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Detroit — With the Pistons regular season winding down, there are several topics to discuss. Detroit’s playing without most of their rotation players on a nightly basis due to injury, which has also given opportunities to some of the team’s new additions. It’s been a while, so it was the perfect time to release another

Detroit — R.J. Hampton isn’t a fan of pizza, but he used the popular food item to describe his increased comfort level following his sixth game with the Pistons. “I always tell myself, ‘When you put a pizza in the oven, you don’t like what it looks like after 20 seconds.’ You gotta let it

Detroit − In a game that was never supposed to happen this late into the season, the undermanned Pistons sought to snap a season-long, eight-game losing streak. Detroit’s latest matchup against the Washington Wizards was originally set to be played on Feb. 1, but travel and flight issues prevented the Pistons from leaving Dallas after

Detroit — The injury bug has crawled into the Pistons’ locker room once again. The team announced shortly before their game against the Washington Wizards that an MRI performed on Tuesday revealed that Hamidou Diallo suffered a Grade-2 right ankle sprain in the waning minutes of Monday’s loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. Diallo will

Detroit — Damian Lillard has produced plenty of high-scoring performances this season, so he was an obvious target on the Pistons’ scouting report on Monday night. Defenses key in on Lillard’s ability to shoot from the perimeter, but the Trail Blazers star put together an all-around game in his second and final meeting against the

Detroit — The Pistons entered Monday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers on a seven-game losing streak, which is tied for the longest slump of the season. The last time the Pistons won was on Feb. 10, when Jalen Duren produced the best game of his young NBA career. Since then, Duren has lacked his

Detroit — Mat Ishbia’s start as owner of the Phoenix Suns is off to an aggressive beginning. After landing Kevin Durant in a blockbuster deal at the trade deadline, the United Wholesale Mortgage CEO is revamping his newly-acquired front office. Pistons assistant general manager Josh Bartelstein has been hired as the Suns’ new CEO, a

The Pistons were a completely different team the last time they were in Cleveland to face the Cavaliers, one of the teams general manager Troy Weaver mentioned when asked why he traded for 7-foot center James Wiseman. The decision was made to compete with the most talented front courts in the Eastern Conference, and the

Detroit — The Pistons didn’t waste any time using their open roster spot that was created by waiving veteran center Nerlens Noel on Tuesday. The team announced the signing of Eugene Omoruyi to a 10-day contract on Friday, a move that gives them more depth at the forward position. Omoruyi, a 6-foot-7, 235-pound forward, averaged

Detroit — Bojan Bogadanovic, one of the Pistons’ few veteran players, knew the question about his young rookie was coming. “A lot of media is going to look at that last play that we called the timeout, but we lost the game in the first quarter,” Bogdanovic said Wednesday night after Detroit’s failed comeback attempt

Detroit − Recent history hasn’t been kind to the Pistons when the Chicago Bulls were lined up on the other side of the court. Before Wednesday, Detroit hadn’t beaten the Bulls since March 10, 2019, marking 13 consecutive meetings. And unfortunately for the Pistons, that streak continued after a mental lapse on the final possession.

Detroit — James Wiseman had a sequence in the first quarter of the Pistons’ loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Monday that showed exactly why his potential as the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft was so promising. The 7-foot center caught a pass just before half-court and took two dribbles before

Charlotte −  “Next man up” has been a constant theme for the Pistons throughout the season as injuries have hindered the Pistons’ plans to find consistency within their young core. That was the case again on Monday, as the short-handed Pistons ventured to Charlotte for a one-game road trip. Detroit had just nine healthy players

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