Little Rock big man Ruot Monyyong is set to work out for the Kings on July 8, tweets Jason Jones of The Athletic. Jones notes that the 6’10” Monyyong was the 2020 Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year and was twice named to the All-Sun Belt team during his college career. Monyyong averaged 11.9
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At first blush, the NBA Finals doesn’t have a particularly endearing pairing, with the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns facing off in one of the unlikeliest matchups. The Bucks haven’t won a championship since 1971 and the Suns never have won a title — and they’ve been a league laughingstock for most of the time since
The expiring contract of Bulls forward Thaddeus Young could be the club’s best non-All Star trade chip, posits Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times. Only $6MM of Young’s $14.2MM contract is guaranteed for the 2021/22 season. The Bulls front office has until August 1 to fully ratify the deal, which would make sense to do, as
Cade Cunningham is the likely choice for the Detroit Pistons. General manager Troy Weaver acknowledged after the draft lottery in June the Oklahoma State star is on top of their list of prospects. You would be hard-pressed to find a mock draft that doesn’t list Cunningham first. He was regarded as the best player in
Cade Cunningham is the likely choice for the Detroit Pistons. General manager Troy Weaver acknowledged after the draft lotteryin June that the Oklahoma State star is on top of their list of prospects. You would be hard-pressed to find a mock draft that doesn’t list Cunningham first. He was regarded as the best player in
In a tale of two point guards, Chris Paul preened on the court, celebrating clinching his first trip to the NBA Finals in his 16-year career. Reggie Jackson, eyes welling, celebrated his situation, thankful for making it to the conference finals. It was a wonder that Paul hadn’t gotten there before, with dominant teams in his
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in Detroit Pistons fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts. While four teams compete to win the 2021 NBA Championship, the Pistons won something of their own this month,
July 1st 2021 at 9:12pm CST by Dana Gauruder The Pacers are close to hiring former Hornets assistant coach Ronald Nored to join Rick Carlisle‘s staff, J. Michael of the Indianapolis Star tweets. Nored reportedly received consideration for the Wizards’ head coaching job. It’s not clear if he remains a candidate for that position, but
From a 20-52 season, the typical thought would be that there is a lot of work to do with the Pistons roster. Whether it’s the next phase of rebuilding or trying to draft for need or just building up the talent base, there is a lot of room to improve. That’s not quite where the
Earlier this week, Jerami Grant became the first Detroit Piston in more than a decade to make the USA Basketball Men’s National Team roster. He’ll briefly be joined by two of his teammates. Pistons rookies Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart were named to the 17-player 2021 USA Basketball Select Team on Thursday. They will train with Grant and
Pistons rookies Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart made a mark in their first season with their surprising performance after being selected in the middle of the first round in the draft last season. Both were named to NBA All-Rookie teams and they have something else to add to their resumes. Bey and Stewart were chosen
Fresh off of being named NBA All-Rookie selections, Detroit Pistons Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart were two of the 17 players named to the 2021 USA Basketball Select Team, USA Basketball announced. The team will train with fellow Piston Jerami Grant and the rest of the Men’s National Team as it prepares to compete in
The roster has been released for the U.S. Select Team, which will help Team USA prepare for the Olympics, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Select Team, which will practice with and scrimmage against the national team during the upcoming training camp in Las Vegas, is made up mostly of first- and second-year NBA
Lazarus Jackson (@lazchance) talked to Sean Derenthal (@odetooden) about Cade Cunnigham’s game and why he’s the top prospect in the 2021 NBA Draft. That, in turn, became a discussion about position-less initiators, the value of posting up in 2021, what 20 minutes on YouTube gets you, Paul George, spending most of your time not defending
The Detroit Pistons are big fans of Jalen Green, as many outlets have previously reported. Does that mean that the Pistons could potentially pass up Cade Cunningham by either selecting Green at No. 1 or trading down and getting him elsewhere? It is impossible to get anyone associated with the Pistons on the record so
By Anne M. Peterson | Associated Press Portland, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers went into damage-control mode while introducing former Piston Chauncey Billups as their new coach Tuesday, amid questions about how they selected him over more experienced candidates and how sexual assault allegations were lodged against him nearly a quarter-century ago. Billups never faced charges related
Kevin Durant. Draymond Green. Kevin Love. Jerami Grant. One of these players is not like the others. Grant isn’t a multiple-time All-Star or an NBA champion. What they have in common is that they’re among the forwards on the U.S. Olympic team headed to Tokyo this summer after a year delay because of the pandemic.
The Detroit Pistons are on the clock, and they have the privilege and the pressure of finding and selecting the best player in the 2021 NBA Draft. The consensus No. 1 pick is Cade Cunningham, but the top three of the draft seems particularly strong with Jalen Green and Evan Mobley all having particular cases
There’s a belief that the Pelicans won’t be especially eager to add another rookie to an already young roster, according to Jonathan Givony of ESPN (Insider link), who says the No. 10 pick in next month’s draft, currently held by New Orleans, is considered one of the most available in the lottery. Within his latest
Suffice it to say that Ben Wallace wasn’t waiting by the phone or checking social media to see whether he was selected for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. If it happened, it happened. If not, well, he would have been none the wiser. Wallace, a five-time All-NBA selection, four-time defensive player of the