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Life in the NBA can be fun and glamorous, but many forget that it’s often pretty rough if you’re just starting out. For new Detroit Pistons rookie Svi Mykhaliluk, he found out that the NBA trade deadline can be a harsh reminder of just how business-like the league really is. Drafted 47th overall by the […]

The Detroit Pistons are 2-0 since the All-Star break and power forward Blake Griffin says the camaraderie on the team is something that is both very special and rare. Griffin, who was on a bunch of dysfunctional and selfish teams, allegedly, with the L.A. Clippers, says win or lose, guys on the Pistons want each other […]

Just one game after losing power forward James Johnson to a shoulder injury, the Miami Heat are down another player. Shooting guard Rodney McGruder left Saturday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons early with a knee injury. The Heat confirmed the development on Twitter, adding that McGruder wouldn’t be able return in the game. https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1099488082162782208 […]

Detroit Pistons forward Andre Drummond has advised collegiate superstar Zion Williamson to sit out the rest of the NCAA season after suffering a scary injury a couple of days ago. In an interview with Detroit Free Press’ Vince Ellis, Andre Drummond said he’d rather see Williamson sit out than play, get hurt, and not be […]

The Miami Heat managed to dodge a bullet with guard Justise Winslow’s injury. However, it appears he will not be able to play against the Detroit Pistons. Winslow sprained his knee during Miami’s 106-102 loss to Philadelphia on Thursday. According to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald, he will sit out tonight against Detroit: Justise […]

NBA referees are instructed to allow players some leeway in the heat of the moment. Rather than dole out technical fouls for every complaint about a call or no-call and every utterance of trash talk between opposing teams, the league has chosen to acknowledge the inevitabilities accompanied with adults playing a competitive sport. Why Detroit […]

In a heated battle between the Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks, Blake Griffin once again displayed how fervent of a competitor he is — and it cost him and his team dearly on Friday night. After drilling a 3-pointer, Griffin faced the Hawks bench and seemed to trash talk. While it could have been let […]

Say what you will about Andre Drummond. He doesn’t always play with the edge necessary to take advantage of his gifts. The development of his back-to-the-basket game has almost completely stalled after he made only minimal progress in that regard over his first few years in the league. Drummond is severely limited offensively otherwise, too, […]

The Detroit Pistons are looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 2016, and head coach Dwane Casey says the team’s playoff push starts against the Atlanta Hawks. The Pistons are 26-30 on the season entering Friday, which is good for the eighth and final playoff spot in the East. However, they are only […]

Detroit Pistons All-Star power forward Blake Griffin has turned himself into one of the best 3-point shooters at the big-man position in the NBA. Griffin is shooting 36.5 percent from beyond the arc this season and has already made a career-high 134 3s. No player in NBA history has won the Slam Dunk Contest and […]

Detroit Pistons head coach Dwane Casey praised forward Blake Griffin and his basketball intellect, one of the reasons his team has managed to cling to the last playoff seed in the Eastern Conference: “He does a little bit of everything for us. Probably one of our better pick-and-roll players, passers, scorers, leader by example, just […]

The Detroit Pistons made a rather unforeseen move when they traded for Blake Griffin, a power forward who could possibly clog spaces along with center Andre Drummond. In actuality, it has worked a lot different than expected, as the frontcourt tandem can become a nightmare for any teams that allow either to get going on […]

Detroit Pistons All-Star Blake Griffin was a guest at FOX Sports’ Fair Game with Kristine Leahy. He participated in a guest role called Toast Battle, where he and Leahy roasted each other while drinking champagne. IT GETS REAL. IT GETS PERSONAL. IT GETS… HILARIOUS 🤣 You've heard of Roast Battle — This is 'Toast' Battle. […]

Clinging on to the eight seed in the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons have underperformed and rattled to a record that places them four games below .500 at the All-Star break, with a record of 26-30. For a team with Blake Griffin, who established hosting a playoff series as a goal for the Pistons this […]

The 2019 NBA All-Star Game is currently approaching halftime with both teams letting it fly early on. With three-point attempts aplenty highlighting the first half thus far, there have also been a slew of creative and downright thunderous dunks as well. One of those thunderous slams came by way of a Kyle Lowry pass to […]

It appears as though this year’s edition of NBA All-Star Weekend has drawn much more than just the top players from around the league. With at least one unexpected face currently in attendance in Charlotte, North Carolina, former No. 2 overall pick Hasheem Thabeet was recently seen working out in front of representatives from the […]

There are times in life when you’d like to say something good, but the words that came out of your mouth is something that you didn’t mean to say. That’s literally what happened to Detroit Pistons big man Blake Griffin. Blake Griffin was attending a mandatory interview about the upcoming All-Star Game. He was asked […]

After the contest between the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons, Al Horford had something to say about Blake Griffin. Horford is not a fan of Griffin’s flopping and tendency to complain to the refs. Horford told Chris Grenham of CLNS Media: “Yeah … Blake is a great actor. I was going for the ball. He sold […]

Blake Griffin isn’t the player you remember. The number one pick of the 2009 NBA draft rose to stardom almost immediately after taking the court for the Los Angeles Clippers, enthralling a nationwide audience with his supreme blend of leaping ability, power, and unabashed aggression. Griffin won Rookie of the Year, made five straight All-Star […]

Detroit Pistons head coach Dwane Casey is not a fan of having the tough conversations to tell his healthy players they aren’t in the lineup. In fact, he dislikes it so much that he is adamant that it is the worst rule the league has. If that is the worst rule, then the league is […]

Detroit Pistons power forward Blake Griffin is an All-Star this year for the first time since 2015, and a healthy 2018 offseason which allowed him to work on his game instead of rehabbing an injury is one of the main reasons the high-flyer is having a career year. Griffin has an extensive injury history. During […]

The Boston Celtics will likely be without the services of Kyrie Irving and Terry Rozier for Wednesday night’s home game against the Detroit Pistons, according to a report from Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe. Irving, who was held out of Tuesday’s 112-109 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, has been dealing with a strained right […]

The Detroit Pistons were one of the teams eager to acquire veteran guard Mike Conley from the Memphis Grizzlies before the trade deadline. Despite numerous discussions from both sides, no deal materialized as the buzzer sounded at 3:00 p.m. ET last Thursday. The Grizzlies were willing to trade Conley to the Pistons, but they were […]

In the fourth quarter of the Washington Wizards’ 121-112 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Monday night, Washington shooting guard Bradley Beal was looking to score. He drove past Detroit guard Wayne Ellington, picked up his dribble and appeared to take at least four steps. However, the referees did not call Beal for a travel. […]

Things are getting a little weird for Blake Griffin. According to TMZ.com, Detroit Pistons forward is the subject of a lawsuit. Blake Griffin is being sued by a man named Emmanuel Aframian, who claims Griffin’s dog attacked him at a Los Angeles restaurant known as A Votre Sante in June of 2018. According to the lawsuit, […]

NBA players took to Twitter after a controversial explanation from the NBA Referees Twitter account explained why a non-travel call of a driving Bradley Beal against the Detroit Pistons went by without a whistle. Complex Sports posted a video of the play, which shows Beal bobbling the ball before re-gathering it, taking an extra step […]

Bradley Beal sarcastically defended himself after the in-game officials let a travel call slide during a Washington Wizards road loss to the Detroit Pistons. As it turns out, he wasn’t wrong. The NBA Referees Twitter account reviewed the possession and determined the play was legal after all, given that Beal had momentarily lost the basketball […]

You thought James Harden’s travels were obvious? Well, he has nothing on what Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal achieved on Monday night against the Detroit Pistons. In the fourth quarter, Beal drove baseline and clearly did not know what to do, so he took about eight million and one steps before passing the ball off. […]

Wayne Ellington will make his Detroit Pistons debut, albeit off the bench, on Monday at home against the Washington Wizards. After getting traded from the Miami Heat to the Phoenix Suns, Wayne Ellington reached a buyout agreement with the Suns and signed with the Pistons. #Pistons Dwane Casey says Wayne Ellington won't start tonight can […]

Chasson Randle will start in the place of Tomas Satoransky in the Washington Wizards’ game against the Detroit Pistons on Monday night. Satoransky’s absence is due to personal reasons, and it appears it likely has something to do with his wife’s pregnancy: Chasson Randle is starting tonight in place of Tomas Satoransky who will miss […]

The Detroit Pistons are giving newly signed guard Wayne Ellington $2.4 million for the rest of the season, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. That is the balance of the team’s mid-level exception. Pistons committed $2.4M to guard Wayne Ellington for rest of season, the balance of their mid-level exception, league sources tell ESPN. — Adrian […]

On Sunday, Detroit Pistons veteran big man Zaza Pachulia celebrated his 35th birthday. Naturally, he was swarmed by greetings on social media by fans and peers alike. However, one of the standout greetings came from none other than his Pistons teammate, Blake Griffin. Griffin hilariously shared a photo on his Instagram stories of himself in […]

After clearing waivers on Saturday, veteran shooting guard Wayne Ellington will officially sign a free agent deal with the Detroit Pistons, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Miami Heat traded Ellington to the Phoenix Suns in the Tyler Johnson-Ryan Anderson trade. Ellington and Phoenix quickly reached a buyout agreement. The Pistons traded shooting guard […]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin got another quarter off given the way the Pistons were hammering the New York Knicks in the fourth quarter. Griffin, per ESPN, appreciates the rests he’s been getting recently in the fourth quarter of games because of how the Pistons have been performing throughout their mini winning streak. “Beyond the […]

It’s been easy to forget Dennis Smith, Jr. this season. Usurped in the Dallas Mavericks’ long-term hierarchy by rookie sensation Luka Doncic, the sophomore floor general seemed to elicit less excitement after his trade to the New York Knicks than the team’s newfound ability to sign two max-level free agents this summer. That makes sense. […]

Andre Drummond reacted to his name being floated in several potential trades better than anyone anticipated. The Detroit Pistons big man posted 20 points and nine rebounds in the first half of his team’s game against the New York Knicks on Friday night, becoming the first player to reach those thresholds since Hall-of-Famer Grant Hill […]

Back in June 2016, the Detroit Pistons selected Henry Ellenson with the 18th overall pick in the NBA Draft. Nearly three years later, they are parting ways with the big man. In order to make room to sign guard Wayne Ellington, the Pistons will release Ellenson, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. This marks […]

LeBron James might just have pulled the greatest heist in NBA All-Star Draft history during Thursday’s first rendition of its broadcast, putting on a clinic in true Fantasy Basketball fashion while managing to toe the line between friendly competition and elite-level tampering. The King’s picks for this 2019 iteration of the February festivities are so […]

The Detroit Pistons are closing in on a mutual agreement to acquire free agent sharpshooter Wayne Ellington, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Motor City could recover what it lost by trading away Reggie Bullock to the Los Angeles Lakers, acquiring a reputable long-range shooter who is fresh off setting the franchise record for threes […]