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Players of Jared Dudley’s caliber normally sit out the first few days of free agency, waiting for the league’s marquee players to make decisions that inevitably affect their own. That proved the case on Sunday, as a dizzying night of package deals, surprise signings, and shocking sign-and-trades left the open market absent any superstars with […]

Free agent Derrick Rose is headed back East, as he will be’s set to sign a two-year deal with the Detroit Pistons, Adrian Wojnarowski reports. Free agent guard Derrick Rose has agreed to a two-year, $15M deal to join the Detroit Pistons, league sources tell ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 30, 2019 This shouldn’t […]

It looks like a done deal that Derrick Rose will be a Detroit Piston, which may be a match made in heaven for both parties. As of 2:00 p.m. on June 30, 2019, it is looking like a lock that former MVP Derrick Rose is heading to Motor City to play for the Detroit, as […]

Free agent point guard Derrick Rose is set to meet with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday, with both sides reportedly motivated to work on a two-year deal, according to Adrian Wojnarowski. Free agent G Derrick Rose will meet with the Pistons on Sunday, with both sides motivated on finding a pathway to a two-year contract, […]

The Detroit Pistons are emerging as the favorite to sign Derrick Rose, according to Frank Isola of The Athletic. Rose becomes an unrestricted free agent on Sunday. Pistons vice chairman Arn Tellem has a close relationship with Rose. Tellem used to be Rose’s agent. Detroit Pistons are emerging as the favorite to sign Derrick Rose, […]

The Detroit Pistons are declining their team option on small forward Glenn Robinson III’s contract, per The Athletic’s Michael Scotto. Robinson will be an unrestricted free agent when the market opens on Sunday, June 30th. The five-year NBA vet will seek a new home after stints with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Phoenix Suns, Indiana Pacers and […]

Tony Snell of the Milwaukee Bucks was traded last week to the Detroit Pistons as part of a salary dump involving Jon Leuer and the No. 30 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. That pick was later traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, but Snell’s status as a future Piston remains unchanged. Snell is not stranger […]

Some NBA players have been known to go all out during the summer break as their way of getting some R&R in before the start of another grueling season. Two such studs are Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin and the oft-injured Chandler Parsons of the Memphis Grizzlies. Recently, the cameras of TMZ Sports caught up […]

The Detroit Pistons were looking to put an emphasis on shoring up some shooting on the wing by trading for Tony Snell. The Pistons made the playoffs this past season, but that lack of shooting hurt their offense. According to Keith Langlois of NBA.com, head coach Dwayne Casey feels Snell provides just that: “When the […]

Former Detroit Pistons point man Chauncey Billups gave a bit of insight as to what his former franchise needs ahead of this upcoming season, singling out quite the glaring weakness of this team moving forward. “You kind of gotta upgrade the backcourt,” said the now-ESPN analyst and former NBA champion. “I think in the NBA […]

Out of all the potential options at pick No. 15 for the Detroit Pistons in the 2019 NBA Draft, most experts projected that French sensation Sekou Doumbouya would not be one of them because he would be gone by the time the Pistons picked. While many Pistons fans may not have heard of Doumbouya, he will […]

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is a big fan of fellow Frenchman and new Detroit Pistons addition Sekou Doumbouya. The Pistons selected Doumbouya with the 15th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. However, Detroit didn’t expect him to fall to them, as they have the 18-year-old forward high on their draft board. Sure enough, […]

Comparing draft prospects to established NBA players is about as inexact a science as inexact sciences get. Considering Sekou Doumbouya and his new coach, Dwane Casey, both compared the No. 15 overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft to Pascal Siakam, though, perhaps this comparison is the rare one that’s not only actually deserved, but […]

The Detroit Pistons made the playoffs in the 2018-19 season for the first time since the 2015-16 season, though sadly the team was swept in both of those matchups against tough teams. Going back even further, the Pistons have actually not won a playoff game since 2008 – sorry for that reminder, Pistons fans. However, […]

The Dallas Mavericks made quite an intriguing move on last Thursday’s NBA draft. The Mavs made a deal with the Detroit Pistons to move down from the 37th pick to the 45th pick in exchange for two future second-round picks. The two second-rounders were reportedly the Utah Jazz’s 2020 and the Portland Trail Blazers’ 2021, […]

Former Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey may no longer be calling the shots for the 2019 NBA Champions, but a lot of fans still believe that he should be given credit for helping the team build a contender over the past couple of years. Casey became the Raptors head coach back in 2011, but […]

Blake Griffin, after an eye-opening 2018-19 season, seems right in the thick of his prime at 30 years old. Andre Drummond, 25, quietly enjoyed a standout season, too, averaging a career-high 17.3 points per game and proving his improvement wasn’t a one-year aberration. As a result, it made sense going into Thursday night’s NBA Draft […]

Former Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey was happy to see the team win its first-ever NBA Championship. In an interview with the Associated Press, per ESPN, Casey said that it’s nice to see some of the guys he once coached win the title, something that they were not able to do when he was manning […]

The Detroit Pistons acquired the 37th pick of the 2019 NBA Draft to select Lithuanian forward Deividas Sirvydis. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Pistons acquired the pick from the Dallas Mavericks. Clarify: Detroit traded for the No. 37 pick from Dallas, not 35. https://t.co/EV4DPRNNfC — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 21, 2019 Sirvydis is a […]

It all started in Dalzell, South Carolina. Silence filled the air in the small town except for the sound of a basketball bouncing coming from the backyard of the Morant residence. This is where projected No. 2 overall pick Ja Morant could be found working out with his father. When a full sized court was […]

The Detroit Pistons are unlikely to pick up their 2019-20 option on Glenn Robinson III, according to James Edwards III of The Athletic. Robinson has a team option worth roughly $4.3 million next campaign. If the Pistons pushed through their reported plan, the 25-year-old swingman will become an unrestricted free agent this offseason. Per source, […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have been searching to make a trade this offseason and were finally able to get something done late Wednesday evening. After reports came out that the team was looking to deal either Tony Snell or Ersan Ilyasova to create some cap room, they were able to move on from Snell. According to […]

Several teams are lining up to take a stab at acquiring Memphis Grizzlies point man Mike Conley. Among them are the Boston Celtics, Utah Jazz, Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons, according to Jordan Brenner of The Athletic. The Jazz have been reported as a “front-runner” for Conley’s services as they avidly look for a replacement […]

This upcoming draft class is one of the most talent-packed we’ve seen in a long time. The top 3 prospects are pretty much a sure thing with Zion Williamson expected to go first to the New Orleans Pelicans, Ja Morant going second to the Memphis Grizzlies, and RJ Barrett going third to the New York […]

The Detroit Pistons will need some good luck in the NBA Draft in order to take the next step, having been swept out of the playoffs by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round this past season. Senior advisor Ed Stefanski noted the Pistons would like to add some wing depth, but will ultimately go […]

The Detroit Pistons are coming off a disappointing 2018-19 NBA season. As a result, there is plenty of speculation regarding whether or not they plan to build around power forward Blake Griffin moving forward. Detroit’s lackluster effort in the playoffs made it clear that this team is in need of some major upgrades. Per Rod […]

For a team to be successful in the NBA, its executives should be willing to pay a hefty extra. The Detroit Pistons know this for a fact and are willing to do so for a franchise-altering player. Per Rod Beard of the Detroit News, Pistons senior adviser Ed Stefanski said that the team is willing […]

Despite only having relative success in the past couple of seasons, the Detroit Pistons are still looking to make the core of Blake Griffin, Andre Drummond and Reggie Jackson work. Pistons executive Ed Stefanski said that right now, Detroit is sticking on building around the trio, who led them to the playoffs last season only […]

The Detroit Pistons have continued to sneak into the postseason as of late, though the once heralded Eastern Conference franchise has failed to return to the top of the standings over the course of the last few several years. With several players underperforming along the way, including former Duke Blue Devils swingman Luke Kennard, the […]

Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond will participate in the 2019 USA Basketball training camp in August. The four-day minicamp will take place from Aug. 5-8 under the tutelage of head coach Gregg Popovich, as Team USA will prepare to head to China from late August to mid-September for the FIBA World Cup. Drummond is one of four […]

Though most of the basketball-loving public’s attention remains fixed on the NBA Finals, in which the Toronto Raptors bested the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 on Friday night, the NBA unveiled a press release that outlined the teams involved and schedule for the NBA Mexico City Games 2019. The upcoming 2019-20 season marks the […]

With the first three games now behind us and game 4 set to tip off on Friday night, the NBA Finals are nearing an end. Thankfully, there is never a down moment in this beautiful league and the crowning of the 2019 NBA Champions will signal the start to the increasingly hectic 2019 NBA offseason. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will host Matur Maker, the younger brother of Detroit Pistons big man Thon Maker, for a pre-draft workout, according to Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington. Tremont Waters says he has visits with the Pacers and Spurs lined up. Matur Maker heads to Milwaukee next (where his brother Thon played). — Chase […]

Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons and LaMarcus Aldridge of the San Antonio Spurs will participate in USA Basketball’s training camp in August, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. San Antonio's LaMarcus Aldridge and Detroit's Andre Drummond will participate in the Team USA training camp in August, league sources tell ESPN. Team USA is putting together […]

With the Detroit Pistons picking just outside the lottery in the 2019 NBA draft, here are a few prospects they should look to avoid. As a franchise, the Detroit Pistons have not been the best of teams when it comes to drafting talented prospects. Pistons fans everywhere probably still have nightmares about drafting Darko Milicic […]

The Detroit Pistons have the 15th overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft, the first outside of the lottery. With this pick, Detroit is looking to fill in a void that has been a problem for the franchise over the past couple of years, as hinted by big man Andre Drummond. “I think we’re in […]

For veteran center Andre Drummond, former Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy is a good coach. However, he was not the right coach for the players he had when the team hired him in 2014. The Pistons relieved Van Gundy of his duties as the team’s coach and president of basketball operations last summer for […]

Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond commends star power forward Blake Griffin for playing through a left knee injury in Games 3 and 4 of the playoffs against the Milwaukee Bucks. Griffin was clearly injured, but wanted to play and help the Pistons. Detroit got swept by the Bucks, but the Pistons fans and players showed […]

The 2019 NBA Playoffs have been a roller coaster through the first rounds and game 1 of the Finals. It’s looking like there will little doubt that the upcoming NBA offseason will be a wild one, as well. A truckload of big-name free agents have the potential to change the landscape of the NBA. Some […]