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Grant Hill is perhaps known as the best player that could have been, as his meteoric rise to the upper echelon of the NBA was marred by a history of injuries that ultimately derailed his career. Two days away from an induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Hill admitted how this honor validates […]

Grant Long spent two brief years with the Detroit Pistons through his 14-year career in the league, but those coincided with the best of soon-to-be Hall of Famer Grant Hill, who sits two days away from his induction as basketball royalty. To Long, there was no better player at the small forward position than Hill, […]

Detroit Pistons great Rick Mahorn expressed his respect for soon-to-be Hall of Fame inductee Grant Hill, who was a generational talent coming into the league as an all-around dynamo. The former Bad Boys big man even compared Hill to Steph Curry, another once-in-a-generation talent who has changed the NBA forever, according to James Edwards III of […]

The WNBA took center stage on Tuesday night as both conference finals went to a decisive Game 5 in a quest for the WNBA Finals. It didn’t take long for NBA stars like Kobe Bryant and Andre Drummond to stay glued to the screen, or in Isaiah Thomas’ case, the game itself, as Seattle Storm […]

Once considered as the next Michael Jordan, former Los Angeles Clippers forward Grant Hill is one of those guys who was never really able to live up to his full potential due to injuries. The 45-year-old recently admitted that it was actually another knee injury — one that he had sustained in the most unexpected […]

The USA roster for the 2019 World Cup second qualifying round this September will be receiving a much-needed boost with Sacramento Kings point guard Frank Mason III and Charlotte Hornets swingman Dwayne Bacon joining the fray, per WEEI Sports Radio Network. Another NBA player in Henry Ellenson of the Detroit Pistons will also play for […]

Andre Drummond was in China recently for a basketball tour. Outside of basketball, though, the Detroit Pistons center also displayed his dance moves. Check out the video below which features Drummond dancing along a hotel’s hallways: Drummond was out in Shanghai to cheer on the competitors at the NBA 5v5, which gathered 32 teams from around China, […]

The Detroit Pistons are expecting big things from superstar Blake Griffin this year. Entering his first full season as a Piston, Griffin himself admitted that he has found himself in unfamiliar territory. This is great news for Pistons supporters though, as according to the 29-year-old, this is the first time he is entering a season […]

If he wasn’t a professional basketball player, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin is still likely crisscrossing the country – but as a standup comic. It’s never been a secret that Griffin has a little Mitch Hedberg inside of him, and he showed some of those comedic chops in a recent back-and-forth with comedian Jeff Ross […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin went back to his old stomping grounds in Los Angeles, taking on another one of Rico Hines’ pickup runs at UCLA. The former high-flyer-turned-perimeter-shooter showed he still has some of that explosiveness in his legs, displaying a series of air-defying dunks along with his 3-point jumper. https://twitter.com/HomeTeamHoops/status/1034851099704840192 Griffin might have […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin has made an effort to improve his long-range shooting this offseason. Because of his poor shooting percentage from behind the arc last season, Griffin has made it a personal goal to become a better shooter. And what better shooting role model is there than Steph Curry? Griffin showed off some […]

Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin has been putting the summer to good use. Not only is he working hard to keep his basketball acumen on point, but the 29-year-old has also been putting in work to fine-tune his comedy skills. Griffin recently went head-to-head against comedian Jeff Ross on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, and the 6-foot-10 […]

Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin is one of the all-time great basketball players to ever suit up for the University of Oklahoma. He will always share a connection to the school for his successful career with the Sooners — a career that included an AP Player of the Year award in 2009. But now, he’ll […]

There was a time when NBA video games were ruled by digital dinosaurs. Monsters in the paint whose size, athleticism, and dunking ability were enough to destroy friendships in two-player games. Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond would have been perfect in that era. As the video games have grown closer to mirroring the real-life complexities […]

Now that the NBA calendar has yet to begin, many players like the Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin are using the time to workout and play in a few pickup games. For professional athletes, it is always important to stay sharp and keep that competitive fire alive at all times. Just recently, Blake Griffin trained with […]

Detroit Pistons young All-Star Andre Drummond recently participated in a pick-up game at UCLA with Houston Rockets superstar James Harden. Watch the video below that was posted by Redditor ohgosh_thejosh, and you’ll surely have a difficult time distinguishing Drummond from Harden. Sporting a beard just like Harden’s made Drummond look like the reigning Most Valuable […]

While the rest of the NBA world celebrates Kobe Bryant’s 40th birthday, the Detroit Pistons reminded The Black Mamba of perhaps the most embarrassing stumbling block of his NBA career — losing to them in the 2004 NBA Finals. The level of petty goes off the scale here, as not only did the Pistons win […]

The long list of NBA players going public with their mental health struggles continues to grow with every passing day. After DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love publicly detailed how they dealt with constant stress and anxiety, fellow players like Chris Bosh and Paul Pierce have come out in support and shared their stories. Detroit Pistons […]

Twins Marcus Morris and Markieff Morris had played together for their entire lifetime — from high school, to college, to the NBA, despite being drafted by different teams in consecutive picks. July 2015 marked the time when the two brothers would go their separate ways, as Marcus was shocked to learn the Phoenix Suns had […]

The Detroit Pistons are tired of losing. After securing a playoff spot in the 2015-16 postseason led by the pick-and-roll pairing of Reggie Jackson and Andre Drummond, the Pistons have fallen short of the playoffs in consecutive seasons. These shortcomings led to a multitude of changes in the Motor City. Those adjustments began at the […]

Things can get pretty crazy in an NBA locker room. In fact, it appears that Andre Drummond and Spencer Dinwiddie took locker room antics to another level when they were in Detroit together. According to SB Nation’s Kristian Winfield, the big man once taped Dinwiddie to a chair and put him in a cold shower. […]

It seems like 2018 is a year of changes for Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin. After joining a new team earlier in the year, Griffin also has a new girl by his side. Just a month away from the official start of training camp, Griffin was seen spending the last days of his summer with […]

Last season, the doors opened on a new era of Detroit basketball. In a literal sense, those doors belong to Little Caesers Arena, the new home of the Detroit Pistons. The change of address returning the Pistons to downtown Detroit also closed the door on nearly 30 years at the Palace of Auburn Hills. The […]

Really good basketball organizations do not magically appear in the NBA. They are a result of hard work, foresight, good decision making, and sometimes a little bit of gambling. Some reap the rewards while others the disaster. There is no exemption to this rule. Even some of the best and most successful organizations had a […]

With a chapter of NBA basketball now over, teams look forward to a fresh slate this season. New and old faces with their respective teams are going to be out there carving out a legacy to be remembered. With the wild free agency nearly over, we already have a picture of what to expect this […]

Teams are preparing and gearing up as the new NBA season quickly approaches. Everybody will have eyes on the prize, the chance to be called NBA champion. Although not all teams are on a path to greatness this season, there will be real contenders and some pretenders. I’ll be excluding teams who have made their […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin has recently joined the list of the NBA players who have been given a preview of their overall rating in the popular NBA 2K19 game. Griffin got a rating of 86, and the five-time all-star expressed his disappointment through his Twitter account. …@NBA2K @Ronnie2K #NBA2K19 pic.twitter.com/njybhf4qVG — Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) […]

The new NBA 2K season is almost upon us, and fans are already talking about the new overall ratings of the players. Recently, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin was handed his rating for the 2019 version of the game and it proved to be lower than usual. Bleacher Report posted a screenshot of his teammate Andre […]

Blake Griffin’s rating in NBA 2K19 is finally out, and depending on which fence you are on, Detroit Piston’s big man grade may be a little disputable. Blake Griffin's #NBA2k19 rating is 86! Too high, too low or just right? pic.twitter.com/jlrMVBLfoi — Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) August 13, 2018 Griffin’s stock has slid down a bit after […]

The bookmakers in Las Vegas are pretty high on Los Angeles Lakers youngster Kyle Kuzma. So much so that they have pegged him as having the same odds of taking home this upcoming season’s Most Valuable Player trophy as Detroit Pistons cornerstone player Blake Griffin, as explained by Eric Rosales of Sports Betting Dime. This is […]

With the Detroit Pistons set to usher in the Dwane Casey era this upcoming season, a host of changes in the team’s rotation is to be expected. According to Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press, the small forward spot will be one of the most highly-contested positions for the Pistons. “The most interesting training […]

In an offseason that saw a reigning Coach of the Year get fired from his post, it is no surprise that the likes of former Orlando Magic and Detroit Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy remain jobless. This is not to take away anything from Van Gundy; he is after all a highly-competent head coach. […]

Detroit Pistons incoming third year power forward Henry Ellenson had the summer of his life. Not only was he able tow work on one of the most important facets of his game, but he was also able to do so under the tutelage of an NBA great. The 21-year-old spoke to James L. Edwards III […]

Good things come to those who don’t give up. Such is the case of ex-New Mexico State guard Zach Lofton, who is now granted a G-League contract with the Pistons, after impressing during the Vegas Summer League. The deal also includes a training camp invite. Lofton expressed his pride with an Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/BmWiR-lnQP7/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_control He […]

After spending 11 of the past 15 years as an NBA head coach, Stan Van Gundy is considering retiring from the league. Van Gundy has been the head coach of three NBA teams. He coached the Miami Heat from 2003-2005, the Orlando Magic from 2007-2012, and most recently, the Detroit Pistons from 2014-2018. He also […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin will return to the Staples Center for the first time on Saturday, Jan. 12 after he was traded from the Los Angeles Clippers in January earlier this year. The big man was traded in a major surprise considering he had inked a fat new contract with the Clippers in the summer of […]

As far as surprise birthday greetings go, Stanley Johnson’s recent gesture to Detroit Pistons teammate Andre Drummond is one for the record books. Drummond turned 25 on Friday, and Johnson made sure that he would have one of the most unforgettable birthday mornings of his life. Johnson decided to take the entire Pistons Drumline to […]

The Detroit Pistons are pressed for time finding additional firepower off the bench after losing Jon Leuer to an injury. This added concerns to the lineup which features oft-injured Blake Griffin and Reggie Jackson. According to a Twitter post by Keith Langlois, Leuer’s status remains up in the air as the preseason nears: Pistons announce Jon […]

It’s been quite a strange summer in the NBA the past month. More than a couple of big names have already switched teams and we’re not even done with the offseason yet. Though the heat may have died down on the trading and free-agency frenzy for now, there is no reason for general managers to […]