Well, that was a whirlwind of a first half of the season. The Detroit Pistons have weathered roster changes, injuries, and overall ineffectivness to a 10-26 record. But things are not as they seem. There are a lot of positives to take away from the first half of the season, and Detroit has played better…
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Roundtable: Reminiscing About Andre Drummond and Examining the Trade
In case you have been hibernating for the winter, the Detroit Pistons traded Andre Drummond about three hours southeast to Cleveland. The return for the All-Star caliber center was perhaps less than stellar, and the move certainly looks like a loss (for now) for Detroit. But things are not always as they seem. Now that…
Roundtable: Should They Stay or Should They Go, Trade Targets, and a New Year’s Resolution
We could not go very far into the new year without New Year’s Resolutions, so I also asked for some Pistons resolutions. Hopefully non of them are gym-related, the Pistons don’t need to be told that. Here we go: Q: If Detroit is REALLY going to blow it up, who should they ship out of…
Roundtable: Season Predictions for the Pistons and the Rest of the NBA
Hard to believe that I started putting together these roundtables months ago, slowly counting down each week until the regular season through clever descriptions of current events. Well, here we are on the week of the regular season. And that means it is time to put together all that we learned throughout the offseason and…
Palace of Pistons Roundtable: Predicting Team Awards
We are less than a month away from the NBA regular season getting started and less than a week away from the preseason getting underway. That means it is officially prediction season, and we are ready just that. I have compiled the Palace of Pistons staff writers to make their best guesses for who will…
Palace of Pistons Roundtable: Over or Under for Next Season
The NBA season is fast approaching and we are getting dangerously close to speculation time and full blown previews. Bur before we get to that, what about some over/unders? Will player X score more this year? Play more games? Have more 20-point games? Here are some of our staff writers and if they are taking…
Palace of Pistons Roundtable: The Hardest Working Pistons Throughout the Years
Everybody remembers the “Goin to Work” Pistons team that hoisted the Larry O’Brien trophy, but as we enjoy this Labor Day we wanted to reminisce: who are/were the hardest-working Pistons of all-time? The aforementioned “Goin to Work” and “Bad Boy” eras has a litany of options, but what about narrowing those teams down even further?…
Palace of Pistons Roundtable: Previewing the Most Anticipated Games of the ’19-’20 Season
The NBA schedule was just released to the wild, meaning it is time to evaluate the games in the bone-dry time of the offseason. No, it is not like Major League Baseball of the National Football League to see which out of conference teams are on the schedule but the order of the games still…
Palace of Pistons Roundtable: Remembering Detroit’s Biggest NBA Draft Blunders This Past Decade
With Carmelo Anthony coming out and saying he still wants to play in The Association, bored #NBATwitter ran rampant trying to figure out where he could reasonably play. We explored that on the latest addition of the Palace of Pistons Podcast too, and begged the question if Detroit should inquire on a future Hall of…
Palace of Pistons Roundtable: Bold Predictions for Detroit and the Eastern Conference
The NBA, and their fans, are in a waiting pattern now with all the major events out of the way. The draft, free agency, summer league, they’re all wrapped up. Even Team USA Basketball has wavering interest as big name after big name drops out for the upcoming FIBA World Cup. But as we know,…
