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Hamidou Diallo was in the midst of his best stretch of basketball, and has positioned himself well with unrestricted free agency approaching. But he might’ve already played his final game this season, due to an injury. Diallo has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 right ankle sprain and will be re-evaluated in three to four

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editors: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: This week, the guys cover the Detroit Pistons’ comeback collapse against Chicago and Jaden Ivey’s room for growth. Later, your Pistons Pulse crew break down what we’ve see so far of James Wiseman

No other player on the Detroit Pistons’ roster fits the “3-and-D” archetype better than Isaiah Livers. More than three-fourths of Livers’ shots this season — 76.5%, according to NBA Stats — have come from behind-the-arc. It’s the highest share of 3-pointers per field goals attempted on the team, and the sharpshooter has knocked down 36.6%.

With fewer than 20 games left, the Detroit Pistons have suffered long injury reports through March. They were shorthanded once again on Monday while hosting a Portland Trail Blazers team with its two best players — Damian Lillard and Jerami Grant — in the starting lineup. Both players starred as Portland handed the Pistons a

With fewer than 20 games remaining, the Detroit Pistons are almost guaranteed a top-seven pick in the 2023 NBA draft. Entering Saturday, they have the second-worst record in the league, with 4½ games separating them from the fourth-from-the-bottom Charlotte Hornets. A bottom-three record would also secure the best odds for the number one pick —

Brian Dulik |  Associated Press CLEVELAND — Darius Garland had 21 points and seven assists, Donovan Mitchell scored 20 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers led by 35 points in a 114-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night. Evan Mobley had 16 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and four blocked shots, Jarrett Allen scored 15

The Detroit Pistons, down several key rotation players, extended their losing streak to seven games in a blowout by the Cleveland Cavaliers that was riddled with Pistons mistakes. Detroit turned the ball over 23 times, tying a season-high, and most of the turnovers were sloppy errors in the 114-90 defeat. Among the worst: R.J. Hampton

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Detroit Pistons (15-48) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (39-26) When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Where: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: 97.1 FM (Pistons radio affiliates). • Box score  Game notes: The Cavaliers have turned their franchise around over the past two years and now stand to earn a playoff berth for the first time since LeBron James left five seasons

United Mortgage Wholesale CEO and Michigan State basketball alumnus Matt Ishbia recently purchased the Phoenix Suns. Now, Ishbia has poached former Detroit Pistons employee, and ex-Michigan basketball captain, to help run the show. TRADE WINDS:Early returns show there’s a lot to like about new Pistons center James Wiseman Pistons assistant general manager Josh Bartelstein has

After acquiring James Wiseman after the trade deadline, the Detroit Pistons made it clear that the 2020 second overall pick would have a featured role. Nearly a month later, they’ve made good on that promise. Wiseman has only played five games with his new team, thanks to the All-Star break and a trade stuck in

Detroit Pistons fans can relax until May 16. No more worrying about wins and losses or checking good ‘ol Tankathon. Inhale … exhale. That’s better. Thanks largely to their current six-game losing streak and a simultaneous stunning five-game win streak by Charlotte, the Pistons have all but locked up the best odds at winning the

After buying out Nerlens Noel earlier this week, the Detroit Pistons have utilized the open roster spot. The Pistons signed forward Eugene Omoruyi to a 10-day contract on Friday, the team announced. In 13 games with the Oklahoma City Blue in the G League this season, Omoruyi is averaging 17.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists

The Detroit Pistons trailed by 21 points with just over a minute left in the third quarter Wednesday night. But in the final seconds of the game, they appeared to have the Chicago Bulls pinned. A 29-8 run energized the Little Caesars Arena crowd and changed the tenor of the game, and gave the reeling

A spirited comeback attempt ended in embarrassing fashion for the Detroit Pistons. They went on a late 29-8 run to rally from a 21-point deficit, tying the game at 108 with just over three minutes remaining in the final period. After trailing by double digits for most of the night, the Pistons controlled most of

The Detroit Pistons’ sparsely attended practice Tuesday included not seen much this season — those of Jared Rhoden and Buddy Boeheim, who are on two-way contracts. With 20 games remaining on the schedule, the Pistons (15-47) are battered and bruised. Jaden Ivey (personal reasons), Jalen Duren (bilateral ankle soreness), Bojan Bogdanovic (bilateral Achilles tendinopathy) and

Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editors: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Guest: Adam Spinella, “Box and One,” “Game Theory Podcast.” • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: This week, Adam Spinella of “The Box and One”

LaMelo Ball fractured his right ankle Monday in the Charlotte Hornets‘ game against the Detroit Pistons, the team announced after the matchup. The 2020-21 rookie of the year left the game in the third quarter after juking out Pistons guard Killian Hayes and stepping awkwardly on his ankle. Ball fell to the court in pain. He

For much of the night, a lengthy injury report appeared to be the catalyst in a blowout road loss for the Detroit Pistons on Monday night.  But a late run nearly allowed the Pistons to close a 24-point deficit and leave Charlotte with a surprise victory. After trailing 82-58 midway through the third quarter, the

The Detroit Pistons have reached a buyout agreement with Nerlens Noel, a league source confirmed to the Free Press on Monday. The 28-year-old veteran center was seldom used this season, appearing in just 14 games. Noel arrived in Detroit alongside Alec Burks in a deal with the New York Knicks last summer. He was on