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The Detroit Pistons have $14 million available under the salary cap, meaning the path to adding talent at the NBA trade deadline is easier for them than any other team in the NBA. A recent report indicates that the Pistons are one of several teams interested in trading for Lonzo Ball of the Chicago Bulls.

It’s mailbag time! Send in your questions now for this week’s episode of The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast. Please submit your question to the comments section here or on X/Twitter to @TheRealWesD3and/or @blakesilverman. Join us live on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET for the show where we’ll talk through all the options and opportunities

The Detroit Pistons never led and never looked like a team that should be leading in a 110-91 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday. It was Detroit’s second consecutive loss and fourth in six games. The Pistons were held to 38% shooting, including 10-of-35 from three-point land. It was just that kind of night

If you want to know the definition of a potential statement game, this game is it. The Detroit Pistons are facing one of their division rivals, one of the best teams in their conference, and the team who fired their head coach despite years of success. The Pistons are 11-point dogs for a reason, but

If there is ever a good time to face the Cleveland Cavaliers, it is right now with them in the middle of a 3-game losing streak. However, if you believe that good teams can be motivated by bad stretches of basketball, this might be the worst possible time to face a team like the Cavaliers.

The Detroit Pistons are one of the most pleasant surprises of the NBA season. The team has gone from the laugh stock of the league to a top-six seed in the Eastern Conference. Cade Cunningham is doing most of the heavy lifting, of course, but the reason everything is clicking into place is because Cade

The Pistons are fresh off a great start to a tough stretch of games — beating the Rockets and now the Hawks. In both, Cade was absolutely dominant. Blake and Wes marvel at those recent performances, discussing why Cade Cunningham making an All NBA team is not so far fetched. They also dive into why

The Detroit Pistons’ surprising playoff push continues with a game against a fellow postseason hopeful, the Orlando Magic. The difference here, of course, is the Pistons are looking to make noise in the playoffs for the first time in years. The Magic are trying to do it again. Orlando won 47 games and the Southeast

It was not that long ago that January as a die-hard Detroit Pistons fan meant a nightly pep-talk to come up with reasons to tune in to games in what was already inevitably a meaningless season. In the years following Blake Griffin’s brief stint in the Motor City, this time of year is when fans

The Detroit Pistons have a tough stretch of games right now, and none more important than the one they played tonight against the Atlanta Hawks. Both teams are looking to avoid the play-in tournament to make the playoffs as the 6th seed, but Detroit was able to bring the intense defense the Pistons have been

Who would have thought that the Pistons would be playing meaningful games in late-January and talking about whether they should be buyers at the trade deadline? After an impressive win over the Rockets on Monday, the Pistons have a chance to take down another playoff team on the road in Atlanta. Although we are still

The Jimmy Butler drama in Miami might be ending soon, and the disgruntled star might land in his preferred destination of Phoenix. The question that I care about is—will the Detroit Pistons be involved? Before yesterday, it seemed nearly impossible to believe that the Suns would be able to make any formulation of a deal

If the Detroit Pistons’ current five-game road trip will ultimately define their season, they couldn’t have asked for a better start. Coming off of consecutive losses for the first time in more than a month, the Pistons handled their business on the road against the Houston Rockets 107-96. The Pistons won courtesy of a dominant

Everybody loves a matchup between the number one and number two picks from the same draft class, but as you move further from the year of that draft, the individual matchup doesn’t mean as much as it did. When both of these teams were not any good, I think the Jalen Green-Cade Cunningham matchup meant

The Detroit Pistons were always in the game against the Phoenix Suns, but nobody was ever able to put their stamp on the game. The Suns had no such issues, with Kevin Durant scoring 38, including 30 in the second half, and Devin Booker scoring 35 in the 125-121 win over the Pistons. Cade Cunningham

The Detroit Pistons are playing early today, an entree before the main course of the Detroit Lions faceoff with the Washington Commanders in the NFC playoffs. A full day of Detroit sports hopefully means we will get to enjoy a raucous crowd. It’s also the latest homecoming to Grand Rapids native and Detroit superfan Devin

The Pistons loss to the Pacers does not diminish the fantastic start to the year, and the season in general, that this team has had. Blake and Wes discuss what went wrong in that game, both on offense and defense. They break down why the Pacers’ defensive strategy may be something we see deployed against

Seeing the Detroit Pistons stage a huge comeback is becoming a regular feature of the 2024-25 season. That is because the roster is much-improved and Cade Cunningham has taken the leap to All-Star (and even All-NBA) status. The issue is that to stage a huge comeback, you have to fall way behind. That is also

Cade Cunningham is rightly getting notice for a leap and likely All-Star nod, but the reason the Detroit Pistons are entering the break above .500 is all the help around Cunningham. Veteran shooters Malik Beasley and Tim Hardaway Jr. have provided much-needed spacing to allow Cunningham to work. And when defenses decide to collapse on

The Detroit Pistons are one of the hottest teams in the league. They’ve won ten of their last twelve games, and are attempting to solidify themselves as a playoff contender as we hit the midway point of the season. Tonight, they’ll play host to the Indiana Pacers, who have won seven of their last nine