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The Detroit Pistons have come to an agreement with free agent big man Kelly Olynyk on a three-year deal for $37 million, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Pistons were in the market for a big man after trading incumbent starter Mason Plumlee during the NBA Draft. The price tag is steep for Olynyk,

It is Day 1 of (legal) Free Agency in the NBA, and the Pistons have been rumored to be interested in a lot of guys, and there could be other moves that shake up the conference. Despite the relative weakness of the free agency class, free agency season never fails to get the blood pumping

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we’re talking about your Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Cade Cunningham officially becoming a Piston, the roster shakeups the team made on draft night and after the draft, the prospects the Pistons picked up in the second

Other than taking Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 overall pick, the Detroit Pistons worked on draft night in a quiet or maybe even quietly disappointing fashion. Yes, they drafted a franchise player with their No. 1 overall pick, but then not only did the Pistons not aggressively trade up in the draft, as they

You might get waived, but in Detroit, you’re never truly gone. Such is the case with two players who were recently let go by the Pistons, and one could have the potential to significantly impact the team’s play and rotation next season. After seeing his $12.6 million option declined, word is Cory Joseph is expected

Now that the 2021 NBA Draft has passed, and we’re about to learn whatever free agency has to offer, we have “officially” added Cade Cunningham to the roster and moved on from Mason Plumlee (admittedly, in a fashion most of us did not see coming), I thought it would be fun to look at possible

When Troy Weaver selected Isaiah Livers with the 42nd overall pick in the draft, he may have sacrificed some high-end potential offered by other potential picks, but he added a Michigan native who has consistently made winning plays throughout his career. It all started in Kalamazoo where Livers earned scholarship offers from Michigan and Michigan

The Detroit Pistons opened up salary cap space with the trade of Mason Plumlee and by waiving Cory Joseph and Tyler Cook, and presuming they also waive Rodney McGruder and his $5 million salary before Aug. 15. Attention is now turning to who the team might turn to as a free agent target, and the

I had the absolute pleasure of being joined on the Motor City Hoops (@MotorCityHoops) podcast by Lazarus Jackson (@lazchance) to provide a recap, reactions and analysis on the Detroit Pistons draft class. We started off with fan favorite Cade Cunningham and eventually talked about what we see in him as a player, but first we

The Detroit Pistons roster is beginning to take shape with the team reportedly waiving veteran Cory Joseph and young guard Deividas Sirvydis, according to The Athletic’s James L. Edwards III and Shams Charania. The team also waived Tyler Cook, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks. The decision to waive Joseph is no surprise as he was

When your team has the number one pick in the NBA Draft, excitement around the team reaches very high levels. We are witnessing that right now with the Detroit Pistons after they made Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham the number one overall pick and hopefully the face of the next Pistons Championship team. However, there are

While the NBA Draft is an exciting time for Pistons fans, it was likely quite stressful for former second-round pick Saben Lee. Today, it was reported the Pistons offered Lee a qualifying offer, but leading up to the draft the prospects of that looked to be in doubt. The Detroit Pistons drafted Lee in the

Meet Luka Garza, the Iowa center the Detroit Pistons snagged in the second round of the NBA Draft. For those of you unfamiliar with college basketball generally or Garza specifically, here is a quick rundown of his collegiate accomplishments. He was last year’s NCAA leader in points, total made field goals, made 2-point field goals,

You can’t accuse Cade Cunningham of being afraid of the moment, the comparisons or the responsibility. He’s embraced it all. When facing gargantuan expectations along the way, whether at Montverde Academy, Oklahoma State or with the Detroit Pistons, he has only asked why people are thinking so small. No matter how great you say he

The Detroit Pistons began the NBA Draft with a bang, or maybe that was just a collective sigh of relief from every Pistons fan exhaling at once as the pick of Cade Cunningham was announced by Adam Silver. Cunningham walked to the podium in a sharp black suit and then did and said all the

Lazarus Jackson (@lazchance) talked to the gentlemen of The Uncontested (@The_Uncontested) podcast, the Oklahoma City Thunder podcast on the Blue Wire podcast network, about the chaotic 2021 NBA Draft, Cade Cunnigham’s game, and the Detroit Pistons’ second-round selections. That, in turn, became a discussion about basketball chameleons, Troy Weaver’s taste in centers, how Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

The Detroit Pistons traded one big man in Mason Plumlee on draft day, and took another one in the second round with the selection of Luka Garza with the 52nd pick. Garza saw nothing but success as a big man at Iowa over four decorated seasons. Now, he gets to find out if that game

Isaiah Livers won’t have to go far as he begins his journey to the NBA. The Kalamazoo native and former University of Michigan Wolverine was drafted with the 42nd pick by the Detroit Pistons. Livers shot 43% from 3 and 87% from the free-throw line. He has solid size for a forward, but might be

The Detroit Pistons began the night selecting a player on the top of everyone’s mind in Cade Cunningham, and they ended the night selecting a player few knew existed in Balsa Koprivica. And the two happened to be teammates at Montverde Academy. The Serbian big man stands 7-foot-1 with a 7-foot-3.5 wingspan. He also allegedly

If you could describe Mason Plumlee’s Detroit Pistons career in one word it would be serviceable. He was a completely competent player who didn’t wow, but also didn’t make many mistakes. Important features on a team that was one of the youngest in the league and wanted to focus on playing and developing a bunch