You can win for losing. It’s just not as easy as it looks in the NBA, where the race to the bottom isn’t quite the mad dash that it once was but still takes a special kind of fortitude. And to their credit, it’s one that these up-and-coming Pistons don’t seem to have, something they
Detroit — When a team jumps to a lead of 20-plus points in the first quarter, it very often feels too good to be true. When it’s a young lineup, a lead that big feels even more fragile. And so it was on Monday night, when the Pistons bulldozed their way to a 23-point lead
We hear from Dwane Casey after six of his Pistons score in double figures in a 109-105 victory over the Cavaliers. #ItsMillerTime
We hear from Tyler Cook after he gets into the starting lineup and puts up 12 points and three rounds for Detroit on Monday. #DetroitBasketball
We hear from Frank Jackson after he comes off the Pistons bench to score 20 Monday night. #DetroitBasketball
It looked like the Detroit Pistons were set to cruise to an easy win. An 18-point first quarter from Saddiq Bey helped them build a 23-point lead toward the end of the opening period. The Cleveland Cavaliers slowly whittled down the deficit and took their first lead of the game with a Darius Garland 3-pointer midway through
Well, the Detroit Pistons beat the Cleveland Cavaliers. If you’re mad, just get it out of your system now. I feel you. I get it. But, I don’t know, it’s hard to be mad at a game like this. Sure, you could have drawn up the ending a little better — maybe the Pistons young
Ahh, a game only a mother could love. Jerami Grant and Mason Plumlee (among others) are out for the Pistons. So it’s another night of Deeeetroit Basketball courtesy of the 23 and younger set. It should be a good matchup for rookie Killian Hayes who hopefully gets to see some solid minutes against Darius Garland.
The baby Detroit Pistons will once again see the floor tonight as seven players have already been ruled out against the also bad Cleveland Cavaliers. Call it finding times for the young guys or call it blatant tanking. Whatever it is, it’s probably going to be some ugly basketball tonight. The saving grace for the
Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week’s episode we talk about your 17-40 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Isaiah Stewart deserving a spot on the All-Rookie team, TANKWATCH, and our conflicting emotions on that Killian Hayes shot against the Clippers. Why we’re talking about “Rest”
With one month remaining in the season, the Detroit Pistons are firmly out of the playoff race. They’re at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings, and have the third-worst record across the entire league. Naturally, fans are focusing on the 2021 NBA draft lottery. A bottom-three finish would give the Pistons a strong chance
A funny thing happened on the way to winding down the Pistons’ season. The fans got excited about something. It wasn’t about a buzzer-beating win or a standout individual performance against an elite-level team. Instead, it was just the notion that the Pistons started all three of their first-round picks in the game against the
Detroit — Pistons rookie Saddiq Bey is used to not being in the spotlight. It’s not a position that he naturally gravitates toward, but with the season he’s having, he may not be able to stay in the background for much longer. Even among the Pistons’ three first-round draft picks last year, Bey was the last taken.
The Detroit Pistons played on the second night of a back-to-back in a matchup of two bottom dwellers in the standings. It turns out, even with many players well-rested they were no match for the Wizards, falling 100-121. Taking into account where the franchise is at the moment in its rebuild, losing isn’t the problem.
Isaiah Stewart can rebound. Like few others his age. And when he was on his way to a career-high 21 boards Friday night against Oklahoma City, his teammates were yelling at him to “go ahead and keep snagging them.” But did you know the Detroit Pistons rookie forward can cook? That he attacks the kitchen the same way he
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons fall to the Wizards 121-100. #ItsMillerTime
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
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
Game Vitals: When: Saturday, April 17, 2021, 8 p.m. ESTWhere: Capital One Arena, Washington D.C.Watch: Bally Sports Detroit, NBA League PassOdds: Pistons +4.5 Projected Lineups: Detroit Pistons (17-39):Cory Joseph, Josh Jackson, Saddiq Bey, Jerami Grant, Mason Plumlee Washington Wizards (22-33):Russell Westbrook, Bradley Beal, Deni Avdija, Rui Hachimura, Alex Len Pregame Reading: DBB’s own Matt Way
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