It wasn’t easy for the Pistons to get through a 20-win season. Not for the players, not for the coaching staff and certainly not for general manager Troy Weaver. The season started with some optimism that they could be a surprise team, but after another slow start with only three wins in their first 15
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Kevin Love‘s season was marred by injury and declining production, but Cavaliers GM Koby Altman says the veteran forward is still part of the team’s plans, according to an ESPN report. Love appeared in just 25 games due to a calf injury. “We want him to be here,” Altman said. “We signed him to an
In November, general manager Troy Weaver had a week for the ages when he revamped the Pistons roster with a robust draft haul, a flurry of trades and some other moves in free agency. When the smoke cleared, the roster looked much different and Weaver had made the first big steps in his restoration plan.
If you dig deep enough, you’ll find the Pistons’ preparations for this summer’s NBA Draft may have started a few decades ago. And you’ll discover some of the groundwork for what comes next in a critical offseason for Detroit’s pro basketball revival was laid at the home of Quinn Buckner, one of the game’s true
After Pacers team president Kevin Pritchard said that he views forward T.J. Warren as pivotal to the team’s success, and his absence as a key reason why Indiana had a disappointing season, J. Michael of the Indianapolis Star considers whether Warren’s presence is as crucial as Pritchard believes. “The most important thing in this league right
The Pistons traded for Dennis Smith Jr. in early February, but they still didn’t get as much time as they had hoped to evaluate his future, writes Keith Langlois of NBA.com. Smith battled injuries after coming to Detroit, including left knee soreness that sidelined him for the final 19 games of the season. Smith showed some
Now that the season is over, the Pistons can focus on the offseason, which will entail a push for internal improvement of their young players and an eye on the draft. The Pistons finished with the second-worst record and have a 14% chance of getting the No. 1 pick, along with 52% of landing in
It’s only been six months since the 2020 NBA draft. The next one is already around the corner. The 2021 NBA draft lottery will take place on June 22. After going 20-52 this past season, the Detroit Pistons have the second-best lottery odds and a chance at their highest pick since they drafted second overall
Following his breakout season, Detroit Pistons forward Jerami Grant was a finalist for the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award. While he received significant support, he didn’t end up winning it. New York Knicks forward Julius Randle was named Most Improved, the NBA announced on Tuesday. Grant finished in second place with 140 total points, receiving two
At certain points in the season, it seemed that Pistons forward Jerami Grant had locked up the Most Improved Player award. It was just a matter of continuing on the pace he was on and staying away from injuries. In the NBA, that’s a pair of variables that’s often too hard to evade. After a
For more than two decades, Jim Scholler has been a professional athletic sports trainer. That includes a 13-year stint with the NBA, including 10 years with the Grizzlies before joining the Detroit Pistons in 2018. This past season, Scholler added a new title to his job — one that he didn’t previously go to school
Myles Turner heard his name pop up in trade rumors last offseason, specifically regarding the Celtics, and there’s a good chance the Pacers will see what they could get for Turner in talks this summer. Turner says his preference would be to stay put, as he told Heavy.com’s Sean Deveney. “I love Indianapolis and there’s
It’s hard enough for a rookie to make a name in the NBA. Playing time can be scarce, mistakes are going to happen and there’s often a pecking order to the roster, with veterans taking most of the minutes. That wasn’t a problem for the Pistons’ rookies, who got plenty of work this season, mostly
Playing point guard in the NBA doesn’t come easily. Even some of the elite prospects have trouble making the transition to the speed of the game and the difference from playing in college or overseas. One season does not a career make. Judging Pistons guard Killian Hayes solely by his rookie season is foolhardy in many
While more than half the league is gearing up for a 2021 NBA playoffs matchup, the Detroit Pistons and about a dozen other teams have their sights squarely set on the the lottery in June and the draft in July. Even though the balls don’t start popping for another four weeks, prognosticators are already sketching out their
The Detroit Pistons‘ 2020-21 season can’t be accurately summed up by their record. And there’s no question that their 20-52 mark, the second-worst in the NBA, was bad. But it was a season of growth, after Troy Weaver was hired as general manager last June and promptly proceeded to tear down and rebuild the roster
Aboard a recent flight from Detroit to his hometown of St. Louis, Tyler Cook found himself in a state of reflection about the whirlwind journey his basketball life has traveled over the past two years. The most prominent feeling that emerged in his heart: Gratefulness. Undrafted out of Iowa in 2019, Cook thought back to
On Monday, we took an in-depth look at what we knew about the NBA’s 2021 draft lottery standings and projected draft order so far based on the regular season standings, and what was still to be determined based on play-in results, random tiebreakers, and the lottery results. With the play-in tournament nearly over, we can
Associated Press Denver’s Nikola Jokic finished ninth in the MVP voting last season. Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and Golden State’s Stephen Curry didn’t get listed on a single ballot a year ago. A year later, one of them will walk away with the NBA’s highest individual prize. Jokic, Embiid and Curry were revealed Thursday night as
Six months after Jerami Grant surprised many across the NBA by signing a three-year, $60 million contract with the Detroit Pistons, it’s safe to say the decision paid off for him. Figuratively and literally. The size of the deal alone was eye-popping, but also spoke to the confidence that general manager Troy Weaver had in