OK, we get that playing for a championship can be a little more motivating than playing at the start of a rebuild. But c’mon! Blake Griffin is continuing to turn back the hands of time with the Brooklyn Nets. The former Detroit Pistons All-Star did not record a dunk in 20 games this season before
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Much of the attention in the offseason will be on the Pistons’ draft pick and whether it lands in the top four after the lottery. That could determine the Pistons’ immediate future as much as anything, but free agency still will play a role. General manager Troy Weaver has some decisions to make about the
We’re roughly three weeks past the end of the regular season, and two weeks away from the NBA draft lottery. In other words, it’s the quiet part of the offseason for the Detroit Pistons, and a good opportunity to look ahead at what could come. Big thanks to everyone who sent questions for the first mailbag
June 5th 2021 at 10:10am CST by Dana Gauruder Bucks center Brook Lopez will be facing his former team in the conference semifinals and Nets coach Steve Nash believes he could be a key player in the series, according to Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post. “He could be one of the wild cards,” Nash
Carol Cain | Free Press Business Columnist Rob Murphy has never backed down from a challenge. Not in life and not in his chosen profession of basketball. Raised a good portion of his early years by a single mother, he embraced and defeated the challenge of growing up on the hard scrabble streets of Detroit to become
Looking back at the Detroit Pistons‘ run a generation ago, the 2004 NBA championship is undoubtedly appreciated. But the six consecutive trips to the Eastern Conference finals yielding just one league title left things feeling a bit unfulfilled. There are many theories as to why the Pistons didn’t win more, from the “Lakers were imploding”
Saddiq Bey entered the NBA with a reputation as a 3-point marksman. He was one of the best shooters in college basketball as a sophomore at Villanova, making 45.1% of his 5.6 attempts per game. His outside shot translated immediately with the Pistons. Bey not only had the best 3-point shooting season in team history,
The Pistons traded for 22-year old Hamidou Diallo two weeks before this season’s trade deadline, and it appears they liked what they saw from the athletic wing in his 20 games in Detroit. Pistons GM Troy Weaver helped draft Diallo during his time with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and, as NBA.com’s Keith Langlois writes, Weaver
The Pistons have a new jersey partner. The team announced a new multiyear partnership with United Wholesale Mortgage on Thursday, with UWM’s jersey patch replacing Flagstar Bank, which had adorned the Pistons’ jerseys for the past four years. With the new agreement, the Pistons will wear a white patch on the left shoulder of their
The offseason has begun for the Detroit Pistons, which means it’s also time for videos of NBA players’ workouts popping up on social media. On Tuesday, sports marketing company New Recruit Media posted a video of Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart working out with USA Basketball coach Scott Fitch. The 2-minute clip opens with Stewart dribbling
The Detroit Pistons announced Thursday that Pontiac-based United Wholesale Mortgage will be the team’s new official jersey sponsor beginning next season, replacing Flagstar Bank. Under the multiyear deal, the UWM logo will appear in the same place on players’ jerseys — the left shoulder — as Flagstar’s logo did until its partnership ended last month. Troy-based Flagstar was the team’s first jersey
A key Detroit Pistons front office member has departed the organization. Former senior director of player personnel Gregg Polinsky is no longer with the Pistons, a league source confirmed to the Free Press on Wednesday. Polinsky was hired in July 2018 by the previous front office guided by Ed Stefanski, and exits after a season with the
In the midst of their franchise restoration, general manager Troy Weaver added another important piece with the hiring of former Michigan coach John Beilein as a senior adviser for player development. The hiring was reported Tuesday, and the team made an announcement on Wednesday afternoon. “John has been one of the best fundamental teachers in
The NBA Draft Lottery is less than three weeks away and after their miserable 20-52 season, the Pistons are in position to get a franchise-changing addition. The prize of the draft is Cade Cunningham, the combo guard from Oklahoma State, with three other players who are rated as elite. With the second-worst record in the regular
The Detroit Pistons underwent a near-full roster remake last offseason, with only Sekou Doumbouya the only holdover. This offseason won’t see quite as many trades and signings. It wouldn’t be surprising to see most of the 2020-21 roster return next season. There’s always a chance for more changes to happen, though. The foundation of the
After 12 seasons as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team and a brief stint leading the Cleveland Cavaliers, John Beilein is back and heading to Detroit. The Detroit Pistons have hired Beilein as senior advisor/player development, league sources confirmed to the Free Press. Beilein was spotted in the stands at multiple Pistons
John Beilein is back. The former Michigan basketball head coach will be joining the Pistons as a senior advisor for player development, a league source confirmed to The Detroit News on Tuesday. The new role is a return to coaching in the state where he made his mark, taking the Wolverines to the NCAA title
The Pistons are hiring former Cavaliers head coach and longtime University of Michigan coach John Beilein as their senior advisor of player development, Marc Stein of the New York Times tweets. The team will announce the hire this week, Stein adds. Following great success at the college level, Beilein was hired as Cleveland’s head coach
It’s not a curse. I swear, it isn’t. It’s not a curse that Detroit’s professional sports teams currently are mired in mediocrity, banished from the playoffs, stricken by injuries, haunted by history, dogged by untimely departures and destined to drop in every draft lottery even if they somehow snuck into league headquarters and stamped their
Despite the Pistons’ 20-52 record, they didn’t have as bad a season as it seemed. After a certain point, they ceded the playing time to the young core and didn’t worry as much about winning as they did about getting valuable experience for the youngsters. Through the bumps and bruises of the season, the Pistons