Detroit Bad Boys

After reading Duke’s recent analysis, there are three things we can tell about Jamorko Pickett based on his four-year college career. One, he’s a good three-point shooter who has the size, length and mechanics that can make him a deadly threat from the perimeter. Two, he’s awful inside the arc, but some of this could

I had the absolute pleasure of being joined by Wes Davenport and @PistonsFanalyst for EPISODE 50 of the Motor City Hoops podcast! First, I am absolutely blessed that the Motor City Hoops Podcast has been fortunate enough to make it to episode 50, and just hope I can push on to 50+ more!!! Second, as

The season is still a month away, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t interest in the Detroit Pistons. With sports gambling now legal in over half of the United States, it feels like a good time to look at the Pistons not from an analytical perspective but through a gambling lens. We’re going to look

The Detroit Pistons has began 2021 offseason with a big splash. First, they won the Draft Lottery, moving up for the first time in franchise history, despite having the least favorable odds for their pre-lotto position to do so. Next, against many temptations to trade their precious number one overall pick, they drafted with it

Keith Black Trudeau joins the MCH Podcast for the second time to give us his amazing insights and stories on The “Teal Era” of Pistons history. During his first appearance on the podcast, Keith gave us an amazing look into Pistons history from the start, to The Bad Boys, to the Goin’ To Work Pistons

The report comes to us from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: Brooklyn is trading C DeAndre Jordan, four future-second round picks and $5.78M to Detroit for Jahlil Okafor and Sekou Doumbouya. Pistons plan to work through a buyout on two-years, $20M owed Jordan; Nets will save $47M in salary and tax on deal. — Adrian

The Detroit Pistons are projected to win 25.5 games, according to PointsBetUSA, which is the third-lowest win total for the 2021-22 season. While oddsmakers don’t expect much from the Pistons next season, there is far less of a consensus from Pistons fans, whose expectations for the team range from a high lottery pick to a

There are a couple narratives going around the Detroit Pistons right now that motivated me to do a breakdown of third-year forward Sekou Doumbouya. First, with the Pistons currently 1 player over the allotted 15-player limit, I believe Sekou is likely to be traded. I have said myself that I would not be surprised if,

November 3, 2008. That was the day Chauncey Billups was traded by the Detroit Pistons. Since then, the Pistons have had perhaps the worst run of point guard play in the NBA thanks to a combination of injuries, lack of depth, lack of development and more. Remember when the point guard rotations included John Lucas

Mat Issa joins MotorCityHoops for the first-ever “Mailbag Episode” where we answer questions submitted by you, the listeners, about our Detroit Pistons via Twitter and the DBB website. Cade’s impact on Killian? Both of their impacts on Sekou? Is the long-term No. 2 option on the roster? If not, where does he come from? All

During the season, we pointed that Saben Lee was, again and again, defying the odds in his rookie campaign in the NBA. First, despite not being predicted to be drafted, he jumped to the 38th pick by a, as it turns out, prescient Detroit Pistons front office. Then, he unexpectedly became a starter, holding his

We’ve reached the doldrums of the NBA’s offseason. There’s no draft to analyze, no Summer League to over-react to, and no free agency to spit #HotTakes about. No, we’re in the final stretch before training camp kicks off. From the draft to free agency, the Detroit Pistons had an interesting offseason. We analyzed it and

Back in 2018, Luka Dončić was breaking onto the scene for the Dallas Mavericks as a future superstar. This left the Mavericks’ first-round pick the year prior, Dennis Smith Jr, the odd man out. Smith went from point guard of the future to backup in Dallas to disappointment in New York to trade throw in

Bryce Hendricks, who is also host of the Upside Swings Podcast, joined Motor City Hoops to continue to look ahead to the 2021-2022 Detroit Pistons season. We use what we saw from the Summer League to look ahead at what we might see from players during the regular season AND what it tells us about

DJ Bakker, a longtime player development coach under Dwane Casey in both Toronto and Detroit, has been named the head coach of the Motor City Cruise, the team announced Tuesday. “DJ brings tremendous basketball knowledge and has had great success working with players at all levels,” said Rob Murphy, president and general manager for the

A guy who has flown a little under the radar this offseason after a solid showing in his rookie year is Saben Lee. I suppose this is understandable when you are in the same draft class as Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart and play the same position as Cade Cunningham and Killian Hayes, and the

Balša Koprivica, the 7-foot big man out of Florida State, signed a three-year deal with KK Partizan in Serbia. Koprivicia was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 57th overall pick in the NBA Draft, but didn’t have a route to a roster spot or a two-way contract with the Pistons. By signing with Partizan,

Eli Bashi joins the Motor City Hoops Podcast for ep. 46. Eli was born and raised in metro Detroit and has been a lifelong fan and supporter of the Detroit Pistons (and all Detroit teams) while also being a contributor at PistonPowered. I start off the episode by getting Eli’s thoughts and opinions on the

The Detroit Pistons released their season schedule on Friday, and now we know that Cade Cunningham will suit up for his first professional game at Little Caesars Arena on Oct. 20 as his Pistons take on the Chicago Bulls. That checks off one of the biggest boxes of any schedule release. The next most interesting

With the recent news that Jamorko Pickett got an Exhibit 10 contract from the Detroit Pistons, it is a good time to take a deep dive into his game and examine why the team wants to invest in him and try to bring him to the Cruise for this upcoming G-League season. So far, he