The Pistons, who at one point held only the No. 7 pick in the Wednesday night’s draft, came away with three of the top 19 selections after a series of trades that saw them secure Killian Hayes (No. 7), Isaiah Stewart (No. 16), and Saddiq Bey (No. 19). For good measure, they also picked up
Rod Beard | The Detroit News In a couple of weeks, the first day of training camp could resemble the first day at a new school for even the Pistons’ veterans. After a whirlwind day of dealing, Pistons general manager Troy Weaver has transformed the roster, with more than half of it different from the
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. If nothing else, the Detroit Pistons were active
The Brooklyn Nets pulled off a significant draft night trade, just not the one you’re thinking of. They landed Landry Shamet in a three-team deal that sent Luke Kennard to the Clippers. The Brooklyn Nets have spent the past few days centered in trade rumors linking them with James Harden. Those rumors are still, as
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. Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver indicated
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. After being drafted with the seventh overall pick
The Detroit News | The Detroit News National analysts grade the Pistons for their selection of guard Killian Hayes with the No. 7 pick, and for their entire draft class: Killian Hayes ►Jonathan Tjarks, The Ringer: This is a deep pull-up 3 from a new front office led by Troy Weaver. Hayes has the best
Rod Beard | The Detroit News In his first NBA Draft since taking over as Pistons general manager, Troy Weaver began to put his stamp on remaking the roster on Wednesday. What’s clear is that it won’t be a slow, patient rebuild. Weaver made a huge first impression on his first draft night, executing a
Rod Beard | The Detroit News Since he was picked 12th overall in the 2017 draft, Luke Kennard had been one of the Pistons’ main building blocks, a young deadeye shooter who was just scratching the surface of his capabilities. Kennard won’t reach that full potential with the Pistons. During Wednesday’s NBA Draft, the Pistons
John Niyo | The Detroit News It’s Troy Weaver’s team now. That much is obvious after a whirlwind NBA Draft night that saw the Pistons’ new general manager — five months to the day after he signed on the dotted line here — start hammering away on his new rebuilding project. Or “restoration” project, as
Tyler J. Davis | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Pistons traded into the second round Wednesday to make their fourth pick of the 2020 NBA draft. The Utah Jazz traded backup big man Tony Bradley and the No. 38 pick in the draft to Detroit for future considerations. The product: explosive Vanderbilt guard, Saben Lee. “Saben
Shawn Windsor | Detroit Free Press Finally, there is a future, and a plan. And to think Detroit Pistons general manager Troy Weaver told us this was coming. Yeah, he said he was open to making moves on draft night. He told us he was ready to mix it up. But this? Three first-round picks? A trio of versatile, tough-minded players with a
The Pistons will sign second-round pick Saben Lee to a two-way contract, James Edwards III of The Athletic tweets. Detroit acquired the No. 38 overall pick in a draft-night trade and selected Lee, a junior guard out of Vanderbilt who averaged 18.6 PPG. 3.5 RPG and 4.2 APG last season. The Pistons’ front office had
Brian Mahoney | Associated Press Anthony Edwards paid tribute to his mother and grandmother. Onyeka Okongwu recalled his brother. Obi Toppin thought about coming home. Tears flowed freely for those and many more players Wednesday night when their long-awaited, months-delayed NBA dreams were finally realized. Edwards was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No.
By Matt Schoch | The Detroit News It’s NBA Draft time. The Pistons picked seventh, 16th and 19th. Point guard appeared to be their biggest need, and they addressed it by selecting Killian Hayes at No. 7. The Pistons then made a pick at No. 16, acquired in a trade from Houston before the draft. Detroit drafted Washington’s Isaiah Stewart
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press It was a busy night for the Detroit Pistons during the first round of the 2020 NBA draft. First, they took guard Killian Hayes with the No. 7 overall pick. Then, in a proposed trade yet to be approved by the league, the Trail Blazers took center Isaiah Stewart
By Matt Schoch | The Detroit News It’s NBA Draft time. The Pistons picked seventh, 16th and 19th. Point guard appeared to be their biggest need, and they addressed it by selecting Killian Hayes at No. 7. The Pistons then made a pick at No. 16, acquired in a trade from Houston before the draft. Detroit drafted Washington’s Isaiah Stewart
The Jazz have agreed to trade center Tony Bradley and the No. 38 pick to the Pistons for future considerations and cash, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter links). Bradley, 22, appeared in 58 regular-season games last season, averaging 4.9 PPG and 4.6 RPG in 11.4 MPG. Bradley will be entering his fourth season
November 18th 2020 at 8:10pm CST by Luke Adams Drafting James Wiseman won’t prevent the Warriors from looking to add another big man, according to Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area, who reports (via Twitter) that Golden State is eyeing at least four different bigs. The team has its $17MM+ trade exception and the
The Clippers, Nets, and Pistons have agreed to a trade, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN and Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter links). Wojnarowski and Charania report that Brooklyn will acquire Landry Shamet in the three-team trade, with Luke Kennard going to the Clippers and the Pistons acquiring Rodney McGruder and the No. 19 overall