The Detroit Pistons announced Friday a plethora of staff promotions and changes, including the addition of two former NBA players to Dwane Casey’s coaching staff. Rashard Lewis and Keith Bogans, who have a combined 27 seasons of NBA playing experience, were announced as assistant coach/player development coach, as was Brandon Bailey, who had been with
admin
Troy Weaver sent a message Thursday: Forget the lottery. It’s time for the Detroit Pistons to get better. Let’s see if the play-in game is a possibility. That’s the expectation now that the team’s general manger traded for veteran wing — and sharpshooter — Bojan Bogdanovic. No, this isn’t a playoffs-or-bust ultimatum from Weaver or
Troy Weaver sent a message Thursday: Forget the lottery. It’s time for the Detroit Pistons to get better. Let’s see if the play-in game is a possibility. That’s the expectation now that the team’s general manger traded for veteran wing — and sharpshooter — Bojan Bogdanovic. No, this isn’t a playoffs-or-bust ultimatum from Weaver or
After the Jazz reached an agreement to send Bojan Bogdanovic to the Pistons for Kelly Olynyk and Saben Lee in a cost-cutting move, Andy Larsen of The Salt Lake Tribune reports (via Twitter) that Utah had late first-round pick offers for the veteran sharpshooter, but the proposals also included longer-term salaries, so the team chose
Training camp opens Monday for the Detroit Pistons. They decided to address two of their biggest roster issues several days beforehand. The Pistons traded Kelly Olynyk and Saben Lee to the Utah Jazz in exchange for veteran wing Bojan Bogdanovic, league sources confirmed to the Free Press on Thursday morning. It isn’t a trade that’ll
The Detroit Pistons have acquired Bojan Bogdanovic from the Utah Jazz for Saben Lee and Kelly Olynyk, according to Shams Charania and James Edwards III of the Athletic. The Pistons were looking a bit light in the shooting department, and Bogdanovic is a 39% career shooter from beyond the arc. He averaged 18.1 points per
The Detroit Pistons under third-year general manager Troy Weaver just keep dealing. The team is trading for Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic in exchange for center Kelly Olynyk and third-year guard Saben Lee, the Free Press confirmed Thursday morning. Bogdanovic, 33, has spent the past three seasons with the Jazz, averaging 18.4 points and shooting 39.7% on 6.8
The Pistons and Jazz are finalizing a trade that will send forward Bojan Bogdanovic to Detroit, sources tell Shams Charania and James L. Edwards III of The Athletic (Twitter links). According to Charania and Edwards, Utah will receive big man Kelly Olynyk and guard Saben Lee in the deal. Bogdanovic is set to earn $19.55MM
The Pistons are adding another veteran to their core of young pieces. Detroit has agreed to trade big man Kelly Olynyk and guard Saben Lee to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Bojan Bogdanovic, a league source confirmed to The Detroit News on Thursday. Shams Charania of Stadium was first to report the deal. By
The Detroit Pistons, once again, will be one of the NBA’s most youthful teams next season. Eleven of their 17 players on the roster are 24 or younger. To improve last year’s 23-59 record and make a push for the NBA play-in, the Pistons will need their young players to be significantly better — especially
The Jazz will sign center Micah Potter to a two-way deal, Shams Charania and Tony Jones of The Athletic report (via Twitter). Utah had a two-way slot open and won’t need to make a corresponding roster move. Johnny Juzang holds the other two-way contract. The Pistons waived Potter last week just days after officially signing him. He seemed likely to begin
Cade Cunningham’s sophomore season is expected to be a sensational one — maybe even good enough to land him in the same stratosphere as some of the best players in the NBA. The versatile Pistons guard landed at No. 35 on ESPN’s 12th annual NBArank, a list of the top 100 players in the league. The list is always a
With a new NBA season about to dawn, it is a great time to take one final deep breath of the summer offseason and think about the not-so-immediate future. More specifically, I’m talking about the 2023 NBA Draft prospects. We don’t know how the Detroit Pistons season will unfold. It could be the play-in tournament,
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 bring you a complete Eastern Conference Preview on this week’s episode of The Pistons Pulse. We go division
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, the guys dig deep on all 15 Eastern Conference teams, sliding them into different tiers from championship contender to rebuilding. How many teams do they think are honestly
September 19th 2022 at 9:07pm CST by Dana Gauruder Breakout seasons from Marvin Bagley III, Kevin Knox and Killian Hayes would go a long way toward a much improved season for the Pistons, Keith Langlois of Pistons.com writes. All three lottery picks have yet to fulfill their promise but could become part of the team’s
Undrafted rookie guard Kyler Edwards has signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Pistons, his agents Aman Dhesi and Maurice Johnson tell our JD Shaw (Twitter link). Edwards, 23, reportedly agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with the Spurs the day after the draft, but that deal was never officially completed. He also spent Summer League
We’re almost exactly a month away from the 2022-23 season, when the Detroit Pistons tip off Oct. 19 against the Orlando Magic. Here are 10 questions they’ll have to answer during the season: 1. Will Pistons solve pitiful outside shooting? Like every other team in the NBA, the Pistons want to shoot well from 3-point
Killian Hayes has to make progress as a scorer to show the Pistons he should be part of their long-term plans, writes James L. Edwards III of The Athletic. After injuries limited him to 26 games as a rookie, Hayes bounced back to play in 66 last season, showing the defensive and passing skills that
The Pistons have waived guard Keifer Sykes, according to RealGM. The Pistons signed Sykes to an Exhibit 10 deal this week in a move designed to get him a bonus worth up to $50K if he spends at least 60 days the Motor City Cruise, Detroit’s G League team. Motor City traded for Sykes’ G League