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Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Remaking a roster generally isn’t an easy proposition. There can be tough decisions about which players stay and which ones need to be traded, released or to move on from. Beyond the ties to star players and those with long tenures, another difficult part is figuring out which new

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — In the many oddities of the NBA schedule, the Pistons always seem to have something that just seems more odd than normal. In the first 11 games of the season, they have three meetings with the Milwaukee Bucks, one of the favorites in the Eastern Conference. They won’t

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Pistons guard Frank Jackson on Derrick Rose’s leadership Pistons guard Frank Jackson talks about adapting to a new team and Derrick Rose’s leadership. The Detroit News Almost like school or a social gathering, many people look to find a familiar face to get comfortable and

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News In the final minutes of Friday’s surprising win over the Phoenix Suns, the Pistons went with a different look to the lineup. Instead of one of their regular lineups, they used rookie Saddiq Bey as the shooting guard, to go along with the starting frontcourt. Bey isn’t quite a

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Pistons’ Jerami Grant on nine straight games with 20-plus points Pistons forward Jerami Grant talks about his streak of nine straight games with 20-plus points. The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons’ rough start to the season has been what many experts predicted. Not that

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons never seem to be out of a game, even when they fall into a 20-point deficit. Time after time, they’ve found a way to claw their way back into games, even against some of top teams in the league. Another 20-point deficit. Another comeback. It’s

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — The Pistons aren’t a team that gives up easily, even when they fall into a big deficit early in the game. It happened again, and the Pistons took the game to overtime, before gaining control and dispatching the Phoenix Suns, 110-105, on Friday night at Little Caesars

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Detroit — The good teams keep coming, and the Pistons’ schedule is more like a trip through the best teams in the league than anything else. It continued Friday with the Phoenix Suns, who entered with the best record in the Western Conference. The Pistons trailed by 23 points

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The G League basketball season will go on, but the Grand Rapids Drive will not be cruising along with it. The Drive announced Friday it will opt out of the 2020-21 G League season, which will be held in a secure bubble environment in Florida, mimicking what the NBA

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Pistons coach Dwane Casey on 130-115 loss against Bucks Pistons coach Dwane Casey talks about Wednesday’s 130-115 loss against the Bucks in Milwaukee The Detroit News The Pistons have started 1-7 this season and the schedule isn’t getting any easier. The prospects for making the playoffs

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Throughout the early part of the season, the Pistons have endured a growing number of injuries, including the most serious one on Monday, with Killian Hayes sustaining a torn labrum in his right hip. The top reserve point guard, Derrick Rose, left Wednesday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks late

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Throughout the early part of the season, the Pistons have endured a growing number of injuries, including the most serious one on Monday, with Killian Hayes sustaining a torn labrum in his right hip. Hayes’ backup, Derrick Rose, left Wednesday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks late in the second

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Pistons coach Dwane Casey on 130-115 loss against Bucks Pistons coach Dwane Casey talks about Wednesday’s 130-115 loss against the Bucks in Milwaukee The Detroit News For the second time in three nights, the Pistons had their hands full with the Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis

Rod Beard| The Detroit News   The Pistons’ injury list is getting full, just eight games into the season. After the news that rookie point guard Killian Hayes will be out indefinitely because of a torn labrum in his right hip, the Pistons took another hit, with Derrick Rose leaving late in the first half

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Like many Americans, Pistons coach Dwane Casey was keeping tabs on the stunning events unfolding Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol in Washington D.C. Casey and the Pistons, in Milwaukee for Wednesday night’s matchup against the Bucks, tried to focus on their business trip, but a historic day in the

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The news on the injury that Pistons guard Killian Hayes is facing doesn’t appear to be good. Hayes sustained an injury to his right hip area during Monday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, but the extent was not known. The Pistons announced Wednesday that an MRI showed that Hayes

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The news on the injury that Pistons guard Killian Hayes is facing doesn’t appear to be good. Hayes sustained an injury to his right hip area during Monday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, but the extent was not known. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported Wednesday morning that Hayes

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News It’s been a long time since the Pistons have had a fan favorite quite like Ben Wallace or Dennis Rodman, with a no-holds-barred approach to getting to rebounds. There were the years of Andre Drummond, who is one of the best rebounders of this era, but he’s in a

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News The Pistons continued a grueling stretch with the second game of a back-to-back, following Sunday’s loss to the Boston Celtics. Monday’s matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. It’s also the middle game of a set of three games in four nights, with the rematch coming on Wednesday night in Milwaukee.

Rod Beard   | The Detroit News Early in the game, the Pistons didn’t have an answer for two-time defending league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. Or in the middle of the game. Or late in the game. Throughout the game, Antetokounmpo had his way with the Pistons on Monday night, fueling the Milwaukee Bucks to a workmanlike