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Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 3:11 PM EDT Aug 23, 2020 Rod Beard, Pistons beat writer for The Detroit News, discusses the NBA Draft Lottery, tanking, the Pistons’ targets in the draft and what the timeline for the rest of the offseason and next season could look like. Here’s a breakdown of Episode 9:

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 5:26 AM EDT Aug 21, 2020 Yet again, the ping pong balls didn’t work in the Detroit Pistons’ favor. Although they entered Thursday’s NBA Draft Lottery with the fifth-best odds of getting the No. 1 overall pick in the Oct. 16 draft, the Pistons fell two spots to seventh. The Minnesota

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 12:01 AM EDT Aug 21, 2020 The Pistons had high hopes entering Thursday’s NBA Draft Lottery. Those hopes were dashed when the NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum revealed they would have the seventh pick in the NBA draft on Oct. 16 — two spots down from where they entered

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 10:06 PM EDT Aug 20, 2020 Yet again, the ping pong balls didn’t work in the Detroit Pistons’ favor. Although they entered Thursday’s NBA Draft Lottery with the fifth-best odds of getting the No. 1 overall pick in the Oct. 16 draft, the Pistons fell two spots to seventh. The Minnesota

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 6:44 PM EDT Aug 19, 2020 In mid-March, the Pistons had lost nine of their last 10 games and were well on their way to having one of the worst records in the NBA. That wouldn’t necessarily have been bad news. With the onset of COVID-19 and the first

Matt Schoch Special to The Detroit News Published 1:42 PM EDT Aug 19, 2020 Does it seem like Detroit sports teams never get draft lottery luck? That’s because, technically, our teams have never hit the jackpot. The NBA was the first league to implement a draft lottery in 1985 with the NHL following a decade

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 5:49 AM EDT Aug 19, 2020 It’s not a second bubble, but the Pistons will get much of the same benefit anyway. The NBA and its players’ association agreed Tuesday to allow the eight teams who didn’t enter the Orlando campus to finish the regular season to have voluntary

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 10:05 PM EDT Aug 18, 2020 It’s not a second bubble, but the Pistons will get much of the same benefit anyway. The NBA and its players’ association agreed Tuesday to allow the eight teams who didn’t enter the Orlando campus to finish the regular season to have voluntary

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 12:08 PM EDT Aug 18, 2020 Troy Weaver will be front and center for what the Pistons hope will be a big announcement. The Pistons’ general manager will have his first big appearance since taking the job in June as the team’s representative during Thursday’s NBA Draft Lottery. The

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 7:22 PM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Joe Dumars is back. Not with the Pistons, but in an elevated role with the Sacramento Kings. Dumars was named interim executive vice president of basketball operations after general manager Vlade Divac resigned Friday. Dumars also will assume the role of general manager

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 2:24 PM EDT Aug 13, 2020 In the midst of the Pistons’ extended downtime in the offseason, Blake Griffin was working out this week in the team’s practice facility in midtown Detroit. It’s a sight fans and coaches didn’t get to see very much last season, and one that

Adam Graham The Detroit News Published 9:59 AM EDT Aug 13, 2020 It was 32 years ago this month that the Palace of Auburn Hills opened its doors, beginning a nearly three-decade reign as Metro Detroit’s premier sporting and concert facility. The building, or what was left of it, came down in a controlled demolition

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 5:32 AM EDT Aug 11, 2020 While the 22 teams in the Orlando Bubble work their way toward finishing the regular season and hurtling toward the playoffs, the other eight teams eliminated ahead of the NBA restart continue to wait. And wait. And wait. In the five months since

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 9:00 PM EDT Jul 30, 2020 Rod Beard, Pistons beat writer for The Detroit News, discusses the NBA restart in the Orlando bubble, the Pistons’ potential for playing in a Chicago bubble and how the Pistons can approach the draft and free agency. There’s more about his ballot for

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 5:36 AM EDT Jul 30, 2020 First it was the Pistons moving back to play in Detroit. Then it was building a new practice facility. The final piece is the Gatorade League franchise. It’s all in Detroit now. The Pistons are getting a new minor league affiliate, beginning in

Rod Beard The Detroit News Published 1:59 PM EDT Jul 29, 2020 The Pistons announced Wednesday that they have a new G League franchise — and that new team needs a new name. The team announced that it’s soliciting fan suggestions through Aug. 11 at www.pistons.com/nametheteam. The new team will play beginning in the 2021-22