After a busy 2021 NBA draft, the Detroit Pistons have agreed to a two-way deal with UCLA wing Chris Smith, according to ESPN early Friday morning. Smith, a 6-foot-9 senior, averaged 12.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and two assists before tearing the ACL in his left knee during the team’s eighth game last season. Despite the loss, the Bruins made
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Sean Merriman | Special to Detroit Free Press The Detroit Pistons were busy in the second round of the 2021 NBA draft. After getting Cade Cunningham No. 1 overall, the Pistons picked up Michigan basketball’s Isaiah Livers, Iowa center Luka Garza and Florida State center Balsa Koprivica in Round 2. Here’s what the ESPN draft
Detroit — By all accounts, Cade Cunningham can do everything on a basketball court, fit any position, fill any role. There have been more-celebrated NBA prospects over the years, but not many better all-around prospects. That’s good because his next role is a huge, provocative one, created when the Pistons drafted him No. 1: Face
Troy Weaver promises he didn’t decide until Thursday morning who to take with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. It really was that close. Turns out the talk of smokescreen was just the Detroit Pistons general manager turning over every stone. In the end, after almost two months of vetting and studying and contemplating, Weaver
New York — Waiting is almost always hard to do. It’s especially hard for the Pistons and their fan base, who have struggled through more than a decade without a win in the playoffs. Those times are changing, and the future is coming quickly. Pistons general manager Troy Weaver jump-started their roster restoration with the
Detroit — By all accounts, Cade Cunningham can do everything on a basketball court, fit any position, fill any role. There have been more celebrated NBA prospects over the years, but not many better all-around prospects. That’s good because his next role is a huge one and a new one, created Thursday night when the Pistons
Even though the news has been around for a few hours, NBA commissioner Adam Silver, and the Detroit Pistons made it official. Cade Cunningham from Oklahoma State is headed to the Detroit Pistons as the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NBA draft. Although it’s not really an earth-shattering announcement, there was still palpable buzz
The Detroit Pistons traded Mason Plumlee and a second-round draft pick to the Hornets in a move clearly designed to free up space for another move. It’s not often a team trades down for nothing, but sometimes you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. That’s the Detroit Pistons‘ mantra on Thursday night after
It appears Cade Cunningham is coming to Detroit … if the Detroit Pistons keep the No. 1 pick. The Pistons are still fielding trade offers for the No. 1 pick, but if they hold on to it, they will select the Oklahoma State standout, sources told the Free Press’ Omari Sankofa. “The team isn’t ruling out
It appears Cade Cunningham is coming to Detroit … if the Detroit Pistons keep the No. 1 pick. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports the Pistons are still fielding trade offers for the No. 1 pick, but if they hold on to it, they will select Cunningham, the Oklahoma State standout. [ Pistons GM Troy Weaver has earned
New York — Maybe some of the suspense is being sucked out of Thursday night’s NBA Draft. For many Pistons fans, that’s a good thing. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Pistons have settled on Cade Cunningham as the No. 1 overall pick. If the Pistons make Cunningham, rated as the top prospect in the
One of the gutsiest general managers in the NBA hasn’t decided what to do with the No. 1 pick in Thursday night’s draft. At least that’s what Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver said Tuesday afternoon. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. Even if it’s just a smokescreen, a way to ferret out better trade offers. Weaver
Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Tick tock. The Pistons are on the clock with the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, and all eyes will be on general manager Troy Weaver for clues on what he could decide to do with the selection. The decision looks to be down to two options: Cade or trade.
The Pistons don’t know who their No. 1 pick will be in Thursday’s NBA Draft, but they already have a schedule for the Summer League in Las Vegas. The summer extravaganza will take place on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas from Aug. 8-17 and will feature all 30 NBA teams. The Pistons
Remember when Detroit Pistons fans threw hands with a couple Indiana Pacers? Of course you do. And those too young to remember the “Malice at the Palace” can get a prime look inside one of the wildest — and most violent — endings to an NBA game in league history. A Nextflix docuseries in one of its episodes will feature the Nov.
It may not take much for this offseason to be deemed a successful one for the Detroit Pistons. Troy Weaver did most of the dirty work last fall, and aggressively pieced together a talented young core the front office believes will bring the franchise back to being a playoff contender. With the No. 1 pick in
It’s the Detroit Pistons‘ night, and everyone is watching. Finally, the long-awaited 2021 NBA draft is here, and the Pistons will be adding a potential franchise changing-talent to the roster. They enter Thursday with the No. 1 pick — they last picked No. 1 overall in 1970, taking St. Bonaventure center Bob Lanier — and it would be a
Troy Weaver has been willing to do just about anything as Pistons GM. Trades, signings, tanking, draft maneuvering. When you think he’s done dealing, he deals again. But he wouldn’t do this, would he? He wouldn’t pass on Oklahoma State star Cade Cunningham and trade the No. 1 selection, would he? I don’t think he
Troy Weaver’s message two days before the NBA draft is nearly identical to his message on June 22, immediately after the Detroit Pistons won the lottery. Then, he said he saw multiple players worthy of being selected with the No. 1 pick. On Tuesday, he reaffirmed that he hasn’t locked in a decision. Cade Cunningham is
Will it be “Cade SZN” or “trade SZN” for the Detroit Pistons? Or maybe a different option? Troy Weaver, Pistons general manager, likely won’t spill his plan for the top overall pick when he speaks publicly Tuesday ahead of the 2021 NBA draft. But he’s sure to be asked about Oklahoma State star Cade Cunningham,