Unlike last year’s draft, the Detroit Pistons aren’t in control of their destiny. There weren’t any barriers preventing from selecting Cade Cunningham first overall. It’s easy when you win the lottery. It’s harder to draft when you don’t have a top-three pick, and it’s impossible to say who will be available when the Pistons select fifth
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Throughout the course of any league’s draft evaluation process, “upside” is generally a large part of the conversation. It’s a loaded term, typically carrying myriad applications — most of which Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver doesn’t agree with. “To me, upside is a growth mindset,” Weaver said Monday while talking to reporters ahead of Thursday’s
Welcome to NBA draft week 2022. Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver will meet with media around 2 p.m. Monday for the first time since the draft lottery in mid-May, to preview Thursday night’s annual player pool selection. The Pistons own the fifth pick in the first round, and the 16th pick of the second round —
The NBA announced its 2022 Summer League schedule Monday, revealing who the Detroit Pistons’ young talents will go up against this July in Las Vegas. The Pistons, who finished last season 23-59 and hold the No. 5 pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, went 3-2 in the 2021 NBA Summer League. Cade Cunningham made his unofficial
Welcome to NBA draft week 2022. Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver will meet with media around 2 p.m. Monday for the first time since the draft lottery in mid-May, to preview Thursday night’s annual player pool selection. The Pistons own the fifth pick in the first round, and the 16th pick of the second round —
If the Detroit Pistons are targeting Jaden Ivey in Thursday’s NBA Draft, they might have been happy to hear that other teams haven’t done as much homework as they have. Ivey told reporters Monday the Pistons are just one of two teams to hold a private workout for the draft-eligible Purdue guard, along with the
Bally Sports Detroit, the home for the Detroit Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons games, announced Monday it’s launching a direct-to-consumer streaming service titled Bally Sports+, offering fans a chance to catch their favorite team without a cable subscription. Bally Sports+ is set to be available for consumers on Thursday. This services comes more than a
Bally Sports Detroit is launching a direct-to-consumer streaming service that will give Detroit sports fans access to Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons game broadcasts without needing a cable subscription. The service, Bally Sports+, will launch Thursday, and will mirror the content available on the linear service. The cost will be $19.99 a month; fans who
Let’s get this out of the way first — the Detroit Pistons don’t have a clear best option with the No. 5 overall pick Thursday in the 2022 NBA draft. But they do have several good options. If they want to swing for upside, they can do that. Jaden Ivey could be off of the board before
The second round can seem like an afterthought on NBA draft night. Start with the fluid nature of the round’s order; entering draft week, more than 60% (17 of 28) of the upcoming second-round picks have already been traded, with another two (Milwaukee and Miami) forfeited for free-agent tampering. Add in that the commissioner never
Kenyon Murray might be the greatest basketball player ever from Battle Creek. He averaged 26 points and 10 rebounds at Battle Creek Central and was named Michigan Mr. Basketball in 1992 — the only player from Battle Creek to win the award. He finished with 1,448 career points, setting both a city and school record. He
The Detroit Pistons’ draft philosophy is still rounding into shape ahead of the 2022 NBA draft Thursday. It could be an unpredictable night, and the Pistons’ decision tree with the fifth overall pick will be shaped by the teams in front of them. Gonzaga big man Chet Holmgren, Auburn forward Jabari Smith Jr. and Duke forward
The Golden State Warriors just won the NBA title. All anyone wanted to talk about the next day was Kevin Durant. And Lebron James. And Stephen Curry in relation to those two superstars. It can be exhausting, this relentless loop of legacy talk, where every game — even every quarter: Curry can’t shoot in the
By Tim Reynolds | Associated Press The goal was enormous: Return to the NBA’s mountaintop. And now with that monumental task complete, the NBA champion Golden State Warriors already have a new target: staying up there for a while. The victory cigars hadn’t been extinguished after the title-clinching win in Boston, the last celebratory bottles of
Projected NBA lottery pick Shaedon Sharpe is a self-admitted man of mystery. After going from unranked to the No. 1 recruit for the 2022 high school class in a matter of months, Sharpe then reclassified and entered Kentucky this season before ultimately deciding to not play. Against all odds, it’s possible that he goes as
Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports Aaron Judge passing on Home Run Derby is a diss to fans by John Buhler Jerami Grant has been included in plenty of NBA trade rumors over the past year. It sounds like he might actually be on the move this offseason. Jerami Grant has blossomed over his two seasons in
On Thursday, the Detroit Pistons will add another highly touted player to their young roster. The Pistons got the easy part out of the way last season by drafting Cade Cunningham at No. 1 overall. Cunningham finished third in Rookie of the Year voting, was a consensus All-Rookie first-team selection and looks the part of
The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame announced Thursday the latest group of inductees. Antonio Gates, Chris Webber, Jennie Ritter, Meryl Davis, Charlie White, John Beilein, Mickey Redmond and Kathy Beauregard are the eight new faces for the class of 2022. Chauncey Billups and Shane Battier — both in the 2020 class but were unable to make the
Detroit — Chris Webber, arguably the second-best basketball player to come from Michigan, will headline a star-studded class for the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. Webber, who starred at Detroit Country Day and led Michigan’s fabled Fab Five before going on to a Hall-of-Fame professional career, is one of eight inductees for the Class of 2022.
It’s all guesswork at this point. The Pistons, who have the No. 5 pick in the NBA Draft on June 23, aren’t sitting pretty like they were last season, when they had the top pick. They pondered over the top options before eventually selecting Cade Cunningham. This year, they’ll have to wait for the teams
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