MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Detroit Pistons had a strong start to preseason last week, beating the San Antonio Spurs by 10 points at home. The Pistons couldn’t maintain it, falling to the Memphis Grizzlies on the road on Monday, 127-92. Killian Hayes made his preseason debut after missing the exhibition opener with a left ankle
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The Detroit Pistons face off against what could be considered a solid model of a rebuilding franchise in the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizz made the painful decision to rebuild and say goodbye to the Grit and Grind era years ago, but they haven’t had too many missteps along their path back toward relevancy. They hit
Justin Holiday injured his left ankle in Friday’s preseason game but the Pacers guard is optimistic he’ll play in the October 20 season opener at Charlotte, David Woods of the Indianapolis Star reports. Holiday will likely miss the remaining preseason games. Caris LeVert, who has been sidelined by a stress fracture in his back, isn’t participating
Detroit — With their starting backcourt each suffering a sprained ankle in the preseason, most of the attention has been on the Pistons’ young duo of Cade Cunningham and Killian Hayes. There was a third ankle injury to a critical piece of their backcourt: Frank Jackson. Jackson was out for about a week, but he
I’m not sure how often a second-round pick achieves cult status after a handful of Summer League games, but it certainly happened with Detroit Pistons fans and Luka Garza. The myth of Garza is a witch’s brew of being one of the most dominant players in college for several years, Garza losing a bunch of
Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we’re talking about your Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Ben Wallace joining the front office, what we liked and didn’t like about the Pistons’ first preseason game against the Spurs, and we get Ben’s live reaction to
What can you say about Rodney McGruder? No, seriously, help me out. What is there to say? It’s tough to preview McGruder because in an ideal scenario, he has almost no impact in Detroit’s 82-game season. He was re-signed by Troy Weaver in a surprise offseason move because Weaver and the Pistons organization was seeking
Jamorko Pickett’s phone doesn’t ring while he’s visiting his grandma. She lives in Chinquapin, North Carolina — a small, rural community where it is near-impossible for cell phones to pick up a signal. When he’s with her, he’s isolated from the outside world. Except for one time, when his phone suddenly rang. It was July
Detroit — The Pistons continued their preseason work this week, with their first exhibition game, along with daily practices and a fan-friendly open practice on Saturday at Little Caesars Arena. With only one game, it’s hard to make sweeping statements about how their season will go, but there are some clear improvements at certain positions
Instead of spending a beautiful Saturday in October outside, I went to Little Caesars Arena for the Pistons open practice. It is hard to make any clear evaluations from an hour and a half practice and team scrimmage, there were a few interesting things to me. Practice started out with a message to the crowd
The Detroit Pistons held their annual open practice on Saturday at Little Caesars Arena, and featured all of the usual hallmarks. The starters (sans Cade Cunningham, who is recovering from an ankle sprain) scrimmaged against the bench unit. Toward the end, Cory Joseph grabbed the mic to thank fans before goading his younger teammates into singing
The Detroit Pistons were shorthanded during their 115-105 preseason win against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday, but they’re slowly returning back to full health. Cade Cunningham and Frank Jackson missed most of training camp with right ankle sprains, and Killian Hayes was a late scratch Wednesday with a left ankle sprain. But Hayes and
Speaking to Jabari Young of CNBC, Tom Gores admitted that he made a mistake early in his tenure as the owner of the Pistons by trying to take shortcuts to contention instead of being willing to be patient and endure some losing seasons while building the right way. “I should’ve been better about the idea
Ben Wallace is formally joining the Detroit Pistons front office as a basketball operations and team engagement advisor, the team announced Friday. Wallace has been a mainstay with the Pistons in recent months including representing the team at the NBA Draft Lottery that netted them the No. 1 overall pick and eventually Cade Cunningham. He
Ben Wallace has had an outsized presence with the Detroit Pistons this year. The organization tapped him to virtually represent the team at the NBA draft Lottery in June. He became the first undrafted player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in September, and several current Piston players attended his ceremony. And he was
Detroit — Even when the Pistons didn’t have their starting backcourt for their preseason opener Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs, coach Dwane Casey didn’t get desperate to try to piece together a new group of starters. Instead of elevating veterans Cory Joseph and Hamidou Diallo to the first group, Casey opted to move up
Detroit — After being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last month, Pistons icon Ben Wallace isn’t just going to sit around. Wallace is strengthening his connection to the Pistons, joining the organization as a basketball operations and team engagement adviser. The new role solidifies an unofficial role that Wallace had in
The Pistons have given Ben Wallace a formal role within the organization, hiring him as a basketball operations and team engagement advisor, according to a press release. Wallace’s new position will see him assist general manager Troy Weaver and the front office, as well as head coach Dwane Casey and the coaching staff. He’ll be
Deeeeeetroit Basketball is back!!!! (kind of). We may not have seen Cade Cunningham, Killian Hayes or even Frank Jackson last night, but we did get our first taste of what the 2021-22 Detroit Pistons might look like. As everyone might expect there were positives and negatives, but it is always good to come away with