It’s a little bit of good news and some not-so-good news for the Pistons players connected to Team USA and the Select Team that is preparing them for the Olympics this month. Saddiq Bey, who was on the developmental Select Team, is being promoted temporarily to Team USA, according to a report by The Athletic’s
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Detroit Pistons rookie big man Isaiah Stewart was one of 17 young players selected to the 2021 USA Basketball Select Team, which trained with the USA Basketball Men’s National Team in Las Vegas from Tuesday-Friday. Unfortunately, Stewart’s time in Vegas was cut short. Stewart suffered an ankle injury Thursday and went home before completing the entire training camp, sources
There’s another Detroit Piston on USA Basketball’s top team, at least for the next week. Saddiq Bey was reportedly elevated from the USA Basketball Select Team — think the Washington Generals to the Olympic team’s Harlem Globetrotters — on Friday ahead of Team USA beginning exhibition play Saturday. The Athletic’s Shams Charania was the first
Hornets forward Miles Bridges and P.J. Washington and Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley are no longer with the U.S. Select Team scrimmaging against Team USA’s Olympic roster in Las Vegas, tweets ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. The three players have been removed from the mix due to the coronavirus protocols. A person with knowledge of the situation told
Jerami Grant is at the USA Basketball practices this week in Las Vegas. He might not be the first name that most people think of when they start running down the list of the best basketball players in the world, but he’s earned his spot. Team USA is favored to win the gold medal in
The scouting report on Jerami Grant after his first season with the Detroit Pistons probably looks significantly different from the one during his first few NBA seasons, spent with the Philadelphia 76ers. Golden State Warriors forward — and former Michigan State star and Flint native — Draymond Green took a moment to reflect on Grant’s progression
July 8th 2021 at 10:01pm CST by Dana Gauruder Former NBA guard Milos Teodosic has reached a contract extension agreement with Virtus Bologna through the 2022/23 season, according to a team press release. Teodosic played 60 games with the Clippers from 2017-19. He was waived in February of his final season and signed with the
Kevin Love was a controversial selection to Team USA and he’s eager to prove he can still be a high-level player for the country and the Cavaliers, Chris Fedor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes. Love appeared in just 25 games this season and hasn’t played in more than 60 games in the last five
Associated Press Memphis, Tenn. — Memphis coach Penny Hardaway has added Hall of Famer Larry Brown to the Tigers’ staff as an assistant, reuniting the former New York Knicks player and coach. Brown, 80, is the only coach to win championships in both the NCAA (with Kansas in 1988) and the NBA (Detroit Pistons, 2004) over
In a perfect world, the Pistons’ front office, led by general manager Troy Weaver, already has decided to take Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft on July 29. It’s the sensible thing to do, after all. The goal of every lottery team is to defy the odds and rise up
Sean Sweeney, an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons who focused primarily on the team’s defensive game plans and working with its young players, will be leaving Motown to join Jason Kidd’s staff in Dallas, according to Marc Stein. Sweeney was reportedly close to signing a contract extension in Detroit and seemed poised to be
The Mavericks are in advanced talks to hire Sean Sweeney as an assistant coach on Jason Kidd‘s new staff, according to veteran NBA reporter Marc Stein (Twitter link). Sweeney, who has been on Dwane Casey‘s staff in Detroit since 2018, was said last month to be in talks with the Pistons on a new deal.
The buzz is still out there. Can you feel it? Sure, you can. The No. 1 pick in the NBA draft doesn’t come around often. In fact, for the Detroit Pistons, it hasn’t come around in 50 years. In exactly three weeks, Troy Weaver, the team’s general manager, will draft a player expected to turbo-boost the Pistons’
The Grand Rapids Drive is no more. After years of connection as the Pistons’ affiliate in the G League, the Drive announced Wednesday that they have a new agreement with the Denver Nuggets — and will rebrand themselves the Grand Rapids Gold. The Pistons did not own the Drive, but they maintained an affiliate agreement
Pistons forward Saddiq Bey is going to have some good stories to tell about how he spent his summer off from the NBA. He didn’t exactly take a break from basketball; instead; he was picked for the USA Basketball Select Team, which will practice and scrimmage with Team USA in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics
While Troy Weaver and the Detroit Pistons execute their due diligence ahead of the NBA Draft, a new report indicates that if the Pistons did make a trade their target would be a surprise. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony spoke to several NBA teams and said that if the Pistons do decide to trade the No. 1
This time last year, Saddiq Bey was largely limited to working out in high school gyms to prepare for the draft. Because of the pandemic, he had a tough time accessing gyms with NBA-length 3-point lines. A lot has changed since then. Bey made the NBA All-Rookie first team with the Detroit Pistons after a
The Cavaliers, Rockets, Pelicans, and Thunder are among the teams that are “making overtures” to evaluate what it would take to trade up to the No. 1 spot in this year’s draft, sources tell Jonathan Givony of ESPN. Givony cautions that any talks are in the very early stages and says that if the Pistons
Langston Galloway finished last season with the Pistons with an uncertain future. His three-year contract expired and when their season ended abruptly because of the pandemic, Galloway was headed for the fifth team entering just his seventh season. When the Phoenix Suns came calling, it looked to be a good fit for Galloway, especially given
P.J. Tucker is used to being a part of contending teams, but this season took a detour before he landed in Milwaukee, notes Eric Nehm of The Athletic. Tucker had to endure a lot of losing in Houston after the Rockets dealt James Harden in mid-January. He was stuck in a rebuilding situation until the