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Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond can be added to the ever-growing list of players who find playing video games as a hobby and a great way to spend their free time away from the game to relax. Drummond was introduced to a new game, Fortnite by his teammate Reggie Jackson and he claims to have […]

Fortnite is the latest craze to take over the video game world, and evidently, it has also taken over the NBA world too, and some NBA stars are playing late into the night trying to get that one win. Leo Sepkowitz of Bleacher Report recently caught up with some NBA stars to talk about their […]

Andre Drummond has turned into one of the best big men in the league, and even though the Detroit Pistons haven’t had the type of season they were hoping for, he has had another exceptional year. He has played 68 games so far this year and in those games, he has averaged 14.8 points and […]

Since coming into the league, Andre Drummond has been known as a guy who gets the ball in the post, does a post move and finishes. Not only has he succeeded in becoming one of the best post scorers in the league, he is also one of the better defenders in the low post. There are […]

The Detroit Pistons are fighting for a playoff spot, but they currently sit in 9th place in the standings, 2.5 games back of the Miami Heat who sit in the eighth spot. If they keep losing games like they did on Sunday though, they will be falling even farther off the pace. They took on the Charlotte […]

In recent years, NBA players’ heights have been a common topic of discussion. There are players that make believe they are taller than they actually are, like Draymond Green, or cases where a player is listed shorter than his true height, like Kevin Durant. Add Andre Drummond to the list, as he apparently is shorter […]

After an encouraging five-game winning streak, the Detroit Pistons are back on the losing column. They have now dropped three-straight, while also allowing 118 points in each of the last two. In Monday night’s 118-103 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, the team’s defensive effort hit one of its lowest points of the season. Along […]

Blake Griffin has been on the receiving end of a lot alley-oops in the past from his former L.A. Clippers teammate Chris Paul. After Paul was traded and now that he’s with a new team as well, Griffin has become a much better passer. In the first quarter of the game between the Detroit Pistons […]

The NBA never ceases to get interesting, especially when other players interact with each other. As the NBA heads closer to the marquee 2018 All-Star Game, players are starting to get on edge about their candidacy and give their thoughts on who should make the teams and who shouldn’t. Recently, John Wall opted to undergo […]

Now that Blake Griffin is a member of the Detroit Pistons, the question becomes how he will be able to mesh with the team’s resident big man, Andre Drummond. The two players, now teammates, have very different games. Playing them together could pose a problem, one that head coach Stan Van Gundy cannot afford if […]

It was a good day for the Detroit Pistons, to say the least. The 2017-18 NBA season got its first big shake-up of the year with the L.A. Clippers trading power forward Blake Griffin to the Pistons in exchange for a bevy of players and future draft picks. After the trade, it was announced that center […]

After hearing that John Wall will be sidelined for six to eight weeks, Philadelphia 76ers rookie Ben Simmons’ hopes of becoming an All-Star was once again high. However, his high hopes were crushed as Adam Silver ultimately chose Andre Drummond to be his replacement for the exhibition game on February 18th. The former LSU star […]

Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond will replace Washington Wizards point guard John Wall in the All-Star Game on Team LeBron, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. Drummond made a fuss when he was not selected originally as a reserve last week, even going as far as to question if he needed to […]

It did not take long for news to reach Andre Drummond that he will share the Detroit Pistons frontcourt with Blake Griffin. This comes after the former L.A. Clippers forward was shipped to The Motor City in exchange for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, Boban Marjanovic and a first-round pick. The season’s current rebounding leader then […]

Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond took his All-Star snub to heart and unleashed it on the Utah Jazz, producing a stat line that has only been done three times, prior to last night, in the last 20 seasons. Drummond posted season-highs across the board with 30 points, 24 rebounds, and six blocks, joining DeMarcus Cousins, […]

  As the names of the All-Star reserves were revealed on Tuesday, there are some big name players who were not included in the list but have made strong cases to be part of the annual showcase. One of them is Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond, who can be considered one of the most notable […]

Rap and basketball are commonly correlated with one another. The music style is highly popularized in the NBA today, and it has become an inseparable part of the NBA’s pop culture along with basketball sneakers. Most NBA players are music junkies in their own right. Some can even rap exceptionally well. For example, Portland Trail […]

The NBA announced the starters for February’s All-Star Game on Thursday night and the Eastern Conference doesn’t really feature any surprises. Kyrie Irving is joined in the backcourt with DeMar DeRozan, while LeBron James headlines the frontcourt along with Giannis Antetoukounmpo and first-timer Joel Embiid. With three of last seasons All-Star’s in Jimmy Butler, Paul Millsap, and […]

The Detroit Pistons had zero rights to feel high and mighty Friday, as they were beaten black and blue by the Philadelphia 76ers on the road, 114-78. The Pistons were thoroughly crushed by the Sixers so bad that Andre Drummond had a moment where seemed to have lost a grip on reality. The game was […]

Joel Embiid and Andre Drummond caused quite a stir following their second meeting of the season back on Dec. 2. It can be recalled that the Philadelphia 76ers big man taunted Drummond when he fouled out against him which led to a series of fiery social media posts the two made. However, Embiid showed recently […]

When NBA fans think of incredible ball-handling skills, one would not expect to think of Detroit Pistons star center Andre Drummond. However, the seven-footer pulled off a move on Indiana Pacers center Domantas Sabonis on Tuesday night that made him look like Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving. With the Pistons up 83-66 early in […]

In the flurry of games night after night, it’s easy to forget some of the best performances that already seem so long ago. Who has been the most dominant on their team when it matters most? We reflect on some of the best individual performances over the past seven days. Lebron James scored 25 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, […]

Christmas is still a few days away, but Andre Drummond is making it come a little early. The Detroit Pistons big man had a remarkable night against the Atlanta Hawks as he had 12 points, 18 rebounds, and perhaps most impressively, dished off eight assists, which is a new career high. Drummond had actually been […]

Arguably, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is pound for pound, has the best Twitter game in the NBA, if not in all in all of pro sports. Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns is very much aware of this, and while acknowledging Embiid’s expert use of social media, he implied that he doesn’t particularly share […]

The Detroit Pistons are in a rough patch right now, but center Andre Drummond is trying to be the team’s voice of reason. After finishing a road trip 0-4, the Pistons moved to fourth in the Eastern Conference at 14-10. But Drummond had a message for his team after coming out of the trip, per […]

The Detroit Pistons might be taking the idea of rebounding the ball for granted because of their center Andre Drummond’s monster effort on the glass on an almost-nightly basis. Drummond is leading the NBA in rebounds, pulling down 15.0 boards per game, but isn’t getting much help from his teammates, mainly because of their over-reliance […]

It was a clash between two of the league’s premier big men on Saturday night when the Philadelphia 76ers hosted the Detroit Pistons at Wells Fargo Center. There was a ton of anticipation leading up to this matchup, as the two centers in the 76ers’ Joel Embiid and the Pistons’ Andre Drummond squared off against […]

In the last several months, there has been a growing feud between Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. It has now boiled over off the court with the two exchanging verbal jabs at each over social. The latest has come from Drummond calling out Embiid for not playing the first […]

After Joel Embiid finished with 30 points and nine rebounds against the Detroit Pistons in their first matchup of the 2017-18 NBA season, he took a shot at Andre Drummond’s defense, who finished with five fouls. As the two centers face off against each other on Dec. 2, Embiid took another shot prior to the […]

Andre Drummond was absolutely unstoppable as he put up 26 points, 22 rebounds, six assists, and four steals to power the Detroit Pistons past the league-leading Boston Celtics, 118-108. Drummond’s amazing stat line is so rare that he became the first player since the great Charles Barkley in 1990 to come up with such ridiculous […]

The Detroit Pistons will have two key pieces of their starting lineup present against the Oklahoma City Thunder as Andre Drummond and Avery Bradley are both set to play despite sitting out a recent practice session. Andre Drummond, Avery Bradley good to go tonight at OKC after sitting out Wednesday's #Pistons practice — Keith Langlois […]

Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond has marked improvement at the foul line this season. A career 39 percent free-throw shooter, Drummond is shooting 62.7 from the charity stripe so far this season. But it’s not the only aspect of his game that has seen a merited upward swing. Drummond has noticeably become a better passer […]

The season is 2007-2008. The last time the Detroit Pistons were seen as relevant in the NBA for championship contention. A decade later after making the Eastern Conference Finals for the sixth time in as many years, the Pistons now have surprisingly put themselves in the forefront of NBA relevancy once again in the early […]

Andre Drummond has undergone perhaps one of the most dramatic changes in this offseason. From having surgery to fix a deviated septum to improve his breathing, brand new diet and conditioning plan to stay on the court longer and fixing by far the most apparent weakness in his game: free-throw shooting. “It’s like night and […]

Andre Drummond has been a rebounding machine ever since stepping foot in the NBA. The Detroit Pistons big man has a career average of 12.9 rebounds per game, a shade below the Hall-of-Famer Dennis Rodman’s career mark of 13.1 boards. After Drummond’s 21-rebound performance against the Indiana Pacers, he now has 35 career games with […]

The Detroit Pistons are off to a strong start to the 2017-18 NBA season winning seven out of their first seven games, which is the best mark through that stretch since in nine years. However, there have continued to be trade rumors that have hovered around the team concerning Reggie Jackson possibly being shopped for […]

LeBron James shoveling 57 points down the Washington Wizards’ throat wasn’t the only amazing feat that left NBA fans picking their jaws up from the floor on Friday night. There’s also the fact that Detroit Pistons big man and known incompetent free-throw shooter Andre Drummond went 14-of-16 from the foul line in a 105-96 home […]

In his sixth season, Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond has established himself as one of the top big men in the league. According to Justin Kubatko of StatMuse, Drummond has put himself among some of the most productive young players in NBA history. At 24 years, 76 days, the @DetroitPistons Andre Drummond is the second-youngest […]

Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond had his hands full in trying to guard the Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid in their recent matchup. According to The Detroit News’ Rod Beard, Drummond feels he didn’t quite know what was coming when he was defending the Sixers big man given his offensive versatility. #Pistons Andre Drummond on guarding […]