Tag: Detroit Pistons

Game Recap: The Pistons Rocket Their Way to .500 Again

After an embarrassing debacle in Brooklyn Sunday night, the woeful Detroit Pistons needed to get back on track as soon as possible.  Luckily for them, they were able to play a defenseless Houston Rockets team at home the following night and won by a score of 116-105.   Detroit scored a season high, 64 first…

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Should the Pistons be in Panic Mode?

Things have changed. Things have a changed immensely since the Detroit Pistons began their 5-game road trip out in the Western Conference. The Pistons started off the season on fire. Through their first four games the Pistons were 3-1, and had succeeded in putting the league on notice that the Pistons were no longer a doghouse…

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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…

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Roster Hopefuls Competing for a Spot on the Final Team

Earlier today the Pistons’ began Training Camp with a roster that swelled all the way up to twenty players. With an NBA team the maximum amount of players a team can have under contract are fifteen. This means that five players currently on the Pistons will not be on the team come October 27th. Now…

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Bachynski Determined to Make Pistons Roster

Featured Image via: zimbio.com Joining a roster with already nineteen players, Jordan Bachynski is thought to not have much of a chance to make the Pistons final roster, but he does not see it that way. “They’re gonna need me on their team after they see me at camp.” Jordan Bachynski told me this on…

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Ersan Ilyosova Impresses in EuroBasket

Featured Image via: EuroBasket2015.org As the summer comes to a close, EuroBasket enters its last week of competition. The every fourth year tournament has hosted many big name NBA players such as Danilo Gallinari, Andrew Wiggins, and Nicholas Batum.Other international stars like former Detroit Piston Luigi Datome also have and are still participating in the…

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Pistons sign forward Eric Griffin

The Detroit Pistons have signed forward Eric Griffin to a non-guaranteed free agent deal, RealGM reports. Griffin, who was signed by the Mavericks in the 2014 off-season but waived during the preseason, split time last season between the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League and Leones de Ponce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional in Puerto Rico….

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Pistons Renovating Palace of Auburn Hills – Again

Image via the Detroit Free Press Last offseason, the Pistons added a brand new, state-of-the-art scoreboard. This offseason, they’ll begin replacing all the seats and refurbishing the floors, a $6 million dollar project. According to Kevin Grigg, vice president of public relations for Palace Sports & Entertainment and the Detroit Pistons, this will be a…

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Pistons With All Odds Stacked Against them Next Season

Featured Image via: HoopsHabit.com It is official, the Detroit Pistons’ schedule has been released. One takeaway from the Pistons’ schedule, is that it will be Detroit Vs Everybody. Detroit has one of the toughest schedules come next season. The tough schedule starts from the beginning. The Pistons will play 10 playoff teams from last season…

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Column: Why Stanley Johnson Should Start Right Away

Free agency has passed and now it’s time to gear up for Pistons training camp, when teams finalize roster spots and carve out rotations. While the team still has to sort out the last couple bench spots, the starting five unit is pretty much all set in stone. Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope as the…

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