In a perfect world, the Pistons’ front office, led by general manager Troy Weaver, already has decided to take Cade Cunningham with the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft on July 29. It’s the sensible thing to do, after all. The goal of every lottery team is to defy the odds and rise up
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The Mavericks are in advanced talks to hire Sean Sweeney as an assistant coach on Jason Kidd‘s new staff, according to veteran NBA reporter Marc Stein (Twitter link). Sweeney, who has been on Dwane Casey‘s staff in Detroit since 2018, was said last month to be in talks with the Pistons on a new deal.
The buzz is still out there. Can you feel it? Sure, you can. The No. 1 pick in the NBA draft doesn’t come around often. In fact, for the Detroit Pistons, it hasn’t come around in 50 years. In exactly three weeks, Troy Weaver, the team’s general manager, will draft a player expected to turbo-boost the Pistons’
The Grand Rapids Drive is no more. After years of connection as the Pistons’ affiliate in the G League, the Drive announced Wednesday that they have a new agreement with the Denver Nuggets — and will rebrand themselves the Grand Rapids Gold. The Pistons did not own the Drive, but they maintained an affiliate agreement
Pistons forward Saddiq Bey is going to have some good stories to tell about how he spent his summer off from the NBA. He didn’t exactly take a break from basketball; instead; he was picked for the USA Basketball Select Team, which will practice and scrimmage with Team USA in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics
This time last year, Saddiq Bey was largely limited to working out in high school gyms to prepare for the draft. Because of the pandemic, he had a tough time accessing gyms with NBA-length 3-point lines. A lot has changed since then. Bey made the NBA All-Rookie first team with the Detroit Pistons after a
The Cavaliers, Rockets, Pelicans, and Thunder are among the teams that are “making overtures” to evaluate what it would take to trade up to the No. 1 spot in this year’s draft, sources tell Jonathan Givony of ESPN. Givony cautions that any talks are in the very early stages and says that if the Pistons
Langston Galloway finished last season with the Pistons with an uncertain future. His three-year contract expired and when their season ended abruptly because of the pandemic, Galloway was headed for the fifth team entering just his seventh season. When the Phoenix Suns came calling, it looked to be a good fit for Galloway, especially given
P.J. Tucker is used to being a part of contending teams, but this season took a detour before he landed in Milwaukee, notes Eric Nehm of The Athletic. Tucker had to endure a lot of losing in Houston after the Rockets dealt James Harden in mid-January. He was stuck in a rebuilding situation until the
Little Rock big man Ruot Monyyong is set to work out for the Kings on July 8, tweets Jason Jones of The Athletic. Jones notes that the 6’10” Monyyong was the 2020 Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year and was twice named to the All-Sun Belt team during his college career. Monyyong averaged 11.9
At first blush, the NBA Finals doesn’t have a particularly endearing pairing, with the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns facing off in one of the unlikeliest matchups. The Bucks haven’t won a championship since 1971 and the Suns never have won a title — and they’ve been a league laughingstock for most of the time since
The expiring contract of Bulls forward Thaddeus Young could be the club’s best non-All Star trade chip, posits Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times. Only $6MM of Young’s $14.2MM contract is guaranteed for the 2021/22 season. The Bulls front office has until August 1 to fully ratify the deal, which would make sense to do, as
Cade Cunningham is the likely choice for the Detroit Pistons. General manager Troy Weaver acknowledged after the draft lottery in June the Oklahoma State star is on top of their list of prospects. You would be hard-pressed to find a mock draft that doesn’t list Cunningham first. He was regarded as the best player in
Cade Cunningham is the likely choice for the Detroit Pistons. General manager Troy Weaver acknowledged after the draft lotteryin June that the Oklahoma State star is on top of their list of prospects. You would be hard-pressed to find a mock draft that doesn’t list Cunningham first. He was regarded as the best player in
In a tale of two point guards, Chris Paul preened on the court, celebrating clinching his first trip to the NBA Finals in his 16-year career. Reggie Jackson, eyes welling, celebrated his situation, thankful for making it to the conference finals. It was a wonder that Paul hadn’t gotten there before, with dominant teams in his
July 1st 2021 at 9:12pm CST by Dana Gauruder The Pacers are close to hiring former Hornets assistant coach Ronald Nored to join Rick Carlisle‘s staff, J. Michael of the Indianapolis Star tweets. Nored reportedly received consideration for the Wizards’ head coaching job. It’s not clear if he remains a candidate for that position, but
From a 20-52 season, the typical thought would be that there is a lot of work to do with the Pistons roster. Whether it’s the next phase of rebuilding or trying to draft for need or just building up the talent base, there is a lot of room to improve. That’s not quite where the
Earlier this week, Jerami Grant became the first Detroit Piston in more than a decade to make the USA Basketball Men’s National Team roster. He’ll briefly be joined by two of his teammates. Pistons rookies Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart were named to the 17-player 2021 USA Basketball Select Team on Thursday. They will train with Grant and
Pistons rookies Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart made a mark in their first season with their surprising performance after being selected in the middle of the first round in the draft last season. Both were named to NBA All-Rookie teams and they have something else to add to their resumes. Bey and Stewart were chosen
The roster has been released for the U.S. Select Team, which will help Team USA prepare for the Olympics, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Select Team, which will practice with and scrimmage against the national team during the upcoming training camp in Las Vegas, is made up mostly of first- and second-year NBA