News broke early Monday that the Oklahoma City Thunder, armed with a giant war chest of future picks, made a legitimate offer to the Detroit Pistons in an effort to trade up to No. 1 in Thursday’s NBA Draft. This came after Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Pistons were still undecided on who to select
It was a tough rookie season for Killian Hayes. He didn’t have a Summer League or a typical preseason to prepare, and before he even played 10 games, he had a hip injury that kept him out for a couple of months. Hayes returned to finish the season healthy, but with things getting somewhat back
Go through the gallery to see Rod Beard’s NBA mock draft 2.0 for 2021. Click here if you have trouble viewing the gallery. The countdown is almost done, before NBA commissioner Adam Silver starts: “With the first pick in the 2021 NBA draft, the Detroit Pistons select…” Cade Cunningham should be the finish to that sentence, and the beginning
The Detroit Pistons are continuing to round out their coaching staff with the addition of Jim Moran, most recently of the Portland Trail Blazers. When the Blazers hired Chauncey Billups, they allowed him to build his own assistant staff and all the coaches working under the deposed Terry Stotts were let go. Moran fits a
USA Basketball got off to a rough start in the Olympics, falling to France 83-76, snapping a 25-game Olympic winning streak and falling for the first time since Athens in 2004. Detroit Pistons Jerami Grant played zero minutes in Team USA’s loss. Coincidence? I think not. In reality, Team USA’s roster construction has always been
We’re less than a week away from the draft, and that means everyone is scrounging for intel, teams are setting off smoke screens, and player agents are jockeying to shape the narrative to best suit their client and maybe even improve their draft position. It is with that context in mind that we share with
I don’t blame myself, but I wouldn’t be mad at you if you did. Roughly this time last draft season, I was writing a lot of very favorable things about Killian Hayes. I thought he was the best mix of floor and ceiling in the class, ranked him over LaMelo Ball and Anthony Edwards on
There is no denying the popularity of NFTs even as it is difficult to describe why NBA fans can’t get enough of them. I guess that just goes hand in hand with fandom, collectibles and emerging digital technologies. The Detroit Pistons are getting in on the NFT game with the release of 890 NFTs across
Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we’re talking about your #1 overall pick-having Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about the Olympic men’s basketball disappointment, the NBA Finals, and answer your questions the week of the 2021 NBA Draft. A big shoutout to everyone who
Last summer, Troy Weaver took over a Detroit Pistons team in need of an overhaul. He embraced the challenge, leveraging future assets and around $30 million in cap space to transform the roster and bring in a promising core of players to build around. A year later, the franchise is banking on Jerami Grant, Killian Hayes,
When recruiting high school basketball players, it’s hard for college coaches to know what they’re going to see on any given day. In some cases, they stumble upon a diamond in the rough while scouting a different player. Mike Boynton was on a scouting trip at Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas, and while watching
When Troy Weaver selected Isaiah Stewart with the 16th overall pick, there was plenty of head-scratching to go around. Stewart was a big-time recruit and had a solid freshman year but was projected to go later in the draft and appeared to be an old-school big with a limited ceiling. The University of Washington product
“I love Detroit.” That’s how the presumptive No. 1 pick of Thursday’s NBA draft, Cade Cunningham, began his response to a question I asked on what he knows about the city that could soon become his new home. The Arlington, Texas native has no obvious ties to Detroit — he was born and raised in
Troy Weaver and our Detroit Pistons did it: they tanked hard, they tanked smart, and they won the lottery. As a result, the Pistons are in position to draft Cade Cunningham. Rejoice. What now? With three second-round picks this year, there has been a lot of discussion of consolidating into a potential additional first-round pick.
When Mason Plumlee signed a three-year, $25 million contract with the Detroit Pistons last November, there was much consternation and confusion among Pistons fans. Plumlee was entering his 30-year-old season and didn’t, on the surface, appear to be much of a difference maker for a team poised to rebuild. As the season progressed, the Duke
Likely No. 1 pick Cade Cunningham praised the Pistons organization and the city of Detroit in his only scheduled visit, Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press writes. Cunningham worked out with the Pistons on Tuesday. “The organization has a lot of great people within it,” Cunningham said. “I mean, starting from the owners,
If Cade Cunningham becomes a Detroit Piston on Thursday, he won’t need a full introduction to the city. Cunningham got his initial taste earlier this week, when he flew to Detroit for his pre-draft interview and workout with the team. He attended the Detroit Tigers’ 14-0 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday, and photos
Cade Cunningham, the Pistons’ likely selection with the No. 1 overall pick in next week’s NBA draft, is looking to make an immediate impression on the Detroit sports scene. During his visit to work out for the Pistons ahead of the draft, Cunningham received a warm reception at Comerica Park, with fans chanting: “We want Cade!”
The Detroit Pistons continue to reshape their coaching ranks with the addition of Andrew Jones III, according to multiple media reports. Jones most recently spent two seasons on the Philadelphia 76ers sidelines as a player development coach. Previous to his time in Philly, Jones spent five seasons working with Troy Weaver and the Oklahoma City
All along, I’ve thought about the likely selection of Cade Cunningham as a way to exorcise the demons of Darko Milicic — the Detroit Pistons’ ill-fated selection the last time the team had a top-3 pick. Perhaps, instead, it is actually a way to exorcise the demons of trading Khris Middleton — famously the “other