After briefly having no players in the NBA’s health and safety protocols for the first time in weeks, the Raptors placed Svi Mykhailiuk and Yuta Watanabe in the protocols today, tweets Eric Koreen of The Athletic. According to Josh Lewenberg of TSN.ca (via Twitter), only three players on the Raptors’ roster have avoided entering the
MILWAUKEE — Judging solely from their performance against the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, one probably wouldn’t have guessed the Detroit Pistons were coming off of a month filled with adversity. They had eight players — including their first overall pick, Cade Cunningham — enter health and safety protocols from Dec. 22 until Dec. 26. A ninth
MILWAUKEE — Judging solely from their performance against the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, one probably wouldn’t have guessed the Detroit Pistons were coming off of a month filled with adversity. They had eight players — including their first overall pick, Cade Cunningham — enter health and safety protocols from Dec. 22 until Dec. 26. A ninth
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons beat the world-champion Bucks for the first time since February 2018. #ItsMillerTime
MILWAUKEE — Saddiq Bey delivered one of the best moments of his young career Saturday night, knocking down a game-winning 3-pointer in overtime to give a depleted Detroit Pistons team a win over the San Antonio Spurs — their second win since Nov. 17. Flanked with a much healthier roster, Bey followed up with the best game
We hear from Josh Jackson after he shows no rust Monday, coming off the bench to score 24, including 5 3-pointers. #DetroitBasketball
We hear from Saddiq Bey after he puts up career-highs in points (34) and 3-pointers (8) in Monday’s upset win over the Bucks. #DetroitBasketball
Milwaukee — It was a night of firsts for the Pistons. It was the first game back for six Pistons players who had been in COVID protocols, including Cade Cunningham, Josh Jackson and Trey Lyles, for most of the past two weeks. More than that, after a spirited performance that featured outstanding ball movement and
The NBA has announced the rescheduling of the 11 games postponed in December due to COVID-19 issues, listing the changes in a press release. Additionally, eight other scheduled games have been shifted to accommodate the postponements. A pair of others have been shifted to new starting times. Most notably, Kyle Lowry‘s return to Toronto will
By Dan Gelston | Associated Press Philadelphia — The Houston Rockets suspended guard Kevin Porter Jr. and former Pistons forward Christian Wood for Monday’s game against Philadelphia for conduct detrimental to the team. Wood is Houston’s leading scorer at 16.8 points. He and Porter both had meltdowns in a loss Saturday to Houston and neither player played in
The Pistons are back. Well, sort of. Like almost everyone else, they’ve been trying to keep their players and staff out of COVID protocols and still continue business as usual. It hasn’t been easy, and just holding practices in person has been a challenge. It’s stalled what already was a difficult season, but things will
The NBA rescheduled the 11 games it postponed in December due to a league-wide COVID-19 outbreak, and it led to two changes on the Detroit Pistons’ calendar. The Pistons’ road game against the Chicago Bulls, scheduled for Dec. 12, will now be played on Jan. 11. Detroit’s home game on Jan. 12 against the Phoenix
Milwaukee — The Pistons are making room for a postponed game from last month. The NBA announced Monday that the league is shuffling the schedule to add the games that were missed because of COVID postponements in December. The Pistons have two games that are affected, with their game at the Chicago Bulls being moved
The Pistons aren’t likely to make a series of major moves at this year’s trade deadline, but Jerami Grant looks increasingly like a candidate to be on the move, according to James L. Edwards III of The Athletic, who hears from sources that contending teams are “routinely calling” Detroit to inquire on the veteran forward.