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The end (of the regular season) is near. However, that is just the start for the Detroit Pistons. This season has served as a step toward better things—a hopefully brighter future for one of the NBA’s saddest franchises. Sam Vecenie of The Athletic released his latest mock draft on Thursday and, to be honest, Pistons

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. According to the most recent SB Nation Reacts survey, a full 100 percent of Pistons fans are confident

The Detroit Pistons face the Memphis Grizzlies tonight, aka the team it probably makes the most sense to model a rebuild around. After years of being sick of topping out at mediocre, the Grizz hit the reset button in 2017-18, finishing with 22 wins. They subsequently added Jaren Jackson Jr and Ja Morant in consecutive

Lazarus Jackson (@lazchance) and PD Web (@abovethebreak3) talk about the Detroit Pistons’ options at the top of the 2021 NBA Draft, and the progression of the Pistons’ rookies from the 2020 NBA Draft. That, in turn, became a discussion about primary equity, Mick Foley, strength as a relative concept, styles making fights, three different Jalens,

Jerami Grant is set to return to action against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, according to a Yahoo Sports report. Grant has missed the past four games and 10 of the past 13 with right knee soreness. That has coincided with an extra emphasis on the youth movement in Detroit with fellow veterans Mason Plumlee,

In this week’s episode of Inside The Cylinder, Matt and I take a look at the race to the bottom of the NBA standings. Your Pistons surprisingly have sole possession of the second worst record in the entire Association, but we’re a bit surprised that Detroit decided to go full-on tank mode. We’ll take a

Outside of tracking lottery odds, the only real interesting reason to watch the Detroit Pistons the rest of the season is to see the young guys stand out from time to time. Tonight, Pistons fans got their wish in a 102-99 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. With the loss, Detroit maintains its second-best lottery odds

Game Vitals: When: Tuesday, May 4, 7 p.m. ESTWhere: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MichiganWatch: Bally Sports Detroit Plus, NBA League PassOdds: Pistons +6.5 Projected Lineups: Detroit Pistons (19-46):Killian Hayes, Hamidou Diallo, Saddiq Bey, Sekou Doumbouya, Isaiah Stewart Charlotte Hornets (31-33):LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier, Jalen McDaniels, Cody Martin, Bismack Biyombo Pregame Reading: No Miles Bridges or

The Charlotte Hornets visit the Detroit Pistons in what is the second matchup between the two teams in four nights as well as the third game in four nights for both teams. Charlotte rested last night, which gives them an edge in addition to the expected tanking shenanigans from the Pistons’ perspective. Game Vitals: When:

Is it dramatic to say that this was the most important loss in recent Detroit Pistons’ history? Because I think it was. With just eight games to go, the Pistons are nearing the finish line in one of the worst seasons (record wise) in franchise history. They are thisclose to having among the best possible

Game Vitals: When: Monday, May 3, 7:00 p.m. ESTWhere: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MIWatch: Bally Sports Detroit, NBA League PassOdds: Det -2.0 Projected Lineups: Detroit Pistons (19-45):Killian Hayes, Josh Jackson, Saddiq Bey, Sekou Doumbouya, Isaiah Stewart Orlando Magic (20-44):Cole Anthony, Gary Harris, Dwayne Bacon, Moritz Wagner, Wendell Carter Jr. Pregame Reading: Rod Beard at the

Well, sitting up to sixteen players in a NBA game might look extreme. Even if it’s the end of the season, and it has become a widespread thing around the whole League this time of the year because losing teams don’t want to mess with their lottery odds and winning teams don’t want to mess

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we talk about your 19-45 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Kid Week, what we would do differently if we were Terminator Troy Weaver, and look around the league at matchups between tanking teams. The Pistons played their

A common occurrence during this season for the Detroit Pistons: The team brings in an unwanted or underused point guard, he excels, and when the team trades said excelling point guard, he regresses. Before the start of the season, the Pistons traded for Delon Wright, who couldn’t find much of a role with the Dallas

The Detroit Pistons could not overcome a poor first half and fell to the Charlotte Hornets 107-94. Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball and Malik Monk had not played in weeks after suffering injuries, but both made their return against Detroit and both had a positive impact. Detroit was without the services of Jerami Grant, Mason Plumlee and

Game Vitals: When: Saturday, May 1, 7:00 p.m. ESTWhere: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NCWatch: Bally Sports Detroit, NBA League PassOdds: Det +7.0 Projected Lineups Detroit Pistons (19-44):Killian Hayes, Josh Jackson, Saddiq Bey, Sekou Doumbouya, Isaiah Stewart Charlotte Hornets (30-32):Devonte’ Graham, Terry Rozier, Cody Martin, P.J. Washington, Cody Zeller Pregame Reading: At the Detroit Free Press, Omari

If you look at the standings, the result of today’s game should be easily to predict. One team has 11 fewer wins and is second from the bottom in the whole NBA, the other stands firmly in the playoffs picture. Yet the first team has showed multiple times that it is much better than its

The Detroit Pistons aren’t going anywhere this season, that we know. Lose, develop, and lose some more – that’s the motto for the final stretch of games. But there’s always something else to play for, and with this team, it might be some seasonal awards. It’s fair to wonder whether any member of this team

It was a “hold your breath” game for tank advocates, but the young Detroit Pistons made a bunch of predictable errors with the game on the line and a lineup full of youth, and the Dallas Mavericks took advantage for a 115-105 win. Dallas came to Little Caesars Arena in a classic late-season game where

Game Vitals: When: Thursday, April 29, 7 p.m. ESTWhere: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MichiganWatch: Bally Sports Detroit / NBA League PassOdds: Pistons +8.5 Projected Lineups: Detroit Pistons (19-43):Killian Hayes, Josh Jackson, Saddiq Bey, Sekou Doumbouya, Isaiah Stewart Dallas Mavericks (34-27):Trey Burke, Josh Richardson, Dwight Powell, Maxi Kleber, Kristaps Porzingis Pregame Reading: No Luka Doncic (or