Jerami Grant says the Pistons will count on their defense to be successful this season. #DetroitBasketball
With the Pistons’ season opener just two days away, Blake Griffin says there’s enough veteran leadership on the team to help the young players adjust. #DetroitBasketball
Marlowe Alter | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Top 10 NBA title contenders for 2021: Who they added, who they lost Free Press’ Pistons editor Marlowe Alter looks at 10 NBA title contenders for the 2021 season, examining who they added and lost in the offseason. Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press Luke Kennard
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The Pistons have exercised their 2021/22 team option on Sekou Doumbouya‘s rookie contract, league sources tell Omari Sankofa II of The Detroit Free Press (Twitter link). The move guarantees the forward’s $3.6MM salary for the ’21/22 season. Doumbouya, who will turn 20 on Wednesday, was the youngest player in the NBA last season after being
Grant Long stops by The Third Half to share what he’ll be watching for when the Pistons open their season Wednesday.
Bulls coach Billy Donovan is already building a strong foundation in Chicago, working to establish relationships with his players and instill a respected culture within the team, K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago writes. Donovan, who’s set to start his first season as head coach of the Bulls this week, spent the past five years
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Pistons general manager Troy Weaver doesn’t come across as a man who likes to lose. Not in basketball, not in a video game, not in a foot race. Probably not even in solitaire. When he took the job this summer, Weaver took over a roster that had finished just
Thanks to the intriguing addition of rookie swingman Isaac Okoro, drafted with the No. 6 pick out of Auburn, the Cavaliers will suddenly face some fun wing rotation questions, according to Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com. Fedor speculates that Collin Sexton will most likely remain the starter at the shooting guard slot, pointing to head coach
Omari Sankofa II , Shawn Windsor , Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Top 10 NBA title contenders for 2021: Who they added, who they lost Free Press’ Pistons editor Marlowe Alter looks at 10 NBA title contenders for the 2021 season, examining who they added and lost in the offseason.
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Davide Scigliuzzo | Bloomberg Calls for Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores to cut ties with a controversial prison phone company have reached the NBA days before the start of the new season. In a letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver and in a full-page ad published in Sunday’s New York Times, a criminal justice group
11:33am: The move is official, tweets Omari Sankofa II of The Detroit Free Press. 8:16am: The Pistons will waive swingman Dzanan Musa, a source tells Rod Beard of The Detroit News. Musa will still earn $2,002,800 for the season as Detroit had 16 players in camp with guaranteed contracts. His $3,615,054 team option for 2021/22 will be voided
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Killian Hayes on ‘getting his groove’ in NBA Detroit Pistons rookie Killian Hayes talks after the team’s final preseason game Dec. 19, 2020, about getting his groove back and his stepback jumper. Detroit Pistons Dwane Casey said it several times over the
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Something had to give with the Pistons’ roster. With the regular season approaching in a couple of days, they had 16 players under guaranteed contracts and had to trim down to 15. To make room on the roster, the Pistons decided to waive Dzanan Musa, a league source told
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons’ Killian Hayes on ‘getting his groove’ in NBA Detroit Pistons rookie Killian Hayes talks after the team’s final preseason game Dec. 19, 2020, about getting his groove back and his stepback jumper. Detroit Pistons With the 2020-21 NBA season set to tip
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Something had to give with the Pistons’ roster. With the regular season approaching in a couple of days, they had 16 players under guaranteed contracts and had to trim down to 15. To make room on the roster, the Pistons decided to waive Dzanan Musa, a league source told
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons rookie Killian Hayes on playing with Blake Griffin Detroit Pistons’ Killian Hayes talks Dec. 15, 2020, about playing with Blake Griffin and what it’s like to have veterans Griffin and Derrick Rose. Detroit Pistons This will be one of the most unique
Rod Beard | The Detroit News The Pistons finished the preseason with a 2-2 record after Saturday’s 99-96 loss at Washington. They split two games at home and two on the road, but as the book closes on the exhibition season and moves toward the regular season on Wednesday, there are some good takeaways from
Rod Beard | The Detroit News The Pistons finished the preseason with a 2-2 record after Saturday’s 99-96 loss at Washington. They split two games at home and two on the road, but as the book closes on the exhibition season and moves toward the regular season on Wednesday, there are some good takeaways from