The Detroit Pistons are looking to notch their first win of the preseason, and it looks like the Oklahoma City Thunder might just oblige them. OKC is the rare team that schedules six games in the preseason including a back-to-back. The Thunder rested a large contingent of players on Sunday against Maccabi Ra’Anana. It’s unclear
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We finally have legit Detroit Pistons basketball to watch, discuss, and analyze. No more workout videos or offseason scrimmages to break down. With that said, it is still preseason so we should always be careful about any overwhelming takeaways about a player or team until we get a much larger sample size. It does, however,
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. Omari and I finally got the chance to talk about and give analysis on real Detroit Pistons basketball games. Our Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are in an odd position where it’s impossible to discuss their point guard rotation without talking about a lot of non-point guards. In a perfect world where Killian Hayes met his potential and the team still somehow managed to get Cade Cunningham and Jaden Ivey, the Pistons would be relying on the
Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editor: Cary Junior. • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: This week, Omari and Bryce share their thoughts on what they’ve seen through the first two Pistons preseason games,
The NBA learning curve is tough for all rookies. It’s especially tough for those who primarily handle the ball. The Detroit Pistons, for the third season in a row, have a rookie point guard in their starting five. It’s still the preseason, but Jaden Ivey looks up to the challenge so far. Ivey made his
Detroit — The Oklahoma City Thunder will visit Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday, marking the first of two home preseason games this week for the Pistons to wrap up the exhibition season. Still searching for its first preseason win, Detroit will host a Thunder team that has won three of four preseason games over the
Detroit — After most practices, Rodney McGruder can be found on the court shooting with Pistons development coach Jordan Brink. The 31-year-old guard goes through a series of 3-point attempts from the five principal spots beyond the arc, holding his follow-through until the ball makes its way to the rim. Most of his shots splash
Can Isaiah Stewart really become a consistent 3-point shooter for the Detroit Pistons? This is perhaps the most important question of Deroit’s offseason, and key to whether Isaiah Stewart can stick around long-term in Detroit. Beef Stew has plenty of naysayers and diehard supporters, most notably the Pistons organization, and we now get to see
Here we are at the top of the mountain! If you have been following this draft class even just a little, Nos. 1 and 2 will not be a surprise. HOWEVER, they are just two very exciting prospects here at the top of this class that the Detroit Pistons should be ecstatic to even think
A Hollywood screenwriter couldn’t come up with a handful of teams with as much drama, intrigue and just plain mess as those found in the NBA’s Atlantic Division. You have a team that garners headlines no matter what it does (New York), a neighbor whose superstar demanded a trade that never came (Brooklyn), a team
Through two preseason games, the Detroit Pistons have committed 42 turnovers against 41 assists. They’ve shot a putrid 38.8% overall (including 30% from 3-point range). If you didn’t figure it out from the numbers, they’ve lost both of their exhibitions. But the preseason is designed to work out issues. The Pistons appear to have a
Detroit — The days of a traditional locked-in starting lineup in the NBA have slowly faded, as teams often name starters based on matchup advantages. The strategy is key during the postseason since teams gain more familiarity with each other through four- to seven-game playoff series. Through two games of the preseason, the Pistons have
The 2022-23 season will be pivotal for the Detroit Pistons. The front office hasn’t publicly set its sights on a playoff run yet, but they will look for signs of growth. Will their first-round picks continue growing into franchise cornerstones? Can they improve on last season’s 23-59 overall record? Here are nine predictions for the
After trailing by more than 13 points in the second half, the Pistons rallied but ran out of gas in a 107-101 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. Saddiq Bey, who went without making a 3-pointer against the New York Knicks on Tuesday, had a bounce-back effort with a team-high 23 points
For the second game in a row, the Detroit Pistons couldn’t take care of the ball. That, along with poor shooting, made Friday’s loss feel bigger than the final score indicated. The Pistons fell to the New Orleans Pelicans on the road, 107-101, to fall to 0-2 overall in preseason play. Saddiq Bey finished with
The Detroit Pistons likely hope they see a little bit of themselves in the upstart New Orleans Pelicans. After years of chasing the playoffs and topping out with a 48-win season and a loss in the conference semi-finals, the Pels reset. They traded Anthony Davis, added a bunch of young pieces, got lucky in the
The Detroit Pistons preseason opener against the New York Knicks was a mixed bag of mostly bad things. The final score reflects that, but of the few bright spots, the most important were the quality play of rookies Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren. The Pistons struggled mightily with the Knicks’ aggressive defense and turned the
New York — In something of a scheduling oddity, the Pistons have their first two preseason games on the road and the last two at home. After Tuesday’s game at Madison Square Garden, the team spent two more practice days in New York before heading off to New Orleans. It’s a mini-road trip before the
Welcome back! Now the excitement jumps up a few levels. No long introduction this time, just a reminder that this class does have many prospects who seem to have great potential and this top 10 would be where the Pistons should want to land if they continue to build primarily through the draft. Once more,