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Jerami Grant and the Detroit Pistons have gotten to an early lead over the Boston Celtics on Friday night, in large part due to Grant’s contributions. Midway through the second quarter, Grant showed off his athleticism with a massive poster dunk over Daniel Theis. The play began with rookie Killian Hayes advancing the ball up […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin was on the wrong end of a nasty elbow from Golden State Warriors rookie James Wiseman on Tuesday night. The six-time All-Star did not return in the second half of the Pistons’ 116-106 loss to the Dubs and was placed in the concussion protocol after catching the brutal elbow from Golden […]

The re-tooled Brooklyn Nets hit a major speedbump early in their 2020-21 NBA campaign when shooting guard Spencer Dinwiddie’s MRI revealed an ACL injury. Although the tear was deemed partial, the 27-year-old is expected to miss the rest of the season. Dinwiddie emerged as the top scorer for the overachieving Nets squad last season with […]

While there aren’t a lot of positive takeaways when suffering a double-overtime loss to a Cleveland Cavaliers team that finished last in the Eastern Conference in 2019-20, one of the lone bright spots for the Detroit Pistons was Blake Griffin going off from deep. The six-time All-Star showed how he has transformed his game over […]

The New York Knicks haven’t been on the “winning” side of too many trades (or basketball games, for that matter) in the franchise’s history. However, displays of organizational ineptitude have been more frequent in the James Dolan era (beginning in 1997), and particularly in the 21st century. Now, with a revamped front office led by Leon […]

The 2020-21 NBA season is set to get started under very unique circumstances amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The start of a new season always brings new predictions for awards, and they often wind up looking very similar. Here, we’re going to make some outside-the-box choices for the major NBA awards. While there’s a good chance […]

Thursday featured a preseason matchup between the Detroit Pistons and the Washington Wizards, which got a little bit feisty. Pistons forward Blake Griffin got into it with Wizards big man Thomas Bryant, but as it turns out, Griffin had no intention of getting into a preseason fist fight with a rather heated Bryant. Here’s a […]

With the 2020-21 NBA season less than a week away, the biggest news in professional basketball this week came out of Milwaukee, as two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a five-year, $228 million supermax to stay with the team that drafted him. With the superstar off the table for the 2021 offseason, many teams looking to […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin is engaging in more real estate close to his old digs in Los Angeles. Scratch that, right behind his old digs in L.A. Jack Flemming of the Los Angeles Time reported that Griffin purchased a $5.87 million home in Brentwood, and the property apparently sits right behind his $19.1 million farmhouse: With […]

The Detroit Pistons signed LiAngelo Ball earlier this month and his tenure with the franchise didn’t last long. Following being waived by the Pistons on Sunday, LaVar Ball didn’t hold back in his criticism of Detroit’s organization. While doing an AMA on Bleacher Report, LaVar was asked about his son being released by the Pistons […]

LiAngelo Ball’s NBA dreams were cut short after the Detroit Pistons waived him two weeks since signing him. While it’s unfortunate news, many basketball diehards poked fun at the guard on Twitter. The first thing that came to the minds of several fans was LaVar, the outspoken and gregarious Ball patriarch. When Lavar Ball found out […]

The Detroit Pistons have reportedly waived LiAngelo Ball after signing him to a one-year, non-guaranteed deal earlier this December. According to James Edward III of The Athletic, the Pistons have released Gelo along with Anthony Lamb and Louis King. Per sources, the #Pistons have waived Anthony Lamb, Louis King and LiAngelo Ball. — James L. […]

Due to a shortened preparation period heading to the 2020-2021 NBA season, rookies like Detroit Pistons youngster Killian Hayes didn’t have the full benefit of playing in the summer league or having a longer training camp to start their rookie campaign. The 19-year-old swingman didn’t have the best of starts in his preseason debut against […]

Derrick Rose will be entering his second season with the Detroit Pistons in the upcoming NBA campaign. Nothing, however, is set in stone just yet, considering the former MVP is once again reportedly on the trade block. The 32-year-old playmaker does have plenty of potential suitors around after rising from the ashes of multiple career-threatening […]

Despite suffering a couple of potentially career-ending knee injuries earlier in his career, Detroit Pistons guard Derrick Rose is still a productive guard in the league today. The 32-year-old recently shared his secret to longevity, and according to Rose, it’s all about channeling his inner Kobe Bryant. Rose is no longer the MVP-caliber superstar he […]

LiAngelo Ball is not your ordinary NBA player signed to a non-guaranteed deal. Though he has to fight for a spot in the roster, the city of Detroit has already shown some love to Ball by way of a billboard. Last week, the Pistons inked Ball to a non-guaranteed deal. This means that Ball is […]

Blake Griffin’s time with the Detroit Pistons has been a rollercoaster ride, to say the least. His first full season in Motor City was great. In the 2018-2019 campaign, he was named as an All-Star again for the first time in three years. He averaged a career-high 24.5 points per game and was key in […]

The Detroit Pistons had themselves quite the offseason. Aside from the Oklahoma City Thunder, they were arguably the busiest team in terms of transactions made from start to finish. It was safe to assume that no one, not even the front office would know what the final roster would look like heading into training camp, […]

Derrick Rose is set to come off the bench for the Detroit Pistons this season, as rookie Killian Hayes is in line to be the starting point guard. Pistons head coach Dwayne Casey revealed Hayes as his starter when talking to the media on Sunday, per Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free-Press. The Pistons […]

A veteran looking to emulate a younger star? That’s what Derrick Rose is looking to do with the Detroit Pistons, as he aims to use Jimmy Butler as a model. Rose compares what he and fellow veteran Blake Griffin are contending with on a very young Pistons squad to what Butler did in Miami with […]

The Detroit Pistons took Killian Hayes with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, leaving Derrick Rose to mentor the young guard. While some veteran players would be upset with the situation, Rose is anxious to work with Hayes, per Rod Beard of the Detroit News. #Pistons Derrick Rose on working with […]

If you didn’t know by now, Detroit Pistons GM Troy Weaver is a particularly big fan of centers, and he’s not ashamed to admit it. In his first offseason as general manager, Weaver wasn’t hesitant to shake-up the Pistons front-court. Detroit declined to re-sign 6-foot-10, 26-year-old Christian Wood after a promising 2019-20 campaign, sending him […]

It wasn’t the Los Angeles Lakers or the Charlotte Hornets, but the Detroit Pistons were the team that finally fulfilled Lavar Ball’s quest to have all three of his sons on NBA rosters. LiAngelo Ball signed a non-guaranteed deal with the Detroit Pistons, meaning he’s going to have to fight for a spot on the […]

After LiAngelo Ball inked a one-year, non-guaranteed NBA deal with the Detroit Pistons, his brothers Lonzo Ball and LaMelo Ball shared their excitement on social media. Lonzo quoted Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid in celebrating LiAngelo’s NBA contract. The New Orleans Pelicans guard knows how tedious Gelo’s NBA journey has been. From not being selected […]

As a father, you’d want nothing but your son to succeed in life and this is certainly the case for LaVar Ball and his three talented kids. With that said, it’s been a good couple of weeks for the Ball Family. Just over two weeks ago, LaMelo, the youngest of the three Ball siblings, got […]

LiAngelo Ball became the only Ball brother without a spot in the NBA after his younger brother, LaMelo, was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets last month. That did not last long. The middle Ball brother has reportedly signed a one-year, non-guaranteed contract with the Detroit Pistons, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. Charania reported the […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin will soon be acclimating to a new role within the team as it looks to trend towards a new direction. The Motor City squad has done a bevy of reshuffling over the past few years which eventually made Griffin the longest-tenured member of the team heading to the 2020-2021 NBA […]

Derrick Rose has played four games against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center as a visiting player, and each time, he has received MVP chants from the home crowd. Rose, a Chicago native, won the 2011 MVP award with the Bulls, becoming the youngest player in NBA history to win the Maurice Podoloff Trophy. Even […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant’s death still hurts Detroit Pistons point guard Derrick Rose, who like many basketball players, was inspired by Bryant’s grind and love for the game. In the newest edition of his autobiography called “I’ll Show You,” Rose talked about how Bryant no longer being with us is something he may […]

Detroit Pistons veteran forward Blake Griffin doesn’t expect to be on a minutes restriction when he returns to NBA action later this month. “I had lunch with Blake a few weeks ago,” Pistons head coach Dwayne Casey said, via James Edwards III of The Athletic. “He didn’t want to hear about the minute restrictions. He’s […]

Six Eastern Conference teams failed to qualify for the NBA bubble this past season. These teams include the Charlotte Hornets, Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, and Cleveland Cavaliers. What will it take for one or more of these teams to rise up the conference? Here are the players whose growth is […]

New Houston Rockets big man Christian Wood thinks he can be a good second option for James Harden, causing some to speculate if the high-flyer knows something about a possible Russell Westbrook trade. Westbrook, like Harden, has reportedly requested a trade from the Rockets. Houston is holding out hope that Harden changes his mind about […]

In an intriguing piece of detail in this offseason, Zach Lowe of ESPN, divulged that the Detroit Pistons approached the Washington Wizards for a possible trade involving Blake Griffin and John Wall. Via Zach Lowe of ESPN: “The Pistons in recent weeks made an exploratory call to the Washington Wizards about a potential swap of […]

The Detroit Pistons were an active team in free agency and now they’ve added a veteran presence on Tuesday. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Wayne Ellington has agreed to a one-year, $2.6 million deal with the Pistons. Free agent G Wayne Ellington has agreed to a one-year, $2.6M deal with the Detroit Pistons, agent Mark […]

The NBA’s first-ever November version of free agency has been wild. There have been plenty of head-scratching moves since free agency kicked off this past Friday. Let’s take a look at the initial two losers of NBA free agency in 2020. Loser No 1: Charlotte Hornets The Charlotte Hornets entered free agency with plenty of […]

Zhaire Smith has had his name involved in trade discussions for the Philadelphia 76ers and he’s now headed elsewhere this offseason. While the Sixers are entering a new regime, Philadelphia has traded Smith to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Tony Bradley, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The 76ers are trading G Zhaire Smith to the […]

A Denver Nuggets shake-up loomed Friday with news coming through that Detroit Pistons superstar Blake Griffin was well on his way to the Nuggets. As it turns out, that potential deal is already as dead as a doornail at this point. This report comes via Mike Singer of USA TODAY: Asked #Nuggets source about Blake […]

After a strong finish in the Orlando bubble with the Denver Nuggets, Jerami Grant has agreed to a three-year deal worth $60 million with the Detroit Pistons, per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Free agent Jerami Grant has agreed to a three-year, $60 million deal with the Detroit Pistons, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. […]

The Detroit Pistons have been an active team at the start of NBA Free Agency, and they have added another rather notable name. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Motor City franchise has agreed to a deal with former fourth-overall pick Josh Jackson. Free agent F Josh Jackson is finalizing a deal with the Detroit […]