It was recently reported that Pistons forward Jerami Grant will miss the remainder of the season with a left calf strain that was suffered on March 25th against the Washington Wizards. Jerami Grant to Miss Remainder of 2021-22 Season With the off-season around the corner, many are wondering if Jerami Grant has played his last…
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Examining Potential Trade Packages for Jerami Grant
As the NBA trade deadline approaches next month, the rumor mill will start to churn out fine, powdery morsels of potential player movement around the league. It is a time of speculation, where we all need to be careful of verifying the blue checkmarks on Twitter. And be ESPECIALLY careful considering the Pistons have one…
Why the Detroit Pistons Should Not Trade Jerami Grant
Over the past few months reports from various different news breaking outlets such as The Athletic have covered the rapidly expanding interest in Detroit Pistons forward Jerami Grant across the league. We’ve heard about the reported interest from contenders, or wannabe contenders such as the Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia…
How Saddiq Bey Turned Around His Season Offensively
The hottest player in the NBA right now dons navy blue. No, it isn’t Ja Morant (though he has a case) or Luka Doncic (though you would expect his name). It isn’t LeBron James in the Lakers’ Crenshaw jerseys. Why, it is Saddiq Bey of course. Just like everyone thought! The Pistons, at the time…
Four Goals for the 2021-22 Detroit Pistons
When people look back at the most successful tank jobs in professional sports history, the 2020-21 Detroit Pistons should be at the forefront of that discussion. While operating under the unfortunate circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, the perfect opportunity opened up for the Pistons to lose as many games as possible while the arenas were…
What the Kelly Olynyk Signing Means for the Detroit Pistons
Many people questioned general manager Troy Weaver’s decision to package starting center Mason Plumlee and the 37th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft for the Hornets’ 57th overall selection. Looking back now, it was done to create cap space for Kelly Olynyk. Weaver inked Olynyk to a three-year, $37 million contract. The 30-year old…
Analyzing Cade Cunningham and Summer League Pistons in Loss to Thunder
After much anticipation for the Detroit Pistons to open up their 2021 NBA Summer League campaign, fans finally got to see the first overall pick Cade Cunningham and other key young pieces of the Pistons play on Sunday night. While Detroit ending up dropping a disappointing game to the Oklahoma City Thunder 76-72, there are…
Detroit Pistons 2021 Free Agency Preview & Predictions
Here I am, once again, singing Troy Weaver’s praises. Not too long ago, the Pistons were hampered by massive contracts that simply did not raise their ceiling in the Eastern Conference. Pistons fans were talking themselves into getting excited about the possibility of earning a 6-8 seed – and maybe a playoff win – because…
Assessing Cade Cunningham’s Fit with the Detroit Pistons
After securing the number one overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft, The Detroit Pistons are officially on the clock until they make their selection July 29th. Amid smoke screens and speculation, there is some question as to who that pick will be, but it should be confidently believed that the pick will be Cade…
Palace of Pistons Mock Draft 1.0: The Pistons are Taking Cade Cunningham
Ahh, what a fantastic year to put out my first mock draft into the public forum. The basketball lottery gods blessed the Detroit Pistons with the first pick in the draft, which hasn’t happened since 1970. Not only did Detroit win the first selection, they won it in a year with a surefire star at…
Palace of Pistons 