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
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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
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
Whaddup Doe! I am proud to introduce The Home Court: A Pistons FanCast. Every week come watch LIVE Pistons games with DBB’s very own Jack Kelly, Wes Davenport from Pistons Pulse, Cody Tossava from Pistons Twitter Roundtable, and myself, along with Pistons fans from all over the world. With chat and stage features similar to
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
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
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
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,
Listen, I’ve watched the same Detroit Pistons this preseason as you. I’ve seen them take their lumps, look disjointed on both ends of the court, and generally look like a hot-mess express. Even the computers over at FiveThirtyEight are down on them. So, really, I understand the pessimism that surrounds this team. I guess, as
There are three teams in the Southwest Divison with NBA Title hopes, and you can’t blame any of the three — Dallas, Memphis or New Orleans — for thinking big. There are the Warriors and then there is everyone else, and you never know when Golden State might be vulnerable. There are much worse things
Free Press sports writers answer the burning questions and make predictions about the Detroit Pistons and the 2022-23 NBA season: Omari Sankofa II Optimistic, glass half-full view of rebuild and this season: Cade Cunningham makes a sophomore leap and receives strong All-Star consideration, Jaden Ivey has an encouraging rookie season and the supporting young players
After spending the summer high-altitude training, Saddiq Bey is in the best shape of his life. No, for real. Bey comes into the season at roughly the same playing weight from a season ago, but he looks physically different. He’s lowed his body fat, and he appears ready to build on an already impressive resume
Jalen Duren, the 13th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, will be the youngest player in the NBA this season. Marvin Bagley III’s bone bruise and sprained MCL means that Duren will see rotation minutes almost immediately, despite that fact. Troy Weaver kept telling us that Duren was more ready than we thought. And