When the Detroit Pistons drafted Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren in last year’s lottery, it felt like while the Pistons might not be a good team, they were going to be the most fun team Motown’s had in a long while. They certainly lived up to that billing on opening night in Detroit’s 113-109 victory
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Detroit — Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren will have Pistons fans cheering for a long time. Detroit’s two lottery picks had electric performances in their NBA debuts. Ivey, the No. 5 overall pick scored 19 points had four assists in Detroit’s 113-109 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday. Duren, the No. 13 pick, threw
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons get the 2022-23 season off to a winning start. #DetroitRoots
We hear from rookie Jaden Ivey after he scores 19 to help his Pistons hold off the Magic 113-109 on opening night. #DetroitBasketball
A late 3-pointer by Isaiah Stewart allowed the Detroit Pistons to start off their 2022-23 season with a gutsy win. Stewart drained the 3, his only make of the night, with 11 seconds left to extend the lead to four. Despite trailing by 15 midway through the first quarter, the Pistons defeated the Orlando Magic
Detroit — A little more than two seasons ago, Isaiah Stewart was in the same position that Jalen Duren is now. Stewart, the 6-foot-9 big man from Rochester, New York was a rookie trying to transition to a faster and more physical game. As he enters his third season, Stewart is embracing a leadership role
The buzz around the Detroit Pistons is building. The fan base is hyped, the Q rating is rising, and a franchise that has been mostly forgotten for more than a decade has been getting praise from national media for the franchise’s restoration. The Pistons might also be a worse team than they were a year
Subsequent to an offseason fueled by enticing roster changes, the Detroit Pistons enter the 2022-23 campaign with arguably the franchise’s most talented core in a decade. The man charged with spearheading the highly anticipated crusade is last year’s first overall draft selection Cade Cunningham. An offseason ankle sprain hindered the early portion of Cunningham’s rookie
Shortly after the NBA Draft, Jaden Ivey said something that excited me more than any of the highlight dunks or elite burst I saw on his college film at Purdue. He said he’d always considered himself a shooting guard. Why? Because he knows that the Detroit Pistons are Cade Cunningham’s team, and Cunningham will be
Detroit Pistons forward Saddiq Bey is refreshed and ready to climb mountains. In the NBA. Or out in the real world. Wherever life takes him. “Man, it’s crazy,” he said, standing in the Pistons’ practice facility, as the team prepared for its home opener Wednesday night against the Orlando Magic. “I feel good coming into this
Through two injury-marred NBA season, Killian Hayes has shown himself to be a plus defender with quality court vision and the ability to find teammates for open looks. He’s also proven to be one of the most ineffective shooters in the NBA. For the former to matter, the latter needs to improve by quite a
We finally made it folks. Tonight is the night where the Pistons begin their 2022-2023 season. When you are a team like the Pistons, who haven’t sniffed anything past the 2nd round of the postseason in 15 years, the summers are long. But the Pistons exciting young core finally gives a reason for optimism. This
As a child, Jaden Ivey watched YouTube highlights of Michael Jordan, his favorite basketball player, before every one of his games. The Hall of Fame guard and former rival of the Pistons starred in several Gatorade commercials during his prime in the 1990s. Now, the explosive young guard is closer to following in his idol’s
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Detroit Pistons forward Saddiq Bey is refreshed and ready to climb mountains. In the NBA. Or out in the real world. Wherever life takes him. “Man, it’s crazy,” he said, standing in the Pistons’ practice facility, as the team prepared for its home opener Wednesday night against the Orlando Magic. “I feel good coming into this
Cade Cunningham agrees with what many saw during the preseason — he wasn’t his usual self. The Detroit Pistons dropped all four of their exhibition games, and while there were individual bright spots, they struggled to click as a team. They shot 39.4% from the floor, 30.2% from 3 and had nearly as many turnovers
They’ll be fun at times, as young teams can be. And on the nights when they’re making shots and racing up the court and catching one of the league’s heavyweights off guard, well, that’ll feel like progress. At the least, it’ll feel good in the moment when, say, the Detroit Pistons knock off the Celtics
Niele Ivey is no stranger to Madison Square Garden. It’s a place she’s visited several times before, as a player and coach, but her most recent trip to one of the most renowned venues in sports was unlike any before. This time, she was there as a spectator to watch her son, Jaden, play his
Every now and then, Pistons fans will see the future this season. It’ll come in glimpses, if not glances, and with audible gasps as well as groans. But all the young talent that general manager Troy Weaver has assembled in his first two years on the job in Detroit should begin to make its presence
Detroit — The Orlando Magic trotted out a mammoth-sized starting lineup of Cole Anthony, Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero, Wendell Carter Jr. and Mo Bamba for its final preseason game on Friday. Aside from Anthony, the rest of the group stands at least 6-foot-10 and over. Magic bigs Bol Bol and Moritz Wagner, 7-2 and 6-11,