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The Detroit Pistons have been clearly a much-improved team from last season, and better things should be very much in store for them given how young their core players are. One of those core players is Jalen Duren, the double-double machine who had himself a monster night on the glass on the day of his […]

The NBA Cup In-Season Tournament got off to a victorious start for the Detroit Pistons after they beat the Miami Heat in overtime 123-121. Tuesday night’s victory improved their regular season record to 5-7 along with an undefeated 1-0 tournament record. Detroit got a late helping hand from Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra, who called […]

In another close back-and-forth matchup, the Detroit Pistons came up short against the Charlotte Hornets. After building momentum from two consecutive victories, the Pistons lost their chance at three straight courtesy of a putback layup by Hornets forward Brandon Miller as the time expired. Detroit head coach JB Bickerstaff clarified what the 108-107 loss means […]

The Detroit Pistons have been an improved team from last year in the early goings of the 2024-25 regular season. They are currently 3-5 and last season, they did not pick up their third win until the Pistons dragged through a 28-game losing streak. But Detroit caught a bit of bad news during their game […]

The Detroit Pistons took an impressive step toward development defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 115-103. Detroit has improved to 3-5 and is riding the high of a two-game winning streak after beating the Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets this past Sunday. The Monday night win snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Lakers for the […]

Friday night’s defeat for the Detroit Pistons against the New York Knicks was ugly from the start. The 129-98 blowout was lopsided to the point where the Pistons never held a lead once. Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff didn’t hold back on what a loss of this magnitude can do for a team. “We didn’t […]

As the end of the 2024 NBA offseason approaches, the Detroit Pistons appear to have their roster in place to open 2024-25. While the team is still a work in progress, they need to have an idea of their best starting five once the regular season begins. The Pistons’ President of Basketball Operations Trajan Langdon […]

The New York Knicks have assembled a roster that is worthy of challenging the Boston Celtics for Eastern Conference supremacy. The Knicks brought in Mikal Bridges in a blockbuster trade with the Brooklyn Nets and re-signed OG Anunoby, giving them two of the best perimeter defenders in the league. However, these moves came at the […]

With 2023-24 officially over for the Detroit Pistons, ideas for roster reconstruction are flowing in like crazy. Beat writer James Edwards of The Athletic created an offseason proposal with the Brooklyn Nets that would shake up this franchise to hopefully a winning product. Detroit wrapped up their regular season on a miserable note with not […]

The season of infamous records continues for the Detroit Pistons after setting another in a 125-107 loss to the Chicago Bulls. Thursday night’s blowout officially solidified that the 2023-24 Pistons will finish with the all-time franchise-worst record. The record was previously held by the 1979-80 Pistons who ended their season with a 16-66 record. This […]

The Detroit Pistons’ 120-118 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies concluded in heartbreaking fashion. Their matchup came down to the final possessions and a last-second look to tie the game by franchise point guard Cade Cunningham. After forcing a miss by Jaren Jackson Jr. with 11 seconds left, Cunningham had a game-tying look from the baseline […]

Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren was forced to exit Monday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies after he collided with Jaren Jackson Jr. Duren lost a tooth in the collision, per Dime: Jalen Duren is out for the rest of Grizzlies-Pistons after he lost a tooth from colliding with Jaren Jackson Jr.pic.twitter.com/P4aMmKRC8v — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) April […]

The Detroit Pistons received some much-needed assistance Wednesday in the return of point guard Cade Cunningham against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Detroit’s franchise player had been inactive for the past two games due to lingering knee injury management, which has been an issue since January. Unfortunately, Cunningham’s returning performance wasn’t enough for Detroit to pull off […]

Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren continued imposing his dominance on Wednesday, propelling his team to a 113-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors. Detroit’s win improved their record to 12-53 and earned their third set of back-to-back victories this season. Duren finished the night scoring 24 points, missing just one shot while going 8-of-9 from the […]

The Detroit Pistons have finally surpassed the Washington Wizards’ win total after a 113-104 win over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night at Little Caesars Arena. Youngster Jalen Duren put up a grown man’s stat line with 24 points, 23 rebounds and five assists, showing once again that he is simply too strong and athletic […]

The Detroit Pistons finished Monday night victorious after defeating the Charlotte Hornets 114-97. Their blowout win marked their 11th win of the season and their first series sweep by finishing 3-0 against Charlotte. Point guard Cade Cunningham and center Jalen Duren led Detroit with standout performances on both ends of the floor. Cunningham controlled the […]

This season has been a disaster for the Detroit Pistons, who have managed to win fewer than a dozen games with just 19 games left to go in the season. Their .159 winning percentage is pitiful, and they are an eye-popping 38 games out of first place in the Eastern Conference. Despite the awful season […]

The Detroit Pistons wound up on the tough losing end of a 142-124 final score against the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday. The matchup started with a close back-and-forth first half between both teams but finished with an ugly second half for the struggling Pistons. Point guard Cade Cunningham finished one rebound shy of recording his […]

The Miami Heat get their second straight win as they handle business at the Kaseya Center and take down the Detroit Pistons, 118-110. Every game is a significant one as the Eastern Conference is tightly packed as they were in the seventh seed entering Tuesday night. A win for the 305 👌 pic.twitter.com/hpsDTjhyjA — Miami HEAT […]

The Detroit Pistons wound up on the gut-wrenching end of a 112-109 last-second loss to the Orlando Magic. One of the biggest focal points of the loss from head coach Monty Williams was the lack of free throw attempts for the Pistons. Detroit only attempted 13 free throws in a very physical game where Orlando […]

Sunday night’s game at the Little Caesars Arena produced a result that most NBA fans didn’t foresee. Behind Jalen Duren’s 20-20 outing, the Detroit Pistons stunned the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder, 120-104. Duren finished with 22 points and 21 rebounds specifically. The big man was able to haul down nine offensive boards and shot […]

The Detroit Pistons and San Antonio Spurs engaged in a battle of two of the worst teams in the association on Wednesday night. Both teams have struggled for most of the 2023-24 season, but there is one key difference between the two teams as they embrace their respective rebuilding processes head-on: one team has Victor […]

The Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz engaged in quite an unexpected shootout on Wednesday night, with the Jazz pulling out a 154-148 victory in overtime in this one. While the Jazz got the win, Jalen Duren earned a victory for himself when he pulled off a crazy poster dunk on Walker Kessler, and then ended […]

The Detroit Pistons’ season hasn’t gone as planned, judging by their recent 28-game losing streak. Coach Monty Williams made a coaching move following the ending of the streak that occurred when Detroit beat the Raptors this past week. Pistons star Cade Cunningham offered an optimistic take after the team’s emotional breaking of the 28-game skid. […]

Nothing can seem to go right for the Detroit Pistons this season. They are currently mired in an 18 game losing streak and may have drastic changes coming up. They are 2-19 and hold the absolute worst record in the NBA right now. To make matters worse, the Pistons are going to be without promising […]

The Detroit Pistons took on the Memphis Grizzlies in a rowdy cross-conference matchup. The Pistons lost 116-102; however, the defeat was likely not their biggest concern. Starting center Jalen Duren exited Wednesday night’s game with an ankle injury after an unfortunate landing. The Pistons’ early-season woes grow with Jalen Duren’s injury Duren went up for […]

The Detroit Pistons are hoping for improvement in December after an abysmal November that saw them lose all 14 games. The Pistons have taken to playing Killian Hayes often at the point guard position to the tune of 26.4 minutes per game on the season, all while promising rookie Marcus Sasser and second-year talent Jaden […]

The NBA season carries on with a week six matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons. Our NBA odds series continues with a Lakers-Pistons prediction and pick. Monday night’s game for the Los Angeles Lakers was a bittersweet moment. On the one hand, LeBron James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record for most minutes played in NBA […]

The Detroit Pistons have been struggling this season. They currently hold the worst record in the NBA at 2-12 and are on an 12 game losing streak after their recent 107-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets. Pistons young star Cade Cunningham didn’t hold back recently when talking about the Pistons disappointing start to the season. […]

There obviously is not much to change in the Boston Celtics system. Joe Mazzulla has been efficient in using his core of Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, and Kristaps Porzingis. They currently hold a nine-win record while only dropping two close games so far in the season. However, their depth in the big man […]

The Detroit Pistons have been one of the bottom teams in the league so far to start the 2023-24 season. They have a record of 2-8 are the worst team in the Eastern Conference this season. They have a promising young core but so far that core hasn’t been translating to wins. One of the […]

The Detroit Pistons may not have picked up a win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, falling just short by a score of 120-118, but they had an extremely encouraging outing that showed they can battle the best of them when they want to. A big reason they managed to hang with Milwaukee was […]

Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren joined some rarified air on Saturday, when he accomplished a feat previously only achieved by LeBron James. In the Pistons’ 118-102 win over the Bulls on Saturday, Duren racked up a gaudy stat line: 23 points, 15 rebounds and five assists. The only other teenager to accomplish the feat? LeBron […]

We are less than two weeks away from the official tip-off of the 2023-24 NBA regular season. That means it is just about time for NBA fantasy enthusiasts to put on their GM hats and construct the team that will win them the bag in their respective leagues. Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, and Giannis Antetokounmpo […]

The Detroit Pistons were ready to take the next step last season. That is until Cade Cunningham underwent surgery on his left shin that prematurely ended his sophomore year 12 games into the campaign. As a result, Detroit finished with the league’s worst record at 17-65. To make matters worse, they didn’t even land the […]

The Detroit Pistons went for it. Once they ruled Cade Cunningham out for the season in November because of a shin injury, they sunk to the very bottom. They went all out for Victor Wembanyama. He was the franchise centerpiece they needed. They got the fifth pick instead. Oof. The Pistons missed out on Victor […]

The Detroit Pistons will enter the offseason with a lot of work ahead of them. They are now the NBA’s weakest club. They also have an imbalanced roster heavy on bigs and shallow on wings. Here we will look at the biggest roster need that the Detroit Pistons must definitely address in the coming 2023 […]

Miami Heat forward Kevin Love got involved in an ugly on-court incident on Sunday that left him bloodied and in need of stitches. Fortunately, he was fine after some treatment. Late in the third quarter of the game against the Detroit Pistons, Love attacked the basket and pulled off a pump fake to bait Jalen […]

Detroit Pistons rookie Jalen Duren showed the NBA he could be the next star in Motor City with a LeBron James-like performance on Friday against the San Antonio Spurs. Duren finished with a monster double-double of 30 points and 17 rebounds – both career highs – in their double-overtime victory over the Spurs. Making things […]