The NBA Draft is generally unpredictable, and up to the last minute, the top of the draft seemed to be known, with Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren and Paolo Banchero as the top three picks. In some way, shape or form. Things didn’t exactly go to form, and with the Pistons sitting at the No. 5
Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver had himself a Thursday night. The Detroit Pistons added two lottery picks to their young core by drafting Purdue guard Jaden Ivey with the No. 5 pick in Thursday night’s NBA Draft at Barclays Center in New York, then trading for Memphis center Jalen Duren, who was selected by Charlotte
The Detroit Pistons agreed to a two-way contract with undrafted guard Buddy Boeheim, son of Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. Boeheim played four years for his father at Syracuse, and averaged 19.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists his senior season. He stands 6-foot-6 tall, he’s got good size for a
The Detroit Pistons were active early and often on Thursday night in the 2022 NBA draft. Their third selection, in the second round at No. 36 overall, is wing Gabriele Procida, who played for Fortitudo Kiğılı Bologna in Italy’s top league, Serie A. Procida averaged seven points and three rebounds for Fortitudo Bologna in 18.5 minutes per game
The Detroit Pistons continued a string of selecting athletes in the 2022 NBA Draft into the second round with the pick of Italian forward Gabriele Procida out of Fortitudo Bologno. Because I don’t much about Procida, I’ll outsource this to John Hollinger of The Athletic, who listed Procida at No. 33 on his big board.
Troy Weaver is eternally unphased. He’s never agitated, he never rushes through an answer, and you can tell while he’s responding to your question about what just happened, he’s thinking about the things that are going to happen after several more dominoes fall. The man has a vision — he calls it his process —
The Detroit Pistons went international for their second-round pick in Thursday night’s NBA Draft from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, selecting Italian wing Gabriele Procida with pick No. 36. Detroit acquired the 36th pick in Wednesday’s trade with the Portland Trail Blazers for Jerami Grant. Procida, who turned 20 on June 1, is touted as one
There was a lot of heartburn when the Detroit Pistons traded Jerami Grant for a future first round pick, especially when rumors swirled that Grant might net the team a mid lottery pick in the 2022 NBA draft. In fact, the Grant trade left most of us scratching our heads and grasping for something positive
The Detroit Pistons entered Thursday’s NBA Draft with the No. 5 pick in the first round. They appear to have come away with much more before the second round even started. At No. 5, the Pistons selected Purdue guard Jaden Ivey, then reportedly swung a trade that gave them Jalen Duren, a center out of
Detroit Pistons Troy Weaver said he was going to be aggressive this offseason, and he was true to his word. He sent Jerami Grant to the Portland Trail Blazers the day before the draft, and he used a pick secured in that trade to trade back into tonight’s NBA Draft lottery to draft coveted big
The Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks combined for a ridiculous trade on NBA Draft night, which sent Kemba Walker and Jalen Duren to the Motor City. Did the Pistons just win draft night? Honestly, it’s starting to seem that way. Detroit drafted Jaden Ivey, arguably the most high-profile guard in this draft
The Detroit Pistons found their backcourt mate for Cade Cunningham, selecting Jaden Ivey the explosive guard out of Purdue with the fifth pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Ivey has been a polarizing prospect throughout the draft cycle, with several respected evaluators calling him one of the top-3 talents in the entire draft and others
The Detroit Pistons and the Charlotte Hornets could become trade partners centered on a deal for Gordon Hayward and one of Charlotte’s draft night picks, according to ESPN. In his latest mock draft, Johnathan Givony notes that the Pistons and Hornets could reach a deal, especially if Jalen Duren falls to one of Charlotte’s picks
Washington — Michigan Democrats pitched national party leaders on the state’s diversity and swing state status Thursday in an effort to be one of the first to have a presidential primary election in 2024. Michigan is one of 16 states and Puerto Rico asking the Democratic Party to make them one of the five states voting before Super Tuesday, which are showered with campaign
Now that the Detroit Pistons have moved up from No. 46 to pick No. 36 in tonight’s NBA Draft, I am sure many of you are not giving it a moment’s thought. A second-round pick is a second-round pick, after all. But, this is a bigger deal than many realize. For one, the success rate
With the fifth overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft, the Detroit Pistons will be at the “mercy of the board,” general manager Troy Weaver said on Monday. It’s widely expected that Gonzaga big man Chet Holmgren, Auburn forward Jabari Smith Jr. and Duke forward Paolo Banchero will be the first three players drafted Thursday
He’s a player with a pedigree of success. The analytics rave about him, and the coaches who see his demeanor and work ethic aren’t far behind. He could be the “safest” pick in the entire draft class. And somehow that last thing is held against him. The year is 2020, and we are, of course,
With the fifth overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft, the Detroit Pistons will be at the “mercy of the board,” general manager Troy Weaver said on Monday. It’s widely expected that Gonzaga big man Chet Holmgren, Auburn forward Jabari Smith Jr. and Duke forward Paolo Banchero will be the first three players drafted Thursday
In the modern age of social media, everybody has an opinion on everything. When big news breaks, your feed gets filled with takes on each side of the fence. Even the most outlandish opinion can be found somewhere on the internet. There is nothing this applies to more than sports. Everybody knows what is best
It is finally the day of the 2022 NBA Draft, and now it’s time to finish looking at the guys in contention for the Pistons’ 5th pick with the three guys most linked to Detroit in Bennedict Mathurin, Jaden Ivey, and Keegan Murray. Rather than going in-depth as I did with the other guys in