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Feuds are heating up all around the NBA and one of the most intriguing is between DetroitPistons center Andre Drummond and Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid. The Eastern Conference big men have a history of needling one another and in their most recent clash, Embiid got the better of Drummond — sort of. Embiid flopped […]

Joel Embiid is officially on notice from the NBA for his most recent antics against the Detroit Pistons and Andre Drummond. An Embiid flop led to Drummond’s ejection despite the fact that there was minimal contact on the play. The NBA has also rescinded the technical foul on #Pistons’ Andre Drummond from late in last […]

Detroit Pistons head coach Dwane Casey is standing behind his center, Andre Drummond, and calling out Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid. In Tuesday night’s game in Detroit, Andre Drummond was ejected in the fourth quarter after picking up his second technical foul for arguing with the refs. Drummond picked up a foul on Joel […]

After the Detroit Pistons’ 133-132 overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, there was some postgame drama between Joel Embiid and Andre Drummond. The latter had gotten ejected from the game in the last minute of regulation, after apparently elbowing Embiid to the floor following a layup by the Sixers star. The Sixers center conducted a […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is known throughout the league for his never-ending trash talk. He is has gotten into scraps with multiple players, including a playoff dustup with Marcus Morris of the Boston Celtics. The Sixers star’s most recent target was Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond. The Sixers and the Pistons faced off in Detroit […]

The rivalry between Sixers big man Joel Embiid and Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond has had its first moment of the 2018-19 season. Andre Drummond fouled out in the fourth quarter after fouling Joel Embiid, and then got ejected after picking up his second technical foul. In typical Joel Embiid fashion, the talented Sixers center […]

The Detroit Pistons will welcome the Philadelphia 76ers to Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday night, but it sounds like they’ll be doing so without the services of Andre Drummond, who’s now listed as questionable with an illness. According to a report from Keith Langlois of Pistons.com, Drummond is dealing with a case of the flu […]

When a team’s star player gets into foul trouble, the head coach usually takes him out of the game early or tells him to play conservatively on defense. Detroit Pistons coach Dwane Casey, however, is going to do the exact opposite with center Andre Drummond. The Pistons are 2-0 on the young season, but Casey […]

The Detroit Pistons opened the 2018-19 regular-season with a 103-100 home win over the Brooklyn Nets and starting center Andre Drummond was a big reason why Detroit escaped with the narrow win. Drummond put up a monster stat line, finishing with 24 points and 20 rebounds against the Nets. He became the first player in […]

Detroit Pistons All-star big man Andre Drummond is a hulking inside presence known for elite level glass cleaning and shot blocking. Making a living in the paint ever since he started his career, it would be hard to fathom the former 9th overall pick to start extending his range since he is an atrocious career […]

The Detroit Pistons have been criticized for having underperformed last season, despite playing with the formidable duo of Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond. But former coach Stan Van Gundy reiterated that the team never got its rhythm going, particularly because of a bad roster and injuries to key players. Detroit Free Press’ Vince Ellis recently […]

After parting ways with the Detroit Pistons a couple of months back, former Motor City coach Stan Van Gundy has emphasized how good the Pistons could be last year if they were just healthy. Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press recently wrote an article about SVG, mentioning his comments on his former team. “We […]

Most franchises have been busy stockpiling their teams with talent and assets, although the NBA arms race will near a brief end as teams try to already finalize their roster spots for training camp. Most franchises have been busy stockpiling their teams with talent and assets, although the NBA arms race will near a brief […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond was asked to choose his ideal pickup player, and the big man had very little hesitation to point out the man for the job — Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant. “He’s very fun to watch and play with… I think he’s very unguardable,” Drummond said in a quick interview […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

It has become commonplace to see NBA players take up rapping as a hobby.  Lonzo Ball, Damian Lillard, Metta World Peace, and Kobe Bryant have all tried their hand in the rap game, just to name a few. After the release of his EP titled “For Your Information”, you can now add Andre Drummond to […]

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 […]

Andre Drummond has joined the bandwagon. The Detroit Pistons star did the “In My Feelings” challenge but with a twist. Below is a clip of Drummond doing the dance challenge sans a moving car: 😂 @AndreDrummond does the #InMyFeelingsChallenge with #JrNBAWorldChampionship players! pic.twitter.com/Am1rmEACfz — Jr. NBA (@jrnba) August 5, 2018 The “In My Feelings” challenge […]

When you dunk on an all-star caliber player like Andre Drummond, not only does it prove that you have hops, but you have the fearless aggression as well. Derrick Jones Jr. of the Miami Heat did just that, and it brought the whole crowd to a frenzy. Below is the clip as posted by Thanis […]

Andre Drummond has been working on his 3-point shooting during this summer, recently showing it during a 3-point contest with Detroit Pistons teammate Blake Griffin during USA Basketball’s minicamp in Las Vegas. While seeing two big men in a shootout might have seemed rather comical compared to the one-on-one wars between Paul George, Kevin Durant, […]

Team USA’s minicamp wasn’t short of one-on-one battles between established and up-and-coming stars of the league, but as the likes of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Paul George traded buckets on ferocious mano-a-mano wars post-scrimmage — others worked in a less visible acumen. Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond and power forward Blake Griffin traded step-back […]

There is standing up for your teammates and then there is just making crazy claims and that is what Pistons center Andre Drummond is doing. An Instagram user posted a comment saying “Jaylen Brown is what the Pistons thought Stanely was gonna be lol.” Drummond agreed to that (kind of) saying “exactly….Stanley is better.” There is […]

If Oklahoma City Thunder teammates Russell Westbrook and Steven Adams weren’t in the same team, would the latter lead the NBA in rebounds? Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons doesn’t believe so. ProCity Hoops offered the hypothetical question to its followers. One of which is Drummond who sent out a quick reply: Agree or disagree? […]

Detroit Pistons big man Andre Drummond is not only working on his basketball game this offseason but also appears to be refining his rapping skills as well. In an interview with TMZ Sports, the 24-year-old named his All-NBA hip-hop dream team, saying that collaboration between himself and the likes of Kevin Durant would be something […]

The Detroit Pistons are in the midst of a nasty case of deja vu. This summer, like last, the Pistons are coming of a disappointing campaign, largely due to the injury-induced struggles of point guard Reggie Jackson. The acquisition of the point guard propelled this latest Pistons runs, his decline might end it. A year […]

The Detroit Pistons have recently arranged for Kevin Garnett to work with center Andre Drummond and forward Henry Ellenson behind closed doors, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. Garnett has been known to elevate some of the NBA’s big men on the rise, doing so during his last year in the league […]

The Detriot Pistons have constructed a frontcourt duo with their All-Star duo of Andre Drummond and Blake Griffin leading the charge for the franchise. The two have played less than a season together in Detriot, but Griffin has quickly realized that Drummond is a highly unique talent on the glass, according to Rod Beard of […]

The list of players in the E3 Pro-Am Fortnite tournament has been released, and it features five NBA players led by Paul George. As posted by Austin Goslin of Polygon, below is a list of the NBA players and their respective teammate: Myth and Paul George Gizzorz and Reggie Jackson Sssniperwolf and Terrence Ross Nickmercs and […]

Nicknames are sometimes a way of expressing fondness or adoration for someone, as well as a candid way of simply finding amusement in clowning someone based on their traits. The way the nickname strikes a chord with others shows how much adoration, amusement or awe that the person instills in others. In the NBA, there […]

The Detroit Pistons find themselves in dire straits heading into the 2018 offseason. Despite trading for Blake Griffin in January, the Pistons still finished under .500 and missed the playoffs for the eighth time in the past nine seasons. and haven’t won a single playoff game since the 2007-08 season. After the Pistons’ disappointing finish […]

The Phoenix Suns were the big winners of last week’s 2018 NBA Draft Lottery when they were announced to have won the right to select the first overall pick. There’s no question that the Suns are the envy of just about every NBA team these days, as they have the luxury of picking the best […]

Perhaps in an effort not to be left behind by how the game evolves, Andre Drummond of the Detroit Pistons has added a new move to his offensive game: a step-back jumper. Drummond himself posted on his Twitter account a video of him draining a contested step-back jumper, warning opponents in the process: It’s gonna […]