Greg Beacham | Associated Press Los Angeles — DeAndre Jordan is back in Los Angeles, and this time he’ll be chasing a championship from the Staples Center locker room that has a few more trophies in it. The longtime Clippers center signed with the Lakers on Thursday, filling their penultimate roster spot as the 10th 30-something
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I had the absolute pleasure of being joined by Wes Davenport and @PistonsFanalyst for EPISODE 50 of the Motor City Hoops podcast! First, I am absolutely blessed that the Motor City Hoops Podcast has been fortunate enough to make it to episode 50, and just hope I can push on to 50+ more!!! Second, as
Detroit — In many years, the finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame are pretty easy to sift through. In the 2020 class, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett were the headliners, and it even a panel of fifth-graders would have been smart enough to make them first-ballot selections. It takes a more
The season is still a month away, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t interest in the Detroit Pistons. With sports gambling now legal in over half of the United States, it feels like a good time to look at the Pistons not from an analytical perspective but through a gambling lens. We’re going to look
The Detroit Pistons has began 2021 offseason with a big splash. First, they won the Draft Lottery, moving up for the first time in franchise history, despite having the least favorable odds for their pre-lotto position to do so. Next, against many temptations to trade their precious number one overall pick, they drafted with it
Jamal Collier | Chicago Tribune Chicago — The Chicago Bulls addressed a need in the frontcourt Monday when they reportedly agreed to deals with free-agent forwards Stanley Johnson and Alize Johnson. The 6-foot-6 Stanley Johnson, the No. 8 pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons, is a versatile defender capable of guarding multiple
Keith Black Trudeau joins the MCH Podcast for the second time to give us his amazing insights and stories on The “Teal Era” of Pistons history. During his first appearance on the podcast, Keith gave us an amazing look into Pistons history from the start, to The Bad Boys, to the Goin’ To Work Pistons
Is this the season the Detroit Pistons end the NBA’s longest playoff losing streak at 14 games? It might seem far-fetched, considering they went 20-52 last season, worst in the Eastern Conference and second-worst in the NBA. With the addition of No. 1 pick Cade Cunningham, the Pistons enter Year 2 of the rebuild on
Troy Weaver has done it again, dealing the final remaining piece from the roster he took over less than 15 months ago. The Detroit Pistons‘ second-year general manager on Friday traded Sekou Doumbouya to the NBA title favorite Brooklyn Nets in exchange for veteran center DeAndre Jordan, four second-round picks and $5.78 million, according to a
Ahead of the start of training camp this month, the Pistons had a simmering roster issue, with one guaranteed contract more than the league maximum of 15. General manager Troy Weaver resolved the issue Friday agreeing to a trade with the Brooklyn Nets. The Pistons will get veteran center DeAndre Jordan, along with four future
The report comes to us from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: Brooklyn is trading C DeAndre Jordan, four future-second round picks and $5.78M to Detroit for Jahlil Okafor and Sekou Doumbouya. Pistons plan to work through a buyout on two-years, $20M owed Jordan; Nets will save $47M in salary and tax on deal. — Adrian
The Los Angeles Lakers already have their eye on DeAndre Jordan, who is likely heading for a buyout after being traded from the Nets to the Pistons. DeAndre Jordan could be on his way back to Los Angeles very soon, this time as a Laker. The Nets just traded the forward and four second-round NBA
The Detroit Pistons are projected to win 25.5 games, according to PointsBetUSA, which is the third-lowest win total for the 2021-22 season. While oddsmakers don’t expect much from the Pistons next season, there is far less of a consensus from Pistons fans, whose expectations for the team range from a high lottery pick to a
There are a couple narratives going around the Detroit Pistons right now that motivated me to do a breakdown of third-year forward Sekou Doumbouya. First, with the Pistons currently 1 player over the allotted 15-player limit, I believe Sekou is likely to be traded. I have said myself that I would not be surprised if,
By Tim Reynolds | Associated Press Fully vaccinated NBA players and coaches are not expected to be subject to regular coronavirus testing this season, the league told its teams Thursday. Exceptions to that policy will include situations such as a player or coach showing symptoms generally associated with the coronavirus or being exposed to an unvaccinated
A familiar face is returning to the Pistons’ front office. The Pistons announced on Wednesday they’ve hired George David as assistant general manager, bringing back the Farmington native who previously spent 19 seasons with the organization in various roles. “I’m excited to return to the Detroit Pistons and help Tom Gores, Arn Tellem and Troy
November 3, 2008. That was the day Chauncey Billups was traded by the Detroit Pistons. Since then, the Pistons have had perhaps the worst run of point guard play in the NBA thanks to a combination of injuries, lack of depth, lack of development and more. Remember when the point guard rotations included John Lucas
Mat Issa joins MotorCityHoops for the first-ever “Mailbag Episode” where we answer questions submitted by you, the listeners, about our Detroit Pistons via Twitter and the DBB website. Cade’s impact on Killian? Both of their impacts on Sekou? Is the long-term No. 2 option on the roster? If not, where does he come from? All
During the season, we pointed that Saben Lee was, again and again, defying the odds in his rookie campaign in the NBA. First, despite not being predicted to be drafted, he jumped to the 38th pick by a, as it turns out, prescient Detroit Pistons front office. Then, he unexpectedly became a starter, holding his
Entering Year 2 of their “restoring,” how good will the Detroit Pistons be in 2021-22? They finished last season 20-52, the worst record in the Eastern Conference. They won the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft lottery, and drafted a player with superstar potential in Cade Cunningham. Now the hard part begins, as expectations will