J. Michael | Indianapolis Star Show Caption Hide Caption Indiana Pacers 2020-21 salary cap hits According to Spotrac, these are the salary cap hits for Indiana Pacers players for the 2020-21 season. Jason Buckner, who has served eight years as manager of scouting for the Indiana Pacers, has joined the Detroit Pistons as their director of
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Rod Beard | The Detroit News For the first time in a long time, the Pistons can be major players in free agency. With a projected $30 million in cap space, they can pursue a top-tier target in hopes of improving their roster for next season. Not that they should, but they could. The problem
Brett Martel | Associated Press New Orleans — New Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy sees a New Orleans roster brimming with young players who have obvious talent, but still have plenty to learn about the way basketball is played in the NBA. The former Detroit Pistons coach has a track record of bridging that gap
The Pistons can be reasonably certain about five prospects who won’t drop to them at the No. 7 overall pick, according to Keith Langlois of Pistons.com. From the way the draft is shaping up, Anthony Edwards, James Wiseman, LaMelo Ball, Obi Toppin and Deni Avdija — in no particular order — will be off the
October 27th 2020 at 11:48am CST by Luke Adams Kevin O’Connor’s latest update to his 2020 NBA mock draft at the Ringer includes several intriguing tidbits about which way certain teams might be leaning and which players are generating interest at certain spots. We’ve already passed on a couple of those notes, relaying word that
Don Thompson | Associated Press The success of the Los Angeles Lakers and Dodgers are bringing fans together in the LA area and that may be helping drive an uptick in coronavirus cases, Los Angeles County’s top health official said Monday, The Lakers won the NBA championship two weeks ago and the Dodgers are one
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption ‘Everything’s up in the air’ for 2020-21 NBA season What I’m Hearing: USA TODAY Sports’ Mark Medina breaks down the future of the NBA heading into the 2020-21 season. For the fourth time in eight years, Michigan State basketball will likely have two players
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Next season could be a deeply competitive season for the Eastern Conference. Last year’s top six teams — the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers, Miami Heat and Philadelphia Sixers — are all expected to be competitive next season. The Brooklyn Nets, a seventh seed in
October 23rd 2020 at 7:44pm CST by Dana Gauruder Despite travel restriction and protocols due to the pandemic, the Raptors remain hopeful they’ll play in Toronto next season, Josh Lewenberg of TSN tweets. The organization has discussed several contingency options but it is not interested in moving games to Louisville, refuting a report earlier this
Jeff Zillgitt | USA TODAY The NBA is targeting a Dec. 22 start date for the 2020-21 season, two people with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports on Friday. The people requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the discussions. The season would include 72 games and finish before
Arn Tellem | Special to Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Dwane Casey’s takeaways from Detroit Pistons bubble workouts Coach Dwane Casey’s takeaways from Detroit Pistons bubble workouts, including being pleased with the development of some youngsters, Oct. 2, 2020. Back in a time before COVID-19, before the current recession, and before the advent
The Pistons may be rebuilding, but they don’t expect it to be a long process, writes Keith Langlois of NBA.com. There’s optimism throughout the organization that Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose will both be healthy when training camp opens, giving the team a veteran foundation to guide its young players. Griffin underwent knee surgery in
Arn Tellem | Special to Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Dwane Casey’s takeaways from Detroit Pistons bubble workouts Coach Dwane Casey’s takeaways from Detroit Pistons bubble workouts, including being pleased with the development of some youngsters, Oct. 2, 2020. Back in a time before COVID-19, before the current recession, and before the advent
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press As the 2020 NBA draft draws closer, consistency is beginning to emerge among draft analysts on who the best prospects within the lottery (top 14) are. With the seventh overall pick, the Detroit Pistons are outside of what many analysts would consider the first tier of talent in the
Coming off a down year in which he was limited to just 18 ineffective games due to a knee injury, Pistons forward Blake Griffin is owed $36.8MM in 2020/21, with a player option worth nearly $39MM for ’21/22. As a result of that onerous contract, he’s not expected to be the most popular player on
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Whenever NBA free agency finally begins, the league’s 30 teams will turn their attention to reshaping their rosters — some with hopes of shifting the balance of talent to match the powerhouses that the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers have amassed. Some of the top names are predictable, given
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Pacers hire Raptors assistant Nate Bjorkgren as new head coach New Pacers head coach Nate Biorkgren shares coaching philosophy with the media on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. Among the Detroit Pistons’ long list of tasks to accomplish this offseason: figuring out the best path
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Stan Van Gundy is going from the broadcast booth back to the sidelines. The former Detroit Pistons team president and coach, who had been a TV analyst for TNT, has agreed to coach the New Orleans Pelicans, according to multiple reports Wednesday. Van Gundy, 61, was with the Pistons
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press More than two years after stepping down as the Detroit Pistons‘ head coach and president of basketball operations, Stan Van Gundy is back in the NBA. The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Van Gundy as their new head coach. The hire comes two months after the Pelicans fired
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Pistons’ 2019-20 season tipped off a year ago this week. On Oct. 23, 2019, the Pistons traveled to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and brought home a 119-110 victory. It may feel like a lifetime ago. A year later, we’re still several months away from 2021