Detroit — The clock is ticking close to 11 a.m. on a Friday in early December, and Stacey Lovelace is sitting courtside inside Wayne State Fieldhouse as the Motor City Cruise prepares for a regular-season game against the Iowa Wolves. It’s an early morning for Lovelace, an assistant general manager with the Cruise, the Detroit
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The Detroit Pistons confirmed earlier this week that their blossoming second-year guard, Cade Cunningham, will miss the rest of the season. On Wednesday, Killian Hayes offered more confirmation that until Cunningham returns, the Pistons are in good hands. A deep, stepback 3-pointer from Hayes with 1:11 left in overtime helped the Pistons defeat the Charlotte
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When bad teams get together, good basketball rarely follows. But fun basketball? Ohhhh yeah, there’s fun basketball. That’s what made Tuesday’s game between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets so good. Neither team was at full-strength and neither team played any defense — but the final result was an offensive explosion and an overtime finish.
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So much for that Detroit Pistons rebuild taking a step forward this season. And possibly next season. The stress fracture in Cade Cunningham’s left shin, and the season-ending surgery he has elected to have on it, have hobbled any chance the Pistons had this season to make progress with promising young players Jalen Duren, Killian
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The Charlotte Hornets season has been a sad affair. The troubles started before the season even started with assault charges and disturbing photos released by his wife featuring injuries after an alleged attack. The Hornets then lost Cody Martin in October, Gordon Hayward is out indefinitely after a November shoulder fracture, LaMelo Ball missed the
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Detroit — Troy Weaver called this “ground zero” back in September, and he meant it in the best way possible. The Pistons’ general manager was talking about his “restoration” project in Detroit reaching a new stage, with the foundation laid and the substructure settling into place. He’d built up a young core of talent here
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Detroit — Pistons general manager Troy Weaver and coach Dwane Casey addressed Cade Cunningham’s left shin injury, which will require season-ending surgery, after Tuesday’s practice. Cunningham, who has missed the last 17 games since Nov. 9, was deliberating between rest and rehabilitation or surgery for the past month. Weaver also confirmed that the cause of
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify • Hosts: Bryce Simon (@MotorCityHoops) and Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) • Producer: Wes Davenport • Editor: Robin Chan • Executive producers: Anjanette Delgado, Kirkland Crawford • Email: brycesimon3309@gmail.com; osankofa@freepress.com On this episode: Bryce and Omari take a quick look at the Pistons’ 124-117 loss to the Lakers, then go deep to answer questions from our listener mailbag, leading off with trade talk and the trajectory
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The Pistons Pulse is brought to you by The Detroit Free Press and is co hosted by Bryce Simon of MotorCityHoops and Omari Sankofa II, Detroit Pistons beat writer for The Detroit Free Press. Omari and I go full Detroit Pistons mailbag for this week’s episode of The Pistons Pulse. We always appreciate the support
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The Detroit Pistons projected optimism at media day — and they had good reason to. Beyond their impressive 2022 draft and roster-improving trades, the biggest reason for optimism was the continued development of their No. 1 wearing No. 2: Cade Cunningham. The 6-foot-6 point guard finished third in Rookie of the Year voting (and arguably
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