Saddiq Bey has had an up and down (mostly down) year for the Pistons. What does this mean for his future in Detroit? (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) It’s been a season of largely un-met expectations for the Detroit Pistons. At 6-19, the Pistons have suffered from injury problems (their opening night starters along with Alec Burks…
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Cade Cunningham’s Injury Sparks Major Decisions Ahead for the Organization
The Detroit Pistons are still mulling the most important decision the franchise will have to make this season. Franchise cornerstone Cade Cunningham hasn’t appeared in a game since November 9th. The second-year guard has been out with right shin soreness – an issue so severe that the organization is considering season-ending surgery. The ramifications of…
Evaluating the Detroit Pistons Starting Lineup Possibilities
For the first time in recent memory, the Detroit Pistons will be among the more versatile teams in the NBA this season. The team continues to add multidimensional young talent along with developing the picks that general manager Troy Weaver has amassed over the past couple years. Detroit’s 2023 roster allows them to realistically run…
Has Jerami Grant Played His Last Game as a Detroit Piston?
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…
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…
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