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. To begin the episode Omari and I do give our thoughts on the unfortunate news story that broke this past week
Gregg Popovich won 22 games this season. And he’s widely considered the best coach in the NBA. An argument could be made that Erik Spoelstra is the league’s best coach. Yet his Miami Heat lost 45 times the year after LeBron James left for Cleveland, mostly because, um, James left for Cleveland. Now, I know
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editor: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: With one week remaining until the NBA draft lottery, the guys are debating potential picks on their board. Bryce and Omari also have an update on the coaching search. Later, producer Wes Davenport
We hear from Andy Ibáñez, who hit his first home run as a Tiger in Detroit’s 6-2 win in Cleveland.
The NBA released the 1st and 2nd All-Rookie teams, and two Detroit Pistons rookies, Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren, were named All-Rookie Second Team: The 2022-23 Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team: ▪️ Jalen Duren, Detroit Pistons▪️ Tari Eason, Houston Rockets▪️ Jaden Ivey, Detroit Pistons▪️ Jabari Smith Jr., Houston Rockets▪️ Jeremy Sochan, San Antonio Spurs pic.twitter.com/enD26sOsMD
Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren, the Pistons’ duo of rising stars, were named to the NBA’s All-Rookie Second Team, the league announced on Monday afternoon. The news comes as no surprise as Ivey and Duren had sensational rookie seasons for the Pistons and both played crucial roles as first-year starters. The All-Rookie First Team was
The Detroit Pistons have two of the NBA’s top rookies for the second time in three years. Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren were both named to the 2023 NBA All-Rookie second team on Monday. The Pistons have had five players make an All-Rookie team since Troy Weaver was hired as general manager in 2020. Cade
Three candidates for the Pistons’ head-coaching job have advanced to the next round and will fly to Los Angeles to meet with Pistons team owner Tom Gores, a league source confirmed to The Detroit News on Monday. Former University of Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie, New Orleans Pelicans assistant Jarron Collins and Milwaukee Bucks assistant Charles
The Detroit Pistons and about half the league await their draft fate in the upcoming 2023 NBA draft lottery. It’s one of the most anticipated events each year in U.S. sports, dramatic in its presentation and with franchise-swinging results, all at the whim of ping pong balls in a Smart Play lottery machine. But the
It’s easy to look at the playoffs, find a successful team and say: here’s what (insert team) should do. And we aren’t gonna do that with the New York Knicks, promise. We brought up the team in New York for a reason, though. Not because their coach — Tom Thibodeau — or their star —
The Detroit Pistons have a lot of needs following a 17-win season. But they’re positioned well to address them. The Pistons are guaranteed a top-five pick in the draft, scheduled for June 22. Where they pick depends on how the lottery balls fall May 16 in Chicago. They will also be among the league leaders
The Detroit Pistons are inching closer to hiring their new head coach. New Orleans Pelicans assistant Jarron Collins, Milwaukee Bucks assistant Charles Lee and former UConn head coach Kevin Ollie will fly to Los Angeles next week to meet with Pistons owner Tom Gores, a team source familiar with the process told the Free Press
The Detroit Pistons remain in the market for a head coach to replace Dwane Casey, and there have been some shifts in the coaching landscape since the last time we wrote up the situation in Detroit. As a slight recap, the last we heard, Kevin Ollie, a longtime NBA veteran, former college coach and current
For more than a year, DeJanai Raska kept quiet about the powerful man she says used his position to turn her into his sexual target: fired Detroit Pistons executive Rob Murphy, a beloved hometown figure revered for turning his hardscrabble background into a success story in the world of professional basketball. But behind closed doors,
Lance Blanks, a former first-round draft pick of the Detroit Pistons in 1990, and a former team executive with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Phoenix Suns, has died at age 56. Blanks, who was also an ESPN analyst and scout for the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers, passed away on Wednesday in Dallas. He
The Detroit Pistons have fired assistant general manager Rob Murphy, the team confirmed to The Detroit News on Thursday morning. Murphy’s firing comes after being placed on leave amid an external investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct with a former employee. “Rob Murphy no longer works for the Detroit Pistons or Motor City Cruise, in
Fired Detroit Pistons assistant GM Rob Murphy engaged in continued sexual harassment, an attempted sexual assault and regular isolation and manipulation, alleges a new lawsuit filed by Murphy’s former executive assistant DeJanai Raska. Raska’s original allegations against Murphy led to the team placing him on leave in October while a law firm conducted a review.
The Detroit Pistons have fired assistant general manager Rob Murphy, the Detroit Free Press has a learned. The team announced his firing in a statement to the Free Press. It comes seven months after the Pistons placed Murphy on leave following an investigation into an allegation that he engaged in workplace misconduct with a female
The Detroit Pistons have fired assistant general manager Rob Murphy, who has been on leave since October when an investigation began into Murphy’s alleged interactions with a former female employee. The Detroit Free Press broke the news of Murphy’s firing following an inquiry made to the Pistons. “Rob Murphy no longer works for the Detroit
Join Wes and I again Thursday night from 8pm E.T. We’ve got plenty of Detroit Pistons and NBA Draft items to discuss on this week’s livestream, we’ll hit on: Should Troy Weaver and the Pistons look to trade back into the first round? Our favourite players at Pick 31 (Detroits second round selection) Would the
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