By Tim Reynolds | Associated Press Miami — The NBA told its teams Thursday that it intends to return to a normal schedule next season, with training camps opening in late September and the regular season set to begin on Oct. 19. A memo that was sent to teams, a copy of which was obtained by
Former Detroit Pistons shooting guard Luke Kennard scored 18 points Tuesday night against the Utah Jazz. The current Los Angeles Clipper hit four 3-pointers. He was on the floor down the stretch of a tight playoff game. He made a difference. He is not a difference-maker. You could say the same of two other former
June 9th 2021 at 5:18pm CST by Arthur Hill The Pistons‘ luck in the draft lottery could determine whether Cory Joseph returns next season, according to Rod Beard of The Detroit News. If Detroit takes Cade Cunningham or Jalen Suggs, the front office may decide it has too many point guards on the roster to
Jerome Allen, one of the top assistants on the Boston Celtics and a candidate for their open head coaching position, has been offered an assistant coach position with the Detroit Pistons and is in Detroit meeting with the team today, reports Marc Spears of The Undefeated. How seriously he would be in moving on from
Detroit Pistons rookie Saddiq Bey will join Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell as a grand marshal for the 2021 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. Campell and Bey will split grand marshal duties with Campbell on Saturday, and Bey on Sunday. Bey, who the Pistons picked 19th overall from Villanova, finished his rookie season averaging 12.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per
Saddiq Bey, who emerged as one of the Detroit Pistons’ young stars last season, will serve as grand marshal for Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle. Bey will participate in pre- and post-race ceremonies for the second race in the IndyCar Series weekend doubleheader, including the official command of “Drivers, To Your Cars” before the
All Detroit Pistons fans are looking for a reason to celebrate on NBA Draft Lottery night, but one lucky fan will have 100,000 more reasons to celebrate courtesy of a new sweepstakes offered by the Detroit Pistons and the team’s new jersey patch sponsor United Wholesale Mortgage. The two are teaming up for the “Home
When Blake Griffin made his first post-buyout return to Little Caesars Arena on March 26, he was a different player than the one who departed the Detroit Pistons more than a month prior. He scored 17 points on just eight shots, marking one of his most efficient scoring outbursts of the season up to that
June 7th 2021 at 9:57pm CST by Dana Gauruder Cory Joseph has a partially guaranteed contract for next season and the Pistons could retain him, depending upon how the draft shakes out, Rod Beard of The Detroit News opines in a mailbag post. Only $2.4MM of Joseph’s $12.6MM is guaranteed and the Pistons will have
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
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in Detroit Pistons fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts. The biggest story throughout the NBA this playoff season has been how teams try to adjust after key injuries.
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in Detroit Pistons fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts. The biggest story throughout the NBA this playoff season has been how teams try to adjust after key injuries.
Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we’re talking about the Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about the hiring of John Beilein, the firing? mutual parting of ways? with Gregg Polinsky, and a hypothetical trade scenario at the top of this year’s draft. Troy Weaver continues
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
Self-explanatory: if you want a fake team, say so in the comments of this post. I will keep track of the names, and then we will do a random draw for teams. Let me know what you think about the premise of two expansion teams in the comments, as well. Thus, we will have either
Today, the Conference semifinals of the 2021 NBA Playoffs will kick off when the Brooklyn Nets host Milwaukee Bucks in what could be a premature Final this year. The winner of this pair will face the winner of Philadelphia 76ers vs. Atlanta Hawks duel, which starts tomorrow. And the meeting between those winners in the
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
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
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”