After acquiring point guard Dennis Smith Jr. and a 2021 second-round pick (via Charlotte) for Derrick Rose, many Pistons fans are asking the same question: Will Dennis Smith Jr. revive his career in Detroit? The short answer is simple: maybe. The former ninth overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft from North Carolina State burst…
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Two Potential Trades that would Send Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks
Derrick Rose appears destined to no longer step on the court as a member of the Detroit Pistons. According to Shams Charania and James Edwards III of The Athletic, Detroit has engaged in trade discussions with the New York Knicks for the former MVP point guard. Knicks are engaged in talks to acquire Derrick Rose,…
Jerami Grant Is Not So Quietly Making History For The Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are, to put it bluntly, having a rough start to the NBA season. They’re 2-8, have the third-worst Net Rating of any team in the league, and just lost their top draft pick in Killian Hayes for at least 6 weeks, or potentially the entire year with a disastrous hip injury. Blake…
Jerami Grant is Solidifying His Stardom with the Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons were, for one or two days in November, the main character on NBA Twitter. Nobody could understand what they were doing; rapidly stockpiling draft picks and overpaid players, losing Christian Wood, Luke Kennard and Bruce Brown. General manager Troy Weaver was on 2K’s trade machine, trying to do whatever he could to…
Trading for Saddiq Bey Was Worth The Price
As aggressive as the Detroit Pistons were during November’s 2020 NBA Draft, with Troy Weaver on more phone calls than Kevin Gates, no move stands out more than what became a three-team trade involving the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Clippers. The Pistons traded promising guard Luke Kennard and four second round picks to the…
The Detroit Pistons Have A Blake Griffin Problem
The narrative surrounding the Detroit Pistons this offseason seemed to be fairly universal. The Andre Drummond era of 8-seed contention had come to a close, with all but four members of the 2019-2020 team departing either via free agency, trade, or being cut from the roster altogether, leaving 6-time All-Star Blake Griffin seemingly stranded in…
Four Goals for the Detroit Pistons in 2021
The past year for the Detroit Pistons can be summarized in one word – change. Whether you look at the new front office or the vast number of new faces on the roster, it’s apparent that this franchise has completely reshaped itself from the Andre Drummond-era. Gone are the days of hoping that the team…
Svi Mykhailiuk and Saddiq Bey Primed for Large Roles on Shooting Depleted Roster
In wading through the new names on the Pistons roster, several things stand out. Youth. Athleticism. Length. Also…there’s not a lot of shooting. The Pistons either shipped out or watched free agency departures for five of their top six three-point shooters from last year. Of the new faces, none can really be classified as shooters. …
4 Questions the Pistons must Address During the Preseason
“PISTONS FANS! GET UP ON YOUR FEET! IT’S TIME TO MEET AND GREET, THE BALLERS, THAT REPRESENT YOUR DEEETROIIITT PISTONS!” is the sound that public address announcer John Mason will have ringing throughout an empty Little Caesars Arena on December 11 as the Pistons host the New York Knicks to begin their four-game preseason of…
2020 Detroit Pistons Free Agency: Troy Weaver, What You Doin?
It kind of feels like the opening scene of The Hangover. A chicken wakes you, Troy Weaver, up. You can make out that you’re in a hotel room, on the floor. Your glasses are luckily by your head. What fresh hell has 2020 delivered? Better lay back down for a bit. Drunk Tom Gores stumbles…
