DENVER — The Detroit Pistons, who have been hit hard by injuries and COVID-19 this season, were on the cusp of returning to full strength earlier this week. Kelly Olynyk played his first two games since spraining his left knee on Nov. 10, and Jerami Grant started working out with the Motor City Cruise following
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons stumble down the stretch in a 111-101 loss to the Jazz. #ItsMillerTime
We hear from Cade Cunningham after he posts 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in a tough loss to the Jazz. #DetroitBasketball
SALT LAKE CITY — On Jan. 10, the Detroit Pistons took advantage of a Rudy Gobert-less Utah Jazz team win, 126-116, at Little Caesars Arena, 126-116. On Friday, the Pistons couldn’t repeat the feat against a Donovan Mitchell-less Jazz team on the road. The Pistons lost, 111-101, at Vivant Arena. A floater from Josh Jackson cut Detroit
Salt Lake City — It’s not often that the Pistons roll into Salt Lake City and pick up a win. It’s even more rare that they complete a season sweep of the Utah Jazz. With a come-from-behind win in Detroit on Jan. 10, both feats were in play with a victory on Friday night. The
The Detroit Pistons fought hard but lost a competitive basketball game against the Utah Jazz. After Detroit was blown out in all of their losses for the last three weeks, the competitive nature of the loss was a small step in the right direction. The Pistons were in the game late. Down four with over
Salt Lake City — There are less than three weeks until the trade deadline, and it’s time for silly season. There are going to be any number of trade rumors about potential deals that the Pistons are involved in, but as Stan Van Gundy noted, very few of those rumors come to fruition. Of course,
The Pistons have brought back guard Cassius Stanley, signing him to a third 10-day contract using a COVID-related hardship exception, the team announced today (via Twitter). Stanley first signed with Detroit on December 25, then got a second 10-day deal on January 8. With Luka Garza and Jerami Grant still in the health and safety
SALT LAKE CITY — Thirteen years before Josh Jackson signed with his hometown team, the Detroit Pistons were responsible for one of his favorite childhood memories. Feb. 10, 2007. It was Jackson’s 10th birthday, and he was a ball boy for the Pistons during a home game against the Toronto Raptors. He was on the
Detroit Pistons assistant coach Rex Kalamian has been named the new head coach of the Armenian national team, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. While this is his first season coaching with the Detroit Pistons, Kalamian is a well-traveled NBA veteran in coaching circles, serving stints with the Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets,
Sacramento — The odds were stacked against the Pistons on Wednesday night. They had a 10-point deficit with three minutes to go, on the road, on the second night of a back-to-back. In many games this season, that scenario would have spelled doom. They managed to turn the tables on the Sacramento Kings and snatched
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons score the final 11 points of the game to stun the Kings in Sacramento 133-131 Wednesday. #ItsMillerTime
We hear from Saddiq Bey after he leads the Pistons with 30 points, including five 3-pointers, in Wednesday’s thrilling victory in Sacramento. #DetroitBasketball
Rookies are almost always universally bad. Let’s put that fact on the table right away. Young players need time to develop, learn the speed of the NBA game and figure out how to be effective on the floor. They need time to get better, stronger and faster. That doesn’t mean they are bad or destined
SACRAMENTO — On the second night of a back-to-back, the Detroit Pistons appeared to run out of steam. Sacramento Kings guard Terence Davis II, in the midst of a career night, knocked down his seventh 3-pointer with just over three minutes left in the fourth quarter extending a 10-0 Kings run that gave them a
Sacramento — With about three minutes left, the Pistons looked to be out of it. Not so much. They staged a furious comeback in the final stretch and snatched a 133-131 victory over the Sacramento Kings in the final seconds on Wednesday night at Golden 1 Center. The Pistons set a season high for points,
There was a basketball game in Sacramento on Wednesday night. It wasn’t fun. Until it was. It was two teams — one trying like hell to make something of its season and another trying equally hard to land a top-three pick — playing one of the uglier high-scoring games you’ll see. It was high school
If you haven’t heard, Kelly Olynyk has been cleared to play and could be returning to action as early as tonight against the Sacramento Kings. He is officially listed as probable. Having Olynyk back will be a huge spark to the Detroit Pistons bench, but what if it could be a spark to the starting
Sacramento — The NBA can be very unforgiving for building brotherhood bonds and putting roots into a city as a new home and other players as teammates. It could be here one day and gone the next. Such was the case with Pistons guard Rodney McGruder, who has been one of the Pistons’ veteran role
The simple calculus for the Detroit Pistons is to draft the best player available. The team is still devoid of top-end talent and the end all, be all is to take the best player. But there are often many good players who have a wide array of talent. The next level of arithmetic is to