Now that we know the Pistons will be selecting fifth overall and we have a list of early entrants (many of whom are going through the combine as I write this), it’s time to revisit the Big Board. There are a few additions to this most recent version, as guys like Caleb Love and Jaime
The Detroit Pistons will be in an interesting position on draft night. With the fifth overall pick, they’ll likely be out of contention for the three most highly regarded prospects — Paolo Banchero, Jabari Smith Jr. and Chet Holmgren. But this year’s draft isn’t as certain as the 2021 draft, which had Cade Cunningham go No. 1
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Let Twitter tell it, Detroit Pistons fans want Jaden Ivey. Ivey, an explosive guard out of Purdue, was the most popular option in a social media poll gauging who fans wanted the Pistons to take with the No. 5 pick in the 2022 NBA draft. He won 46.3% of the 397 votes from Monday to Tuesday, compared
With the NBA Draft now less than a month away, the only certainty seems to be that there’s no consensus, from top to bottom. Last week’s NBA Draft Lottery laid out the draft order, but now the teams have to figure out where all the puzzling prospects fit, starting with the Orlando Magic, who sound
Next season, the Detroit Pistons will put the “é” in “Détroit.” The Pistons and the Chicago Bulls will play a regular season game at Accor Arena in Paris on Jan. 19, 2023, the NBA announced on Tuesday. It will be Detroit’s first game in France after previously playing international games in London in 2013, and
Bill Bayno slept for 14 hours Sunday night, because he slept six hours total during his previous two nights. The Detroit Pistons assistant coach was in Kigali, Rwanda, doing what he loves most — teaching the game of basketball. Bayno planned to arrive back in the United States on Monday night to meet Cade Cunningham in
The Detroit Pistons are going international. The NBA announced Tuesday that the Pistons and Chicago Bulls will play a game next season in Paris. It will be a regular-season matchup at Accor Arena in France. It will be the Pistons’ first international game since 2019, when they played the Dallas Mavericks in Mexico City. The
The Pistons Pulse is brought to you by The Detroit Free Press and is co hosted by Bryce Simon of MotorCityHoops and Omari Sankofa II, Detroit Pistons beat writer for The Detroit Free Press. Omari and Bryce are joined by good friend of the podcast, Richard Stayman (known as @MavsDraft on twitter, a must follow).
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editor: Cary Junior II • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys welcome NBA draft analyst Richard Stayman (@MavsDraft) to go in-depth on the likely NBA draft prospects at No. 5 for the Pistons, including Jaden Ivey, Shaedon
This is a part of our NBA Draft Prospect Review series where we evaluate the top players of the 2022 NBA Draft by reviewing every shot, assist, turnover, steal and rebound during their most recent collegiate season. Every writer was given access to game footage and asked to deliver their takeaways about the player in
That collective groan during last week’s NBA Draft Lottery was the Pistons’ fan base lamenting dropping two spots to the No. 5 pick. Entering the lottery, the Pistons had the third-worst record and were tied for the best odds (14%) to get the No. 1 pick. After getting the first pick last season and selecting Cade
Take a tour of the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, and you’re likely to come across a peculiar exhibit: a bronze replica of Bob Lanier’s size 22D Converse sneakers. His famously large feet led to some commercial success in the 1970s, but it also serves as something of a metaphor for the playing
When the lottery balls fell Tuesday, the Detroit Pistons ended up with the No. 5 pick in next month’s draft, set for June 23 in Brooklyn, New York. It’ll be the first time in franchise history the Pistons pick fifth. (The New York Knicks, meanwhile, have picked fifth five times, the most in league history,