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Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver has said: “It’s not a rebuild, it’s a restoring.” That’s all good and well for a team that’s won three NBA titles, but how about the organization’s new G League team, the Motor City Cruise? If the Pistons are a Shelby Mustang GT 500 waiting for a buffer and

Houston — The Pistons and Houston Rockets had the top two picks in the draft, and there was a reason for it with their struggles in the regular season last year. Both teams’ starts to this season have been just a bad, with the Rockets opening 1-9 and the Pistons 1-8 before their much-anticipated matchup on

Houston — The Pistons won’t have a slew of nationally televised games this season, but their one time in the limelight has arrived. They’ll face the Houston Rockets and No. 2 overall pick Jalen Green on Wednesday, and the focus will be on that matchup with Cade Cunningham. In their head-to-head matchup in Summer League,

Detroit — In trying to engineer a franchise rebuild — or what general manager Troy Weaver would call a “restoring” — it’s not going to be a straight-line improvement. There are going to be ugly losses and growing pains in the process of turning things around with the Pistons. The Pistons’ 1-8 start this season

Detroit — Saben Lee had himself a night on Saturday. It wasn’t just some pickup game at a local health club against part-time basketball players.  The Pistons’ second-year guard made his debut for the Motor City Cruise in the G League with a memorable one: 42 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and four steals. The

Saben Lee scored 42 points, Luka Garza 24 and the Motor City Cruise won the first game in its history, 140-117, over the Cleveland Charge in an NBA G League season opener at Cleveland Saturday night. Jamorki Pickett, Derrick Walton Jr. and Deividas Sirvydis each had 15 points for the Cruise. Walton also had 12

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — No matter how much you want to look at it as a five-man game for the Detroit Pistons, the line on the box score that resonates the most is the one with Cade Cunningham’s name on it. Cunningham, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA

By Steve Kornacki |  Special to The Detroit News Detroit — The Detroit Pistons were 1-7 entering Friday night’s game with the Brooklyn Nets, and not off to the kind of start anticipated with No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick Cade Cunningham and a pair of Big Ten stars being taken in the second round behind him.

Detroit — Crowds usually don’t cheer for a 4-of-14 performance. Pistons fans were plugged in and trying to will each of Cade Cunningham’s shot attempts into the basket. Even though the stats don’t bear it out, it was a good showing for the rookie. It’s been an uphill climb for Cunningham in the first few games

Detroit — Despite the Pistons’ slow start, there isn’t a panic emanating from the locker room about the shooting struggles and the other issues that have led to a disappointing 1-6 start to the season. It’s suboptimal, but coach Dwane Casey isn’t going to start switching things up to try to jump-start the offense and

Detroit — In Tuesday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Jerami Grant had the hardest assignment on the floor, having to guard two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, and then be guarded by the former defensive player of the year. For the most part, Grant handled the matchup well, but in the first two minutes of the game,

Detroit — Another bad shooting night, another loss. It’s becoming a recurring situation for the Pistons early in the season, and when they struggle to score, it’s hard for them to stay in games for very long. In their 117-89 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night, they didn’t shoot well, and the Bucks

Detroit — When the shots aren’t falling, basketball is a tough game, both to play and to watch. The Pistons are in one of those stretches where most of their shots are missing and most of the opponents’ shots are falling. It’s making for a tough start to the season, especially against some of the best

Detroit — The Pistons’ dismal 1-5 start isn’t a result of poor defense or lazy offense. Turnovers have been a big part of the issues, but the biggest problem has been that shots aren’t falling. Early in the season, the Pistons rank 29th in field-goal percentage (41%) and last in 3-point percentage (29%). Even when

The Pistons starting lineup is almost like a Broadway show or a high-level theatrical performance, where fans have to wait and see who will be playing the leading role: the star or the understudy. In this case, it’s the reverse. Cade Cunningham isn’t the star yet, having played just one NBA game, but he’s turning

A legal battle over whether Piston Group LLC qualifies as a minority business is set to resume Wednesday with a hearing in Wayne County Circuit Court. The 9 a.m. hearing before Judge David Groner comes weeks after the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council filed a countersuit against the Southfield-based auto supplier, which is owned by former Pistons

It’s not the striking teal jersey that some Pistons fans wanted, but it’s still a throwback look. The NBA unveiled the City Edition jerseys for this season, and the Pistons’ ensemble is red with “Detroit” in blue block letters across the front. The top and shorts have blue and a faint white trim, with a

New York —  Winning streaks haven’t been easy for the Pistons to come by in the past couple of seasons. They only had one last year and two the previous season. After Saturday’s victory over the Orlando Magic, their first of the season, the Pistons had a chance for a win streak, their first since

New York — The first question in Saturday’s pregame press conference for coach Dwane Casey was predictable: whether Cade Cunningham was going to make his NBA debut. “Yes, he’s good to go. Is that all you’ve got?” Casey joked. That encapsulates the anticipation for seeing Cunningham, who missed almost a month because of an ankle injury.

Detroit — It’s not always going to be a storybook ending. Or even a storybook beginning. Pistons rookie Cade Cunningham didn’t have an auspicious debut in the NBA on Saturday night, going just 1-of-8 from the field and missing all five of his 3-point attempts. The numbers weren’t eye-popping, either: two points, seven rebounds and