Rod Beard | The Detroit News The Pistons started draft day with one pick, but by the end of the first round, they ended up with three, with a series of trades that was just one piece of their dramatic roster reshaping. In their draft preparation, the Pistons saw several players they thought would be good
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The Pistons entered the NBA Draft with the No. 7 pick, and general manager Troy Weaver and his staff completed their draft board and identified their top targets. Near the top of the board was guard Killian Hayes, and even though some of the picks directly before the Pistons went a little differently than many
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons introduce their rookie class: Why they made these four picks Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver, coach Dwane Casey and the 2020 NBA draft class speak to the media on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. On Wednesday, exactly a week after the NBA draft,
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver: We wanted to ‘attack the NBA draft’ Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver speaks after the NBA draft about his aggressive mindset, Killian Hayes and the team’s huge draft haul, Nov. 18, 2020. The Detroit Pistons puzzled many across NBA circles
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver: We wanted to ‘attack the NBA draft’ Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver speaks after the NBA draft about his aggressive mindset, Killian Hayes and the team’s huge draft haul, Nov. 18, 2020. Follow along with us as the Detroit Pistons
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver: We wanted to ‘attack the NBA draft’ Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver speaks after the NBA draft about his aggressive mindset, Killian Hayes and the team’s huge draft haul, Nov. 18, 2020. Follow along with us as the Detroit Pistons
The Pistons made an exploratory call to the Wizards in recent weeks to ask about the possibility of a trade involving Blake Griffin and John Wall, sources tell Zach Lowe of ESPN. However, Detroit’s level of interest in that sort of deal is unclear, according to Lowe, who says that conversations didn’t go anywhere. Lowe
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Pistons kicked off their free agency period last Friday by signing center Mason Plumlee to a three-year, $25-million deal. It was a surprising move for several reasons. Plumlee, a backup center for the Denver Nuggets the last three seasons, has just 44 starts since 2017-18. And
Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver: We wanted to ‘attack the NBA draft’ Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver speaks after the NBA draft about his aggressive mindset, Killian Hayes and the team’s huge draft haul, Nov. 18, 2020. Four days after acquiring him in a
Rod Beard | The Detroit News There’s another one. The Pistons have been the most active NBA team in the past week in upgrading their roster through the draft, trades and free agency. They added another veteran Tuesday, agree to a deal with guard Wayne Ellington, a league source told The Detroit News. Ellington, who
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Omari Sankofa II | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Recapping Detroit Pistons’ wild first day of 2020 free agency A look back at just the first 12 hours of the first day of 2020 NBA free agency for the Detroit Pistons. The Detroit Pistons addressed two needs — shooting and experience — with one signing
Free agent shooting guard Wayne Ellington has agreed to a one-year, $2.6MM contract with the Pistons, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets. The Pistons, who have engaged in a flurry of roster moves over the past week, are hard-capped but needed backcourt help and decided to bring in Ellington on a veteran’s minimum contract. Svi Mykhailiuk is
The Pistons have waived recently-acquired center Dewayne Dedmon, James Edwards III of The Athletic tweets. Detroit officially acquired Dedmon from the Hawks on Friday and sent out wings Tony Snell and Khyri Thomas in the deal. However, the Pistons had no intention of keeping Dedmon, who has a $13.3MM guaranteed contract in 2020/21. Dedmon also had a $13.3MM salary for
3:59pm: Bobby Marks of ESPN has the new protections on the Pistons’ first-round pick being sent to Houston in the deal. According to Marks (Twitter link), it’s top-16 protected in 2021 and 2022, top-18 in ’23 and ’24, top-13 in ’25, top-11 in ’26, and top-nine in ’27. If it still hasn’t changed hands by
The Cavaliers are close to finalizing a deal to bring back Matthew Dellavedova for another season, according to Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com, who reports that the veteran guard has agreed to the parameters of a one-year contract. The agreement will give Dellavedova $2.1MM for the upcoming season, along with a one-year Bird restriction and the option
The Kings will have to make a decision on Bogdan Bogdanovic‘s offer sheet with the Hawks on Tuesday, and as Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee writes, there are pros and cons the team must consider as it weighs its options. Matching Bogdanovic’s four-year, $72MM offer sheet would mean not losing him for nothing, and
November 23rd 2020 at 9:41pm CST by Dana Gauruder The Nets have shifted their focus away from a potential James Harden blockbuster and are simply looking to make marginal upgrades to the roster, according to Brian Lewis of the New York Post. Brooklyn might pursue the Hornets’ Nicolas Batum once he clears waivers to give
Second-year point guard Jordan Bone has agreed to a two-way contract with the Magic, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. Bone played on a similar contract with the Pistons after being drafted in the second round in 2019 but spent much of the season in the G League. He appeared in 10 games with Detroit