The Motor City Cruise, the Detroit Pistons’ incoming G League franchise, has hired its new head coach. DJ Bakker will be the Cruise’s inaugural head coach, the franchise announced Tuesday. Bakker has been on Dwane Casey’s coaching staff for five seasons, including the last three in Detroit. MORE: Pistons new G League team Motor City
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The pieces are starting to fall in place for the Motor City Cruise. The Pistons’ G League affiliate announced Tuesday that its first coach will be DJ Bakker, a familiar face around the franchise. Bakker had been an assistant coach and player-development coach for the past three seasons under Pistons coach Dwane Casey. The Cruise,
Jalen Rose’s viral reaction to the NBA draft Lottery was an accurate representation of the entire Detroit Pistons fanbase. Rose, who was in Phoenix for the NBA Finals with ESPN, pumped his fists, hit the blade dance and greeted onlookers in the bar after watching the Pistons lock up the top pick. PISTONS MAILBAG: Cade
Detroit — Jalen Rose never got to play for the Pistons himself, but he’s been a fan from his years at Detroit Southwestern and playing days at Michigan through his NBA career. His fandom may have reached a high when the Pistons got the No. 1 pick and selected Cade Cunningham in the draft last
For those who are still pursuing their professional basketball dreams, the Motor City Cruise might be able to make them come true. The Detroit Pistons‘ incoming G League franchise will host local open tryouts Sept. 15. Participants will compete for an opportunity to be invited to Cruise training camp, scheduled for November. Cruise general manager
The Motor City Cruise will open their inaugural season in Detroit at a new arena on the campus of Wayne State University. The Pistons’ affiliate in the G League will be having open tryouts for prospects on Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Pistons’ practice facility in Midtown Detroit. Members of the front office
Detroit Pistons second-round pick Balsa Koprivica returned home to sign a three-year contract with KK Partizan in Belgrade, Serbia, the club announced Monday. With the Pistons at 16 guaranteed contracts for 15 roster spots, and both two-way spots secured, Koprivica signing overseas was expected. The Pistons maintain his draft rights and the ability to sign him in
The Detroit Pistons‘ over/under regular season win total has been set at 25.5 on Caesars Sportsbook. That is the third-lowest win total for the 2021-22 season among the 30 NBA teams, besting Orlando (23.5) and Oklahoma City (22.5). Both the Pistons’ over and under are set at minus-110, meaning a $110 bet would yield a $100 profit. They
The Detroit Pistons are entering the quietest stretch of the calendar. Five weeks will pass before training camp begins Sept. 28. While at least one blockbuster NBA trade could take place in that span, the Pistons’ offseason business appears mostly done. They retained the free agents they wanted, signed three of their four draft picks and
The NBA released its 2021-22 schedule Friday, and we now have clarity on what next season will look like for the Detroit Pistons. It’ll be a big season for the franchise after it drafted Cade Cunningham first overall in July. Jerami Grant will return from his Olympic stint with the U.S. men’s basketball team, and Isaiah
The day the NBA releases its schedule is like a holiday for many basketball fans. It’s a continuation of the drama built up from the draft, free agency and Summer League, just ahead of the final stretch of downtime before training camp starts in September. With the release of the schedule on Friday, the Pistons
The Detroit Pistons saw a couple of key departures in their front office in June. Now, they’ve made a key addition. The Pistons have offically hired George David as an assistant general manager, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. David is a veteran of the organization, previously spending nearly 18 years with the Pistons from 1996-2014.
The Cade Cunningham era of the Detroit Pistons begins two months from today. Cunningham, the No. 1 pick in July’s draft, will make his anticipated debut with the Pistons when they host longtime Central division rival Chicago Bulls on Oct. 20 (7 p.m.) at Little Caesars Arena to open the 2021-22 season. The Pistons then visit the new-look
Pistons fans won’t have to wait to get their first look at No. 1 pick Cade Cunningham. Cunningham will be at Little Caesars Arena for the Pistons’ season opener on Oct. 20 against the Chicago Bulls. The full NBA schedule was released on Friday, with all teams going back to an 82-game slate after being
General manager Troy Weaver didn’t expect to make many roster changes entering this summer. The Detroit Pistons did the vast majority of their roster shaping a year ago by drafting four rookies and signing one marquee free agent in Jerami Grant. This enabled the Pistons to shorten their 2021 offseason priority list. That list is
The Detroit Pistons have agreed to a deal with Hamidou Diallo, their final remaining restricted free agent. Diallo has agreed to a two-year, $10.4 million contract to remain with the Pistons his agents told ESPN on Thursday. The move was expected, as general manager Troy Weaver signaled after the season retaining Diallo would be a priority. Because the
The Pistons are keeping the band together — mostly. But it’s going to come at a cost. The Pistons agreed to a two-year deal with wing Hamidou Diallo on Thursday, a league source confirmed to The Detroit News. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, who first reported the agreement, it’s a two-year deal worth $10.4 million.
Cade Cunningham, the Pistons’ No. 1 pick, is in the money. That’s not just with his NBA rookie contract, which will pay him $10 million as the first overall pick. Cunningham also will make significantly more in endorsements off the court. One of those is an agreement between Cunningham and BlockFi, a financial-services company that
Jalen Green, the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, continues to drag Detroit. He did it again this week when he told a reporter that while he wanted to be the top pick he didn’t want to play in Detroit. Living in the city, he said, wouldn’t be much different from his
The Pistons did well in the draft and because of their situation with the salary cap, they didn’t make any major moves in free agency. They did bring back some of their own free agents on better deals, and they solidified their core for next season. Some of that promise was on display at Summer