Isaiah Stewart had a career-high 21 rebounds in Friday’s win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He followed it up with another career-high performance in the back-to-back against the Washington Wizards. Stewart was one of their best offensive options, in the paint and even beyond the arc, with a season-best 19 points, on 7-of-11 shooting, and
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After playing without a significant segment of their roster on Friday, the Detroit Pistons were closer to full health against the Washington Wizards on Saturday. Killian Hayes sat during the second half of a back-to-back, but several key players — including Jerami Grant and Mason Plumlee — returned to the lineup. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough
The Thunder used the remainder of this year’s non-taxpayer mid-level exception — a little over $3.87MM — in Gabriel Deck‘s creatively constructed four-year contract, Keith Smith of Yahoo Sports tweets. The remainder of the contract includes a non-guaranteed salary of $3,676,852 next season; A non-guaranteed $3,483,334 in 2022/23, with the guarantee kicking in if he’s on
The Detroit Pistons‘ in-game host grabbed the microphone. “Before we get started, you know what I’m going to do, right?” Kev Knows (his stage name) asked 13 teenagers, who sat at tables separated by Plexiglas and maintained social distance on the second floor of the Pistons practice facility overlooking the basketball court downtown Detroit on Monday.
April 17th 2021 at 10:31am CST by Dana Gauruder The Knicks could make a roster move to replace John Henson, who didn’t receive another 10-day contract. A wild card could be Baskonia combo guard Luca Vildoza. According to Lithuanian journalist Donatas Urbonas (Twitter link), Vildoza is on the Knicks’ radar. The 25-year-old, 6’3” Vildoza is averaging
When it comes to historical player comparisons, fanbases tend to keep them in-house. It’s why Isaiah Stewart, whose rebounding and defensive energy have helped him become a key rotation piece as a rookie for the Detroit Pistons, has often been compared to one of the greatest big men in team history — Ben Wallace. Stewart’s
The Detroit Pistons‘ in-game host grabbed the microphone. “Before we get started, you know what I’m going to do, right?” Kev Knows (his stage name) asked 13 teenagers, who sat at tables separated by Plexiglas and maintained social distance on the second floor of the Pistons practice facility overlooking the basketball court downtown Detroit on Monday.
Detroit — Three rookies, a second-year player and a fourth-year player. That’s a hard lean to the youth movement for the Pistons’ starting lineup in Friday night’s 110-104 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Pistons (17-39) have committed to the young players, with the playoffs all but out of their grasp. Killian Hayes had
Detroit — After letting a victory slip away in the final minute on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Clippers, the Pistons didn’t let another one get away. With a revamped starting lineup tilted toward the youth movement, along with several veterans who were resting or injured, the Pistons put a rotation on the floor that accentuated
One look at the injury report will tell you what time of the season it is for the Detroit Pistons. During the first half of a back-to-back, a whopping seven players missed Friday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Little Caesars Arena. Wayne Ellington and Mason Plumlee both sat due to rest, and Jerami
All 30 of the NBA’s teams are carrying some sort of “dead money” on their respective books for the 2020/21 season. Dead money is the guaranteed salary paid or owed to a player who is no longer under contract with the team. In some cases, teams are carrying cap hits for players whom they released
As much as the television screen likes basketball, a few things remain lost in translation. Size, for one. Not that Killian Hayes stands out among the giants on an NBA court. Still, he’s 6 feet 5 with a long reach, especially for his position. Speed, for another. Though Hayes isn’t an outlier here, either. Change of speed, however, is one
Tim Reynolds | Associated Press The NBA said Thursday that the rate of players needing to miss games because of injuries is down from last season, and within the normal range for what the league has seen over the last five seasons. League data shows the player injury rate this season is down about 6%, even
The Bulls are 3-8 since adding five new players in two big trade-deadline moves. Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic assesses the players club’s new additions in an extensive piece. Though All-Star center Nikola Vučević has produced offensively, the team is struggling to cling to the No. 10 seed (and thus a play-in tournament opportunity) in the East. Vučević’s
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press If everything had followed the blueprint, Killian Hayes would have gone through one of these experiences much earlier in the season. The Detroit Pistons‘ point guard had a large chunk of his rookie year stripped away from him due to a hip injury, but coach Dwane Casey rode
Detroit — The Pistons had one of their better games this season in Sunday’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. They played one of the top teams in the Western Conference down to the final minutes of the fourth quarter, before the Clippers pulled away. The rematch on Wednesday was just as good. The result was
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press No one could have anticipated that a Detroit Pistons defeat to the mighty Los Angeles Clippers would be categorized as a bad loss. This one wound up being a really bad loss. Facing a depleted Clippers lineup, the Pistons squandered an 11-point lead in the final 5 minutes and
The tightened schedule the NBA adopted to squeeze 72 games into five months is being criticized amid an increase in injuries, writes Baxter Holmes of ESPN. Holmes talked to several general managers and training staff officials who believe players are more at risk than ever. The torn ACL suffered this week by Nuggets guard Jamal
It’s been nearly two months since we checked in on the status of 2021’s traded first-round picks, and there have been plenty of shifts in the NBA standings since then. Those changes have an impact on where in the draft certain traded picks will land, as well as whether or not some protected picks will
Cory Joseph hasn’t been with the Detroit Pistons very long. But he’s impressed with what he’s seen so far. Since joining the franchise March 26, Joseph has acquainted himself with the rest of the roster — particularly the rookies. The Pistons asked Joseph to be a mentor for the young players; while he already had