16.9 points per game), is second in assists (5.4), fourth in

CLEVELAND — The Detroit Pistons were cruising. An alley-oop lob from Cade Cunningham to Marvin Bagley III gave the Pistons an 80-68 lead late in the third quarter. But the Cavaliers used a 24-4 run second-half to take control of the game, and eventually had the Pistons a 113-109 loss on Saturday at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.

ORLANDO — Dave Bing needs no introduction, but here’s a quick recap: He’s one of the greatest Detroit Pistons of all time, making six All-Star games with the organization from 1966-75, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990 and named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 1996. Bing is

ORLANDO, Fla. — To understand Saddiq Bey’s career 51-point night, you have to look back at a handful of games he played for the Detroit Pistons leading up to it. Following a hot stretch that saw Bey score at least 20 points threshold in 11 of 18 games, Bey went cold. Entering Thursday’s match against

ORLANDO, Fla. With eight seconds to play before halftime, Saddiq Bey received the ball after an offensive rebound and drained a high-arcing midrange jumper over Ignas Brazdeikis’ outstretched arm. He then stole the inbounds pass from Mo Bamba, dumped it off to Cory Joseph and received the ball back. Everyone in Amway Center knew Bey was

March Madness tips off in earnest on Thursday, when Colorado State takes on  Michigan basketball shortly after noon. It’s an exciting time for college basketball fans and NBA diehards eager to see how the next group of stars perform under the lights. The Detroit Pistons, 18-51 and owners of the third-best odds in the NBA draft lottery,

Dave Bing would like to clarify his position on rookie Cade Cunningham. Bing, a Detroit Pistons Hall of Famer who made seven All-Star games during his 12-year career from 1966-78 and was the mayor of the city from 2009-13, received some blowback from fans earlier this season after weighing in on Cunningham’s game. During a game Dec. 13

MIAMI — The Detroit Pistons haven’t been good this season, as their record indicates. But they’ve been even worse without their No. 1 pick. Cade Cunningham missed Tuesday’s road game against the Miami Heat with a non-COVID illness. The Heat, who own the best record in the Eastern Conference, appeared to have an straightforward win ahead

Detroit Pistons (18-50) vs. Miami Heat (45-24) When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Where: FTX Arena, Miami, Florida. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WWJ-AM 950 (Pistons radio affiliates). Slam dunk deal: Access our most exclusive sports content, like the stories linked below, by becoming a Free Press subscriber for $1. For more Pistons news: Download our free, easy-to-use mobile app on iPhone and Android! • Box score Game notes: The