The Detroit Pistons are an incredibly young basketball team, and it has definitely shown this season as it’s looking like another year where they’ll contend for the #1 overall pick in the NBA Draft next summer. The #1 overall pick in 2021, Cade Cunningham, has started to figure some things out of late following a…… MORE
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Isaiah Stewart Suspended Two Games For Actions During Lakers-Pistons Scuffle; LeBron James Gets One Game
To almost no one’s surprise, Pistons Center Isaiah Stewart has been suspended two games for his actions during Sunday night’s Lakers-Pistons that began with Stewart being busted open above the eye following a left jab laid on by LeBron James. For his punch, “King James” was given just one game. The schedule does not get…… MORE
Ben Simmons Trade Market Update: Pistons Jerami Grant Still A Target For 76ers
Ben Simmons wants out of Philadelphia, and the 76ers are trying to deal him. However, the asking price for the three-time All-Star continues to be steep, and no team has bit the line just yet. Recent reports have indicated that the 76ers have a list of 30 players they would accept in return for Simmons,…… MORE
Pistons Move Trio To G League’s Motor City Cruise
The Detroit Pistons recently announced a few roster moves to not only booster their G League affiliate, but to also give these players consistent playing time to develop their games as Saben Lee, Isaiah Livers, and Luka Garza were all sent down to the Motor City Cruise. Lee has appeared in three games this season…… MORE
Pistons Hire Ben Wallace As Basketball Operations And Team Engagement Advisor
Four-time Defensive Player of the Year and four-time NBA All-Star. NBA Champion in 2004. Basketball Hall of Famer. Now, newest Pistons front office member. The Detroit Pistons have added Ben Wallace as their basketball operations and team engagement advisor. The Pistons announced Friday that Wallace has been hired in this role to assist general manager…… MORE
Pistons Sign Luka Garza To New Two-Year Deal; Now A Full NBA Contract
The Detroit Pistons have now locked up Summer League standout Luka Garza to a new fully guaranteed NBA contract for the next two seasons. Garza was selected as the 52nd overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft out of Iowa and originally signed a two-way contract with Detroit before the full NBA deal came along.…… MORE
Pistons Send Sekou Doumbouya and Jahlil Okafor To Nets For DeAndre Jordan And Picks; Plan To Buy Out Jordan
Detroit Pistons General Manager Troy Weaver continues to mold the roster into what he envisions and, on Friday, decided to trade away the last remaining Piston that was not “his guy” by sending Sekou Doumbouya and Jahlil Okafor to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for DeAndre Jordan and four future second-round picks. The Pistons plan…… MORE
Motor City Cruise Hires D.J. Bakker As Franchise’s Inaugural Head Coach
The Motor City Cruise are entering its first season as the Detroit Pistons’ G League affiliate, and the franchise recently announced the hiring of their first head coach in D.J. Bakker, who recently served as the Pistons’ player development coach since Dwane Casey was hired in 2018. Bakker’s relationship with Casey also goes back two…… MORE
Carmelo Anthony Was Apparently Promised To Be Drafted By The Pistons In 2003
Carmelo Anthony is still chasing an NBA Championship as he enters the twilight of his playing career (now with his fourth team in five seasons), but to this very day, he still ponders the “what if” scenario of the Pistons taking him at #2 overall instead of Darko Milicic. Why does he still think about…… MORE
Pistons Summer League Standout Luka Garza Signs Two-Way Deal
The Summer League rise of Detroit Pistons second round pick Luka Garza has resulted in the former National Player of the Year at Iowa signing a two-way deal with the organization. With a two-way deal, Garza can practice with the Pistons and be available for some NBA games. Pistons rookie center Luka Garza will sign a two-way…… MORE
