Detroit — There aren’t any NBA games scheduled for Tuesday’s midterm elections, but that doesn’t mean the league is taking a day off. With all 30 teams having played on Monday ahead of Election Day to help promote voter participation, the league also is sharing important resources from voting organizations and highlighting the civic engagement
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Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Niele Ivey had heard rumors. Supposedly in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, some 650 miles away from Notre Dame, there was an eighth-grade point guard named Olivia Miles with exceptional vision and eye-popping scoring ability. Ivey, now in her third year as head coach of the Irish after a 12-year stint as
Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 2-8 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I talk about the Bojan Bogdanovic extension, where the Pistons have been better (and worse) than they were last season through ten games, and what Cade Cunningham is
The Detroit Pistons have lost eight of nine games, but they are well-rested, healthier and have their best opportunity for a win until a Dec. 28 showdown against the Orlando Magic. After winning four straight, including an overtime thriller against the Dallas Mavericks, the Oklahoma City Thunder have dropped two with lopsided losses to the
Hello DBB! Long time no see. I am excited to be returning to the Detroit Pistons Progress Reports this 2022-23 Season as we have seen so much already in just 10 games. I am excited to be joined by Data Driven Pistons Fan (@D_D_Pistons_Fan on Twitter) who has put together some awesome graphics around lineup
Five weeks after media day, the Detroit Pistons are finally nearing full health. Jalen Duren (left ankle sprain), Marvin Bagley III (right MCL sprain) and Alec Burks (left navicular fracture) all practiced on Sunday, marking the first time this season the Pistons had a full roster at a practice. It was the first time Burks
Detroit — Pistons coach Dwane Casey said his team had a spirited practice Sunday morning after a disappointing loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. Detroit was dominated by Cleveland’s frontcourt trio of Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley and Kevin Love, who tallied a 20-point double-double off the bench. Sunday’s defensive-focused practice ahead of Monday’s game
Through 10 games, the Detroit Pistons are 2-8 and have a ways to go before they accomplish their media day goal of competing in every game. There have been bright spots, however. Here are 10 observations on the start of the season: Cade Cunningham thriving from midrange As a rookie, Cunningham didn’t shy away from
Associated Press Chicago — Former Piston Ben Gordon has been arrested after a Chicago McDonald’s security guard was punched in the face, police said. Gordon, 39, was charged with misdemeanor battery causing bodily harm and battery making physical contact, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday. Gordon, who played in Detroit from 2009-12, was arrested about 3:30
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons suffer another lopsided loss, 112-88 to the Cavaliers on Friday. #DetroitBasketball
The Cleveland Cavaliers took the floor at Little Caesars Arena missing their top two players, All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland. It presented a prime opportunity for the Detroit Pistons, reeling from a road blowout against the Milwaukee Bucks but less than a week removed from an upset over the Golden State Warriors, to get
Dave Hogg | The Associated Press DETROIT — Kevin Love had 21 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds as the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 112-88 on Friday night for their seventh straight win. Jarrett Allen scored 22 points and Cedi Osman added 15 as the Cavaliers had a 54-21 edge in bench
Detroit − The Pistons were dominated by a shorthanded Cleveland Cavaliers team in a 112-88 loss on Friday, their third consecutive loss. The Cavaliers (7-1), once on the same path as the rebuilding Pistons (2-8), entered Friday’s game as winners of six consecutive games, tied for the second-best record in the NBA. Cleveland lacked their
Detroit — Cade Cunningham is evolving into one of the most-effective shooters from the mid-range, which has become the forgotten area of the floor in the modern era of the NBA. It’s only the second year of Cunningham’s career, but he’s managed to use the pick-and-roll to get to his sweet spots more often than
We are only nine games into the Detroit Pistons season and eight games into the young career of rookie Jaden Ivey. Giving any overarching takeaways from any aspect of his game would be unfair at this point but what we can do is take a look at the film and simply discuss what he has
The Detroit Pistons have brought the teal back in a big way this season with the return of their class 90s-era uniforms and custom court for select games, and now the team is giving away 33 pairs of custom teal sneakers in a partnership with DoorDash. Fans are eligible to win a pair of the
Returning home from a combative road trip against the now 7-0 Milwaukee Bucks, the Detroit Pistons host another scorching hot division rival in the 6-1 Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs have gotten off to a dominant start, entering Little Caesars Arena on the back of six straight victories and the ranking in the top 7 for
It’s so often the move that leads to the move that changes the direction of an NBA franchise. Sometimes it’s hard to see it when it happens. The Cleveland Cavaliers will take the court at Little Caesars Arena tonight as legitimate Eastern Conference contenders. Just two seasons ago, they won 22 games and wound up
Detroit — Winning is important to Bojan Bogdanovic. For the past seven seasons, he’s been on teams that have qualified for the NBA playoffs. So, when Bogdanovic was traded from a perennial postseason team in the Utah Jazz to a rebuilding Pistons team in the final year of his contract, he wasn’t sure what his
A solution to the Detroit Pistons’ bench scoring woes has been hiding in plain sight. Alec Burks, who the team acquired from the New York Knicks this past offseason, is a career 38% 3-point shooter. The 31-year-old wing is a proven, reliable scorer and will lift a second unit that has averaging just 23.5 points