The Philadelphia 76ers are coming off of two demoralizing losses against the two bellwethers in the NBA. The new-look Philly squad led by MVP candidate Joel Embiid and James Harden had contests against the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks and the best team so far this season in the Phoenix Suns. They lost to the Suns
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While half of the NBA is jockeying for playoff positioning and trying to finish the season strong, for the worst of the worst in the NBA, one question looms large above all others — to tank or not to tank. The incentives for a franchise are one thing, but the incentives for the fans can
Since Cade Cunningham’s well-documented “slow start,” it feels as though the Detroit Piston rookie’s impact and consistency have grown by leaps and bounds. Similar to his counterpart Jerami Grant (whose play I recently wrote about), Cunningham seems to have found his stride since the NBA’s annual All Star Break in February. Upon returning from a
The Philadelphia 76ers are coming off of two demoralizing losses against the two bellwethers in the NBA. The new-look Philly squad led by MVP candidate Joel Embiid and James Harden had contests against the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks and the best team so far this season in the Phoenix Suns. They lost to the Suns
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By Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — Pistons forward Marvin Bagley III played one season for retiring Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who takes on archrival North Carolina Saturday night in the Final Four, chasing his sixth national title. Bagley was asked how the legendary player developer most impacted him. “I love Coach K,”
Detroit — When Nicolet Lewis joined the Pistons as the vice president of human resources in 2019, she was the only woman on the executive team. That situation isn’t an anomaly. Many sports teams have high percentages of men represented in the highest positions in the front office, as well as on the business side
Dwane Casey, vocal as anyone about Cade Cunningham’s Rookie of the Year candidacy, has a go-to response when asked why Cunningham qualifies: The Detroit Pistons’ No. 1 pick has “it.” But what is “it?” Cunningham provided plenty of examples Tuesday. “We had Blake (Griffin) a couple years ago when he was healthy,” Casey said. “He had that star
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons, despite a loss, show even more growth Tuesday in Brooklyn. #ItsMillerTime
We hear from Isaiah Stewart after he posts 15 points and 11 rebounds in Tuesday’s 130-123 loss in Brooklyn. #DetroitBasketball
Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Cade Cunningham, playing hurt, scored 29 of his 34 points Tuesday night in the second half but it wasn’t enough to save Detroit from a 130-123 loss in Brooklyn. The Pistons played with grit and hustle, and found their 3-point shooting touch in the first half. Detroit led
We’ve seen Cade Cunningham catch on fire this season. His performance on the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday was different, though. Cunningham matched his career-high with 34 points, and scored 29 in the second half and 17 in the fourth quarter. The Detroit Pistons, without Jerami Grant for the second game in a row due to
On a night where the Detroit Pistons’ young guards played some of the best basketball of their careers, they still helped their lottery odds by losing to the Brooklyn Nets 130-123. Detroit won each of the first two quarters to take a 6 point lead to halftime. They did so on the strength of a
Over the past few weeks, I have taken a look at different aspects of the Detroit Pistons offense including ball screen situations and what sets they are using ATO, to start quarters and BLOB/SLOB. For this article, I wanted to take a look at what they were getting in transition situations. This breakdown is from
By Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons announced Monday night that leading scorer Jerami Grant will miss the final seven games of the season with a left calf strain. He was injured in the first quarter of Friday’s game with the Wizards and didn’t play Sunday against the Knicks. Now, it
The Cade Cunningham for rookie of the year hype train is slowly gaining steam. The latest courtesy of the Detroit Pistons themselves who released a Cade for Rookie of the Year infographic and hype video. It all goes down so smoothly. [embedded content] When your name is listed alongside the likes of Michael Jordan and
Jerami Grant will miss the Detroit Pistons’ remaining seven games with a calf strain that originally kept him out of Detroit’s game against the New York Knicks, the team announced Monday. Grant seemed to injured the calf early against the Washington Wizards, going to the sidelines in the first quarter and never returning to action.
The Detroit Pistons enter the seventh-to-last game of the season controlling their own destiny in a less traditional way. With 75 games played, the Pistons, Houston Rockets, and Orlando Magic all have 20 wins with Orlando having a current edge with one extra loss. So, if Detroit loses out, they are guaranteed a spot in
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Each week we ask questions of the most plugged-in Detroit Pistons fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts. In a perfect world, I suppose, the Detroit Pistons would be exactly where the Cleveland Cavaliers are now. Coming off
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 Bryce start off the episode talking about Saddiq Bey breaking the Pistons single season 3-point record, Cade’s scoring 1,000