By Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — Pistons forward Marvin Bagley III played one season for retiring Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who takes on archrival North Carolina Saturday night in the Final Four, chasing his sixth national title. Bagley was asked how the legendary player developer most impacted him. “I love Coach K,”
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Detroit — When Nicolet Lewis joined the Pistons as the vice president of human resources in 2019, she was the only woman on the executive team. That situation isn’t an anomaly. Many sports teams have high percentages of men represented in the highest positions in the front office, as well as on the business side
Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Cade Cunningham, playing hurt, scored 29 of his 34 points Tuesday night in the second half but it wasn’t enough to save Detroit from a 130-123 loss in Brooklyn. The Pistons played with grit and hustle, and found their 3-point shooting touch in the first half. Detroit led
By Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons announced Monday night that leading scorer Jerami Grant will miss the final seven games of the season with a left calf strain. He was injured in the first quarter of Friday’s game with the Wizards and didn’t play Sunday against the Knicks. Now, it
Pistons forward Jerami Grant will miss the remainder of the season because of a strained left calf. The team said Monday that Grant was hurt in the first quarter of a 100-97 loss to Washington on Friday. Grant averaged 19.2 points in 47 games this season, his second with Detroit. He won a gold medal
Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — Detroit Pistons coach Dwane Casey is a teacher at heart, and that love of helping young players learn the game is valuable on a team that has 10 players who are either rookies or second-year players. There was a point in Sunday’s 104-102 loss to the Knicks, when
By Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons’ fast-and-furious comeback fell short in Sunday afternoon’s 104-102 loss to the Knicks, but they did get a special performance from forward Marvin Bagley III. Bagley had a season-high 27 points on 11-for-14 shooting with seven rebounds, and is giving the franchise cause to
By Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — Pistons coach Dwane Casey discussed the use of his starting 6-foot-9 center, Isaiah Stewart, and much-used 6-foot-11 reserve center, Marvin Bagley III, prior to Sunday afternoon’s game with the Knicks. The lead topic was the need for their improved 3-point shooting and obtaining the spacing
Detroit — It’s not a case of just playing out the final string of games to end the season. The Pistons are finding ways to make them interesting. Interesting might not be the best word to describe the second-half comeback the Pistons made, erasing a 17-point deficit against the Washington Wizards, to at least make
Detroit — It’s not a case of just playing out the final string of games to end the season. The Pistons are finding ways to make them interesting. Interesting might not be the best word to describe the second-half comeback the Pistons made, erasing a 17-point deficit against the Washington Wizards, to at least make
Detroit — As the NBA season winds down, many Pistons fans are focusing on the future and the top college prospects in the NCAA Tournament. With the parity in college basketball this year, it’s been something of an enjoyable watch, but for some of the top draft targets, it’s been rough sledding. A couple of
Detroit — When Marvin Bagley III arrived to the Pistons at the trade deadline, the objective was to get a good look at what he could bring to the team. With restricted free agency likely looming this offseason, Bagley only had about 25 games to make an impression and for general manager Troy Weaver to
Detroit — The Pistons had an open roster spot and decided to do something with it. The team announced Thursday that it has signed Braxton Key to a 10-day contract. Key, 25, is a 6-foot-8 forward who has played in two games with the Philadelphia 76ers this season and he averaged 1 point and 1
Detroit — It’s been a while since the Pistons built a lead of 20-plus points in the third quarter and they were able to cruise through the fourth quarter. For a while, that looked to be how the second half was going to go against the Atlanta Hawks. The Pistons used a 25-4 run to open