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.
It’s all guesswork at this point. The Pistons, who have the No. 5 pick in the NBA Draft on June 23, aren’t sitting pretty like they were last season, when they had the top pick. They pondered over the top options before eventually selecting Cade Cunningham. This year, they’ll have to wait for the teams
While Shaedon Sharpe is being dubbed a mystery home run swing because he decided to enter the NBA Draft without playing in college, I think Adrian Griffin Jr. is a similar mystery man for completely different reasons. In the first half of the season, many draft evaluators, myself included, argued for AJ to be among
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The Detroit Pistons are eight days away from being on the clock in the 2022 NBA draft. Holding the No. 5 pick, the Pistons’ selection will help the franchise’s on-going rebuild led by last year’s No. 1 overall pick, Cade Cunningham. ESPN released its official mock draft on Wednesday, allowing for expert insight on how