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The Detroit Pistons are doing their due diligence amid their search for former head coach Dwane Casey‘s replacement and assistant coach Jerome Allen has surfaced as a candidate to fill the vacancy (h/t Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports). An in-house hire if promoted to head coach, Allen has spent the last two seasons in Detroit […]

The Detroit Pistons didn’t enter the season expected to be in the running for the top pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. However, with Cade Cunningham — the first overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft — sustaining a season-ending shin injury just 12 games into his 2022-23 campaign, the Pistons were suddenly upstream with […]

The Detroit Pistons intend to consider a few NBA assistant coaches for their head coach vacancy. Among those candidates is Miami Heat assistant coach Chris Quinn. According to Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes, the Pistons plan on requesting permission from the Heat to interview their assistant. At the conclusion of the 2022-2023 regular season, Dwane Casey […]

The Detroit Pistons will interview former UConn coach and 13-year NBA veteran Kevin Ollie for their head coaching job, according to a Friday tweet from The Athletic Senior lead NBA Insider Shams Charania. “The Detroit Pistons will interview former University of Connecticut coach and 13-year NBA veteran Kevin Ollie for their head coaching job, sources tell me […]

The Detroit Pistons are looking to fill a head coaching vacancy after soon-to-be 66-year-old Dwane Casey was moved into a front office role. Looking for a fresh voice and new leader for their young club, expect the Pistons to do their due diligence, especially with such high odds to land the first overall pick in […]

Despite his ugly exit from the Boston Celtics, Ime Udoka has remained a premier coaching candidate for any team who needs someone with experience of winning at the highest level. That much is proven true as the 45-year-old has been linked with a number of openings, including the one with the Houston Rockets and Detroit […]

For the 14 teams that would miss the postseason, the 2023 NBA Draft looms as a beacon of hope to look forward to as they try to wash away the stench of their defeated past and build a sustainable contending squad for years to come. Thankfully for teams, life in the NBA functions differently as […]

Dwane Casey’s run as head coach of the Detroit Pistons came to an end following the team’s 103-81 road loss to the Chicago Bulls on Sunday. Casey announced after the game that he has stepped down as Pistons head coach, but he will remain in the organization, as he is set to move into a […]

After undergoing a brutal 17-65 season, the Detroit Pistons have decided to move on from Dwane Casey as head coach, via ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Casey will now move into a role in the Pistons’ front office. In his five years as Detroit’s head coach, Casey held a record of just 121-263. The Pistons will now […]

The Detroit Pistons (16-64) visit the Indiana Pacers (34-46) on Friday night! Action tips off at 7:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Pistons-Pacers prediction, pick, and how to watch. Here are the Pistons-Pacers NBA odds, courtesy of FanDuel NBA Odds: Pistons-Pacers Odds Detroit Pistons: +7 (-110) Indiana Pacers: -7 (-110) […]

Outside of player development, there has been no reason to check in on the Detroit Pistons since essentially Christmas. Even in a year where almost the entire league was in contention for the playoffs or NBA Play-In Tournament, the Little Caesars Arena was routinely a palace of pain. Though, perhaps growing pains is more appropriate. […]

Thursday’s pre-game first pitch at the Detroit Tigers game against the Boston Red Sox left fans feeling a sense of nostalgia. Detroit Pistons legend Ben Wallace, Detroit Lions ex-wideout Calvin Johnson, and former Detroit Red Wings star Nicklas Lidstrom were all in attendance. But it’s what they did before actually throwing the pitch that proved […]

Two months after rejoining the Brooklyn Nets, Spencer Dinwiddie traveled to Detroit on the night before his 30th birthday with a chance to pull the Nets within one game of clinching a playoff birth. The veteran answered the call, dishing out a career-high 16 assists in a 123-108 win over his former team. .@SDinwiddie_25 was […]

The rebuild is here for the Detroit Pistons. Looking at the team’s current roster, the Pistons actually have a rather solid nucleus. They’re just a young team with not much experience. They also lost last season’s top draft pick Cade Cunningham for the majority of this season due to a shin injury. He is expected […]

Detroit Pistons rookie Jaden Ivey appeared to have suffered a lower-body injury in Wednesday night’s home game against the visiting Brooklyn Nets. Ivey left the court in the third quarter after seemingly hurting his leg, but not before getting a technical foul, per Keith Langlois of Pistons.com. “Jaden Ivey walking gingerly to the bench after […]

Another tough season to swallow for Detroit Pistons fans is about to finally end, but head coach Dwane Casey wants the team’s supporters to know that brighter days are ahead of the franchise. “When this team turns the corner, the fans will quickly forget about these days. It’s a rebuild. We had to do it,” […]

The Brooklyn Nets (43-36) head to the Motor City on Wednesday for an Eastern Conference clash with the Detroit Pistons (16-63). Tip-off is scheduled for 7:10pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Nets-Pistons prediction and pick and information on how to watch. This is the third meeting of the season between these […]

The Detroit Pistons will enter the offseason with a lot of work ahead of them. They are now the NBA’s weakest club. They also have an imbalanced roster heavy on bigs and shallow on wings. Here we will look at the biggest roster need that the Detroit Pistons must definitely address in the coming 2023 […]

Jaden Ivey is in the midst of a very strong rookie season for the Detroit Pistons. He is having such a strong rookie campaign that he is up to 1,116 points, the most by a Pistons rookie since Grant Hill in 1994-1995, per ESPN Stats & Info. Although the Pistons currently have the worst record […]

The Detroit Pistons have plenty of kinks to work out of their roster this offseason. Seriously, even though the players fought hard and developed individually along the way, neither their rotation nor their roster as a whole project to be a suitable long-term option. While they have a core — namely Cade Cunningham and Jaden […]

The Miami Heat hope to get a win to potentially get out of the play in games, and in the process send the Detroit Pistons to a tenth straight loss. We continue our NBA odds series with a Heat-Pistons prediction, pick, and how-to watch. The Heat enters this matchup coming off a 129-122 win over […]

While only a few fans and pundits (if any) expected the Detroit Pistons to make some sort of mini-leap during the 2022-23 campaign, especially after adding Bojan Bogdanovic in a surprise offseason move, they remain very much where they have been over the past two seasons — the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Of course, […]

When people look into the history of the NBA’s most successful teams and dynasties, Isiah Thomas and the “Bad Boy” Detroit Pistons aren’t often mentioned in that conversation. Maybe it’s because they didn’t win as many titles as some of the other teams did in their history. It’s something Thomas has grown to accept over […]

Bam Adebayo was forced to sit out on Saturday against the Dallas Mavericks due to a hip injury. The Miami Heat are in action again on Tuesday, this time battling the Detroit Pistons at the Little Caesars Arena, and at this point, it seems like Adebayo is in danger of missing his second straight game […]

With only four games remaining in their 2022-23 regular season, the Detroit Pistons and their fans are looking ahead to the offseason. The Pistons own an 18-62 record — by far the worst in the entire league  — and have lost nine games in a row. Needless to say, there hasn’t been much for Detroit […]

It was always going to take some time for James Wiseman to get acclimated to the basketball court again after missing all of last season with a knee injury. Apparently the Golden State Warriors weren’t willing to be patient as they shipped him off to the Detroit Pistons at this season’s trade deadline. Whether or […]

Detroit Pistons big man Marvin Bagley III was forced to exit Sunday’s game against the Orlando Magic after suffering a neck injury. Bagley played for just nine minutes in the contest before Dwane Casey took him out with three minutes to go in the first quarter. The team eventually revealed that the 24-year-old is dealing […]

The lowly Detroit Pistons (16-61) head to Florida take on the Orlando Magic (33-44). Tip-off is at 6:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, April 2. We continue our NBA odds series with a Pistons-Magic prediction, pick, and how to watch. Orlando is coming into this matchup with some momentum after a win against a depleted Washington […]

The Detroit Pistons (16-60) visit the Houston Rockets (18-59) on Friday night! Action tips off at 8:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Pistons-Rockets prediction, pick, and how to watch. Here are the Pistons-Rockets NBA odds, courtesy of FanDuel NBA Odds: Pistons-Rockets Odds Detroit Pistons: +6.5 (-112) Houston Rockets: -6.5 (-108) […]

At 16-60, the Detroit Pistons have the league’s worst record and a 14 percent chance to land the first overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery. They have a 52.1 percent chance to land a top-four pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. It’s likely that they would use the first pick on Metropolitans 92 power […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder suffered a shock loss against the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday on a night that they did not have the services of All-Star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. SGA is currently dealing with an ankle injury, that is apparently significant enough for him to have to miss yet another game for OKC as they […]

The Detroit Pistons (16-59) visit the Oklahoma City Thunder (37-39) on Wednesday night! Action tips off at 8:10 p.m. ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Pistons-Thunder prediction, pick, and how to watch. Here are the Pistons-Thunder NBA odds, courtesy of FanDuel NBA Odds: Pistons-Thunder Odds Detroit Pistons: +9.5 (-108) Oklahoma City Thunder: […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo was dominant on both sides of the ball in Saturday’s contest against the Denver Nuggets. He finished with 31 points — on 13-for-22 shooting from the field — four assists, nine rebounds, and four steals in a game the Bucks went on to lose by a final score of 129-106. […]

Milwaukee Bucks defensive ace Jrue Holiday put together a forgettable performance in Saturday’s contest against the Denver Nuggets. He scored nine points — on 3-for-11 shooting from the field — and dished out seven assists in a game the Bucks went on to lose by a final score of 129-106. Still, when the Bucks visit […]

The Milwaukee Bucks travel to the Motor City Monday to take on the Detroit Pistons in an Eastern Conference matchup. Check out our NBA odds series as we hand out a Bucks-Pistons prediction and pick. We will also tell you how to watch the game. The Bucks currently have the best record in the NBA […]

The Toronto Raptors will be playing host to their conference rival the Detroit Pistons Friday evening. Head coach Nick Nurse will need all hands on deck during the outing to snap their current two-game losing streak. However, star forward Scottie Barnes‘ availability is still considered to be up in the air. With this, the question […]

The worst team in the NBA heads to Canada as the Detroit Pistons face the Toronto Raptors. It is time to continue our NBA odds series with a Pistons-Raptors prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Pistons come into this game loser of four straight and losers of 15 out of the last 16 games. […]

As of writing, the Toronto Raptors are ninth in the East with a 35-38 record. Their spot in the Play-In tournament is anything but guaranteed at this point, and it goes without saying that they will need to fight their way to a Top 10 finish in the conference. They have a great opportunity to […]

Atlanta Hawks star guard Dejounte Murray put together a solid all-around performance in Sunday’s contest against the San Antonio Spurs. He scored 22 points — on 10-for-25 shooting from the field — grabbed six rebounds, and dished out eight assists in a game the Hawks went on to lose by a final score of 126-118. […]