The 2022 NBA Draft is days away and the rumors are swirling around what the Detroit Pistons may do. With many regarding this as a three or four player draft, Troy Weaver has the opportunity to really “start” the draft with the No. 5 pick. We polled the team at DBB to see what the
Let’s get this out of the way first — the Detroit Pistons don’t have a clear best option with the No. 5 overall pick Thursday in the 2022 NBA draft. But they do have several good options. If they want to swing for upside, they can do that. Jaden Ivey could be off of the board before
The second round can seem like an afterthought on NBA draft night. Start with the fluid nature of the round’s order; entering draft week, more than 60% (17 of 28) of the upcoming second-round picks have already been traded, with another two (Milwaukee and Miami) forfeited for free-agent tampering. Add in that the commissioner never
Kenyon Murray might be the greatest basketball player ever from Battle Creek. He averaged 26 points and 10 rebounds at Battle Creek Central and was named Michigan Mr. Basketball in 1992 — the only player from Battle Creek to win the award. He finished with 1,448 career points, setting both a city and school record. He
The Golden State Warriors just won the NBA title. All anyone wanted to talk about the next day was Kevin Durant. And Lebron James. And Stephen Curry in relation to those two superstars. It can be exhausting, this relentless loop of legacy talk, where every game — even every quarter: Curry can’t shoot in the
The Detroit Pistons’ draft philosophy is still rounding into shape ahead of the 2022 NBA draft Thursday. It could be an unpredictable night, and the Pistons’ decision tree with the fifth overall pick will be shaped by the teams in front of them. Gonzaga big man Chet Holmgren, Auburn forward Jabari Smith Jr. and Duke forward
By Tim Reynolds | Associated Press The goal was enormous: Return to the NBA’s mountaintop. And now with that monumental task complete, the NBA champion Golden State Warriors already have a new target: staying up there for a while. The victory cigars hadn’t been extinguished after the title-clinching win in Boston, the last celebratory bottles of
Projected NBA lottery pick Shaedon Sharpe is a self-admitted man of mystery. After going from unranked to the No. 1 recruit for the 2022 high school class in a matter of months, Sharpe then reclassified and entered Kentucky this season before ultimately deciding to not play. Against all odds, it’s possible that he goes as
Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports Aaron Judge passing on Home Run Derby is a diss to fans by John Buhler Jerami Grant has been included in plenty of NBA trade rumors over the past year. It sounds like he might actually be on the move this offseason. Jerami Grant has blossomed over his two seasons in
On Thursday, the Detroit Pistons will add another highly touted player to their young roster. The Pistons got the easy part out of the way last season by drafting Cade Cunningham at No. 1 overall. Cunningham finished third in Rookie of the Year voting, was a consensus All-Rookie first-team selection and looks the part of
The NBA Draft is one week away, and between now and then you will hear approximately 7,000 rumors involving the Detroit Pistons that make varying degrees of sense. Even the ones rooted in truth likely will not happen. I say all of that to prep you for the latest rumor involving the Detroit Pistons —
In just a few days the newest member of the Detroit Pistons will don the team cap and walk on the stage at the 2022 NBA Draft. Who it might be is hotly debated, but we can all agree there is just something special about seeing someone wearing the classic red, white and blue (and
The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame announced Thursday the latest group of inductees. Antonio Gates, Chris Webber, Jennie Ritter, Meryl Davis, Charlie White, John Beilein, Mickey Redmond and Kathy Beauregard are the eight new faces for the class of 2022. Chauncey Billups and Shane Battier — both in the 2020 class but were unable to make the
Detroit — Chris Webber, arguably the second-best basketball player to come from Michigan, will headline a star-studded class for the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. Webber, who starred at Detroit Country Day and led Michigan’s fabled Fab Five before going on to a Hall-of-Fame professional career, is one of eight inductees for the Class of 2022.