The Detroit News | The Detroit News National analysts grade the Pistons for their selection of guard Killian Hayes with the No. 7 pick, and for their entire draft class: Killian Hayes ►Jonathan Tjarks, The Ringer: This is a deep pull-up 3 from a new front office led by Troy Weaver. Hayes has the best
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John Niyo | The Detroit News It’s Troy Weaver’s team now. That much is obvious after a whirlwind NBA Draft night that saw the Pistons’ new general manager — five months to the day after he signed on the dotted line here — start hammering away on his new rebuilding project. Or “restoration” project, as
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Since he was picked 12th overall in the 2017 draft, Luke Kennard had been one of the Pistons’ main building blocks, a young deadeye shooter who was just scratching the surface of his capabilities. Kennard won’t reach that full potential with the Pistons. During Wednesday’s NBA Draft, the Pistons
Shawn Windsor | Detroit Free Press Finally, there is a future, and a plan. And to think Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver told us this was coming. Yeah, he said he was open to making moves on draft night. He told us he was ready to mix it up. But this? Three first-round picks? A trio of versatile, tough-minded players with a
Tyler J. Davis | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Pistons traded into the second round Wednesday to make their fourth pick of the 2020 NBA draft. The Utah Jazz traded backup big man Tony Bradley and the No. 38 pick in the draft to Detroit for future considerations. The product: explosive Vanderbilt guard, Saben Lee. “Saben
By Matt Schoch | The Detroit News It’s NBA Draft time. The Pistons picked seventh, 16th and 19th. Point guard appeared to be their biggest need, and they addressed it by selecting Killian Hayes at No. 7. The Pistons then made a pick at No. 16, acquired in a trade from Houston before the draft. Detroit drafted Washington’s Isaiah Stewart
Brian Mahoney | Associated Press Anthony Edwards paid tribute to his mother and grandmother. Onyeka Okongwu recalled his brother. Obi Toppin thought about coming home. Tears flowed freely for those and many more players Wednesday night when their long-awaited, months-delayed NBA dreams were finally realized. Edwards was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No.
The Pistons will sign second-round pick Saben Lee to a two-way contract, James Edwards III of The Athletic tweets. Detroit acquired the No. 38 overall pick in a draft-night trade and selected Lee, a junior guard out of Vanderbilt who averaged 18.6 PPG. 3.5 RPG and 4.2 APG last season. The Pistons’ front office had
By Matt Schoch | The Detroit News It’s NBA Draft time. The Pistons picked seventh, 16th and 19th. Point guard appeared to be their biggest need, and they addressed it by selecting Killian Hayes at No. 7. The Pistons then made a pick at No. 16, acquired in a trade from Houston before the draft. Detroit drafted Washington’s Isaiah Stewart
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press It was a busy night for the Detroit Pistons during the first round of the 2020 NBA draft. First, they took guard Killian Hayes with the No. 7 overall pick. Then, in a proposed trade yet to be approved by the league, the Trail Blazers took center Isaiah Stewart
The Jazz have agreed to trade center Tony Bradley and the No. 38 pick to the Pistons for future considerations and cash, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter links). Bradley, 22, appeared in 58 regular-season games last season, averaging 4.9 PPG and 4.6 RPG in 11.4 MPG. Bradley will be entering his fourth season
The Clippers, Nets, and Pistons have agreed to a trade, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN and Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter links). Wojnarowski and Charania report that Brooklyn will acquire Landry Shamet in the three-team trade, with Luke Kennard going to the Clippers and the Pistons acquiring Rodney McGruder and the No. 19 overall
November 18th 2020 at 8:10pm CST by Luke Adams Drafting James Wiseman won’t prevent the Warriors from looking to add another big man, according to Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area, who reports (via Twitter) that Golden State is eyeing at least four different bigs. The team has its $17MM+ trade exception and the
By Matt Schoch | The Detroit News It’s NBA Draft times. The Pistons — for now — select seventh and 16th. Point guard appears to be their biggest need, with the likes of Tyrese Haliburton or Killian Hayes among those who could be available should the Pistons stick with the pick. Follow along here for live updates
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption NBA free agents 2020: The 10 best options before 2020-21 season The 2020 NBA offseason is unlike any before but Detroit Pistons are one of a handful of teams with ample cap space to spend in free agency. Follow along with us as we follow
UPDATE: This trade is being folded into a larger deal between the Rockets and Pistons, as described in a separate story. The Rockets are trading Trevor Ariza and the No. 16 pick in tonight’s draft to the Pistons in exchange for a future first-round pick, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via Twitter). Houston will also
Marlowe Alter | Detroit Free Press Five months after his hiring, Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver finally got his chance Monday to put his stamp on the roster. Weaver gets another gigantic opportunity Wednesday night, when the 2020 NBA draft gets underway after it was postponed five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Weaver wasted no
A series of players have received qualifying offers from their respective teams, making them restricted free agents this fall, reports ESPN’s Bobby Marks (via Twitter). Those players include Suns forward Dario Saric, Suns guard Jevon Carter, Grizzlies two-way guard John Konchar, Spurs big man Jakob Poeltl, and Spurs two-way players Quinndary Weatherspoon and Drew Eubanks.
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press We’re now counting down the hours before the 2020 NBA draft. It will resemble this year’s NFL draft and be conducted not in one central location in late June, but via the internet in mid November because of the pandemic. That the new circumstances have not dampened the intrigue
In his latest mock draft in advance of tonight’s event, Jeremy Woo of SI.com shares several interesting tidbits, writing that Killian Hayes is “strongly in play” for the Pistons at No. 7 and suggesting there’s some concern about Aaron Nesmith‘s injured foot, which ended his season at Vanderbilt. Woo also hears from sources that Cole