Detroit Bad Boys

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we talk about your 17-40 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Isaiah Stewart deserving a spot on the All-Rookie team, TANKWATCH, and our conflicting emotions on that Killian Hayes shot against the Clippers. Why we’re talking about “Rest”

The baby Detroit Pistons will once again see the floor tonight as seven players have already been ruled out against the also bad Cleveland Cavaliers. Call it finding times for the young guys or call it blatant tanking. Whatever it is, it’s probably going to be some ugly basketball tonight. The saving grace for the

The Detroit Pistons played on the second night of a back-to-back in a matchup of two bottom dwellers in the standings. It turns out, even with many players well-rested they were no match for the Wizards, falling 100-121. Taking into account where the franchise is at the moment in its rebuild, losing isn’t the problem.

Game Vitals: When: Saturday, April 17, 2021, 8 p.m. ESTWhere: Capital One Arena, Washington D.C.Watch: Bally Sports Detroit, NBA League PassOdds: Pistons +4.5 Projected Lineups: Detroit Pistons (17-39):Cory Joseph, Josh Jackson, Saddiq Bey, Jerami Grant, Mason Plumlee Washington Wizards (22-33):Russell Westbrook, Bradley Beal, Deni Avdija, Rui Hachimura, Alex Len Pregame Reading: DBB’s own Matt Way

For the first time all season, the Pistons’ three first-round draft picks started the game together. And it was sure fun to watch. We’ve seen them all impress at times individually, but seeing it all happen at the same time felt different. Isaiah Stewart was a man among boys even at only 19 years old.

With just a month left on the 2020-21 schedule, there’s no better time than now to wrap up the Tank Commander series. In case you’re new here, this series monitors where the Pistons and their fellow tanking members of the National Basketball Association stand regarding positioning in the draft lottery. Based on FiveThirtyEight’s prediction formula,

The schedule doesn’t spoil us. The Detroit Pistons host tonight Oklahoma City Thunder, visit Washington Wizards tomorrow and host Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday. These teams have a combined winning percentage of 37.2%. It’s the type of schedule you want when fighting for a favorable playoffs seed, but not one you want when you … are

With 17 games left in the regular season, the Detroit Pistons are in an unfamiliar position. They’re one of the three worst teams in the NBA, a feat they haven’t accomplished since 1993 when they landed the third overall pick. That selection, of course, ended up being Grant Hill, who is perhaps the single most

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged in Detroit Pistons fans, and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts. In the latest SB Nation Reacts survey, a full 100 percent of responding Pistons fans are confident the

In a season full of impressive tanking by the Detroit Pistons, tonight’s loss takes the cake. Down 11 points with under five minutes left, the LA Clippers went on an 18-5 run to win the game 100-98, aided by a former resident of Little Caesars Arena. Pistons fans surely remember Reggie Jackson’s proclivity for late-game

The Los Angeles Clippers will be even more short handed than they were Sunday when these two teams faced off. Stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are sitting out tonight’s contest against the Detroit Pistons, and they join the already sidelined Serge Ibaka and Patrick Beverly. Conversely, the Pistons look to have Jearmi Grant and

We took last week off from the Pistons to talk the upcoming NBA Draft, so in case you missed that episode, make sure to check it out here! Now, we’re back talking Detroit Basketball. In this episode, we focus on the French Connection — that is, Killian Hayes’ return and the consistently curious case that

The Detroit Pistons return to Little Caesars Arena having won two of their five games on the recent West Coast road trip. That’s a solid result in a typical year, though it’s less ideal for the Pistons’ lottery odds. With the Orlando Magic within reach of the coveted third-worst record, Detroit has extra motivation to

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we talk about your 16-37 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Killian Hayes playing good against bad teams and bad against good teams, why Sekou Doumbouya is getting more minutes and what he’s doing with them, and …

There is nothing more appropriate than Josh Jackson leading the team in shots in the Detroit Pistons’ 131-124 loss to the LA Clippers on Sunday. It was an extremely Josh Jackson game for both squads. Defense was intense but each team just kept trading offensive body blows, nailing 3-pointers, hitting step-back jumpers, and driving into

The Detroit Pistons are facing some former Detroit Pistons without some current Detroit Pistons. The Los Angeles Clippers will have Marcus Morris, Luke Kennard and Reggie Jackson. But Jerami Grant remains out with knee soreness and Killian Hayes is being held out as part of injury management. Dennis Smith Jr. is also questionable. That means

The Detroit Pistons are in the middle of the second half of their schedule (that only looks easier on paper) in which they’re playing 36 games in 74 days. They are currently in almost certainly the most difficult stretch of this half or even the entire season. In the span of seven days, they’re playing

The Detroit Pistons went into Portland on Saturday evening without the services of Jerami Grant (knee). Everyone knew it would be a tall task to beat a playoff team in the Trail Blazers. That proved to be exceedingly true. The Blazers defeated the Pistons 118-103. The Blazers won the first and third quarters by 10

After a thrilling shockingly easy victory over the Sacramento Kings, we now return you to our regularly scheduled program. The Detroit Pistons appear seriously overmatched tonight against the Portland Trail Blazers. Playing on the road, on the second night of a back-to-back, without Jerami Grant or probably Mason Plumlee. And to make matters worse, the

The Detroit Pistons have won four of seven games, and suddenly people are afraid the team is winning too much. Sure a couple extra losses would provide a little cushion in the tank battles to come. Tonight, though, there is likely less reason to worry. The Portland Trail Blazers are not the Sacramento Kings. And