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It’s been something of a wild ride for Nerlens Noel, professional basketball player, since entering the NBA in the 2013 draft. ESPN’s No. 1 ranked prospect, Noel showcased his advanced defensive ability and instincts in his lone year at Kentucky, highlighted by a UK single-game record of 12 blocks in a January performance against Ole

Speed, athleticism, first-step. Those were some of the first words you heard when talking to people about Jaden Ivey through the 2023 NBA Draft process. Less heralded but easily apparent during his first preseason with the Detroit Pistons has been his passing and creation for teammates. Honestly, you probably would have found more questions about

There’s no question Marvin Bagley exceeded expectations upon his trade to the Detroit Pistons in February. The once highly touted big man left behind the pressures of being a high draft selection in Sacramento and entered Detroit with a fresh slate. In only 18 games, Bagley posted averages of 14.6 points and 6.8 boards in

In an NBA obsessed with tall, perimeter-based wing players, the 6-foot-9 Kevin Knox finds himself suiting up for the third franchise in less than 12 months. Knox’s career to date is one of tantalizing potential that has thus far gone unrealized. Taken with the ninth selection in the 2018 NBA Draft, the New York Knicks

It was just another season of productive basketball for Cory Joseph. While Detroit Pistons fans are always anxious to write him off in favor of the team’s next, shiniest object, Joseph just hangs out in the background waiting for his opportunity. Because once you give it to him, he’s going to take advantage of it.

Last season, Hamidou Diallo experienced a season full of highs and lows. Perhaps there were more lows than highs, but at the pinnacle, you could see why some in the Detroit Pistons organization viewed Diallo as a potentially significant piece to the future. Diallo’s roller-coaster season actually started in the offseason. A restricted free agent,

The wing position for the Detroit Pistons is surprisingly deep, but only because in Detroit’s system, just about everyone is asked to play off the ball along the perimeter. Starting point guard Cade Cunningham could easily find himself on the court while Jaden Ivey or Killian Hayes initiates the offense. And the reverse is true

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and we have something special for you; an interview with Mirin Fader about her recent feature piece, A New Dawn of Detroit Basketball, in The Ringer. Mirin and I talked about why the collegiate atmosphere of the team is a good thing, her potential future

The Detroit Pistons are back for year 3 of Troy Weaver’s “restoration” of a franchise that has spent more than a decade in the NBA wilderness. If not expectations, there is at least excitement and intrigue surrounding these Pistons for the first time in a long time. The franchise appears to have a building block

It was a preseason to forget for the Detroit Pistons and especially for Cade Cunningham. Hopefully, he has a short memory. Cunningham and the Pistons dropped their preseason finale 126-111 to fall to 0-4 with the regular season just a week away. Cunningham had 15 points, six rebounds and six assists with four turnovers, but

The Northwest Division is home to perhaps the most thrilling and most depressing offseason experiments. On the thrilling end of the spectrum, you have the Minnesota Timberwolves making a franchise altering move to acquire Rudy Gobert and concoct this yin and yang big man lineup with the Frenchman and Karl-Anthony Towns. On the depressing end,

The Detroit Pistons face the Memphis Grizzlies in the team’s final tune-up before the regular season kicks off Oct. 19 against the Orlando Magic. The Pistons are still looking for their first win, with three uninspiring performances so far this preseason. The Grizzlies, meanwhile, are 2-2, and are coming off a loss to the Orlando

The Central Division is home to your Detroit Pistons, and also perhaps the franchise with one of the best NBA title odds (though there is plenty of competition), the hottest young, up and coming team, the franchise pivoting into full rebuild mode and another team that is stuck in neutral and might be doing a

Already beset by injuries to several potential rotation pieces, the Detroit Pistons got a bit of good news Wednesday when the team revealed Marvin Bagley avoided the most serious knee injury and only sustained an MCL sprain and bone bruise in Tuesday’s loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Bagley will miss three to four weeks

It’s already hard to get excited about this year’s Detroit Pistons three games into the preseason, and the team’s latest loss, 115-99 to an undermanned Oklahoma City Thunder team, is the latest evidence. The Pistons’ switching scheme was once again a shambles with poor communication, late or nonexistent rotations and open lanes to the basket

The Detroit Pistons are looking to notch their first win of the preseason, and it looks like the Oklahoma City Thunder might just oblige them. OKC is the rare team that schedules six games in the preseason including a back-to-back. The Thunder rested a large contingent of players on Sunday against Maccabi Ra’Anana. It’s unclear

We finally have legit Detroit Pistons basketball to watch, discuss, and analyze. No more workout videos or offseason scrimmages to break down. With that said, it is still preseason so we should always be careful about any overwhelming takeaways about a player or team until we get a much larger sample size. It does, however,

The Detroit Pistons are in an odd position where it’s impossible to discuss their point guard rotation without talking about a lot of non-point guards. In a perfect world where Killian Hayes met his potential and the team still somehow managed to get Cade Cunningham and Jaden Ivey, the Pistons would be relying on the

The Pistons Pulse is brought to you by The Detroit Free Press and is co hosted by Bryce Simon of MotorCityHoops and Omari Sankofa II, Detroit Pistons beat writer for The Detroit Free Press. Omari and I finally got the chance to talk about and give analysis on real Detroit Pistons basketball games. Our Pistons

Can Isaiah Stewart really become a consistent 3-point shooter for the Detroit Pistons? This is perhaps the most important question of Deroit’s offseason, and key to whether Isaiah Stewart can stick around long-term in Detroit. Beef Stew has plenty of naysayers and diehard supporters, most notably the Pistons organization, and we now get to see