Andre Drummond Nearing Extension with Pistons

According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, Andre Drummond is likely to sign an extension with the Pistons before the November 2nd deadline. It is basically guaranteed the Drummond will earn over $100 million. While it would save Detroit nearly $16 million in cap space to resign Drummond in the offseason, the risk of waiting until next…

Andre Drummond Wants a Contract Extension this Summer

By Aaron Johnson Reports from numerous sources including the Detroit Free Press have claimed that Andre Drummond is looking for a contract extension to be completed with the Pistons this summer. Drummond, as of now, will become a restricted free agent after next season. This is great news for the Pistons as their star player…

Dre’s Motivated

Year one, 2012-2013/ 29-53, year 2, 2013-2014/ 29-53, year 3, 2014-2015/ 32-50. Andre Drummond has not been on a team with a winning record yet in his young NBA career. Drummond will be entering his 4th year in the NBA and his 4th year with the Pistons. Drummond is taking a new course of action…

Game Recap: Boston Celtics VS Detroit Pistons

The Pistons lost a close one to the Celtics tonight, final score being 113-103. The Pistons stayed out of it for most of the night, but slowly worked themselves back into the game. All of the energy expanded into coming back ran out and the Celtics quickly ran the score back up again. Spencer Dinwiddie…

Why has Reggie Jackson been on fire as of late?

Reggie Jackson came to Detroit on a mission. He wanted to be the best basketball player, not only on the team but in the NBA. After being stuck in the bench rotation behind starting point guard and MVP candidate Russel Westbrook, Jackson became frustrated and needed a change of scenery to reboot his unsuccessful season….

Is Andre Drummond the Future of the Pistons?

Andre Drummond was drafted 9th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Pistons to form a dominant duo with PF Greg Monroe, who was drafted two years earlier with the 7th pick. Monroe was off to an impressive NBA career averaging a near double-double in his second season. In that time the Pistons had…

The Pros and Cons of Last Year’s Players and Why They Failed

Brandon Jennings Pros ​Decent off the dribble 3 point shooter, ​although, down a bit this year. Good in pick and roll when room to work with (not the 3 big lineup this year) Good passer – hits passing targets well. Rebounds well for a PG on contested defensive rebounds. Seems genuinely happy when players are playing as a…

Injury Update: Andre Drummond out Wednesday, questionable for Friday

Andre Drummond will be out for Wednesday’s game in Denver, and is questionable for Friday’s game in Phoenix due a neck injury suffered vs. Indiana. Drummond was sandwiched by Pacers center Roy Hibbert and Pacers power forward David West while battling for a rebound. He eventually laid in pain for an entire timeout, and a stretcher was…

Drummond will not return vs. Pacers due to neck injury

Anthony Cardamone  Writer/Editor @PistonsNation22 Pistons center Andre Drummond will not return tonight vs. Pacers due to neck injury, according to the Pistons Public Relations department. He will also head to a nearby hospital for tests on his neck. Drummond fell to the ground after being sandwiched by Pacers center Roy Hibbert and Pacers power forward…

Andre Drummond dominates BBVA Compass Rising Star game

On January 30th, I told my twitter followers Andre Drummond would dominate the Rising Stars game. He did exactly that, scoring 30 points and pulling down 25 rebounds while leading Team Hill to a 142-136 win. Most importantly, he will bringing the MVP award back to the Motor City; a broken one. BBVA Compass and COO…

Pistons vs. Heat 2/3/14

The 19-27 Pistons came into Monday’s game vs. the Heat coming off a solid 113-96 win vs. the 76ers. The red-hot Pistons were on a two game winning streak and had scored 100+ in 7 straight games. Against Philly, the Pistons had 3 players (Andre Drummond, Greg Monroe, Kyle Singler) score 20+ points and grab 10+…

76ers vs. Pistons grades/recap 2/1/14

Detroit – A Philadelphia is pretty bad, but Detroit dominated from, practically, start to finish. One thing that was a bit worrisome is that Philadelphia is great at taking advantage of teams that are slow at getting back on defense or are a little lazy, and Detroit has shown both of those bad qualities this year. Fortunately,…