“With the seventh pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, the Detroit Pistons select…” is a phrase from Adam Silver we are all impatiently waiting to hear on November 18. Let’s admit, as tough as it was to watch this season, it has been a long six months since we have had Pistons basketball. The Pistons…
2019-20 Season Review: An Unfortunate Season for Blake Griffin
The 2019-20 NBA season was Blake Griffin’s worst season, statistically speaking. He averaged 15.7 ppg and 4.4 rpg – both career lows in his 11-year NBA career. If there was one reason for an unsuccessful season for Griffin, health would be considered the main culprit for a less than stellar return from having surgery…
2019-2020 Season Review: Langston Galloway does just Enough Heading into Free Agency
Entering into the final year of his three-year deal with the Detroit Pistons, Langston Galloway, along with Derrick Rose, were set to be the veteran presences that led the young, up-and-coming Piston guards into the future hoping to bring success to a team that has struggled the majority of the past decade. Galloway, coming…
REPORT: Pistons One of Three Teams to Target Fred VanVleet in Free Agency
The Detroit Pistons are one of three teams that are expected to target Toronto Raptors guard, Fred VanVleet in free agency, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. You can read Charania’s report here. In what is considered to be one of the weaker free agent classes of recent memory, VanVleet will be one of…
2019-2020 Season Review: Tony Snell Provided Consistency for an Inconsistent Team
After being traded for Jon Leuer from Milwaukee last offseason, Tony Snell came to Detroit as their new starting small forward. A 6’6” 3-and-D wing, Snell returned to being a starter after only starting 12 games for Milwaukee in the year prior. There was a certain level of excitement to get Snell on the earliest…
Pistons Land 7th Pick in 2020 NBA Draft
The Detroit Pistons will pick 7th in the 2020 NBA Draft after the conclusion of the 2002 NBA Draft Lottery slotted Detroit in the unlucky spot. The Pistons entered the lottery with a 10% chance for the first overall pick, which was won by the Minnesota Timberwolves. They had a 27% chance of landing the…
2019-2020 Season Review: Christian Wood Brings a New Hope
Let’s get right to it. Christian Wood was the star this season for the Detroit Pistons, and not many people are going to disagree with that. Through this underwhelming season of Pistons’ basketball, Christian Wood was a light that shined during these dark days of basketball purgatory. He has given Pistons’ fans some hope, that…
2019-20 Season Review: A Rose Grows In the Motor City
Hip-hop legend, LL Cool J, once rapped “don’t call it a comeback/I been here for years/rocking my peers, putting suckas in fear” on his iconic song, “Momma Said Knock You Out”. If you followed any bit of Derrick Rose’s first season with the Detroit Pistons, you’ll realize that these lyrics are an embodiment of the…
REPORT: Pistons Offer Rapper J. Cole Tryout for NBA Contract
J. Cole? Jermaine? Cole? The real is back, the ville is back, flow bananas, peel this back, here? YES. I’m not even making this up, the Pistons have offered J. Cole a tryout for a NBA contract on Twitter this Monday. According to Master P, a legend for being both a rapper/NBA player for the…
Detroit Pistons would Benefit Greatly from Second Chicago Bubble
While 22 teams have entered the bubble at Disneyworld in Orlando Florida, the eight teams who were not invited inside the bubble have not practiced together or played organized basketball for over four months. And that separation from competitive play and team growth will likely continue throughout the remainder of the summer and potentially into…
