Tag: Detroit Pistons
Concluding our series, Joel Brigham ranks the Central Division teams at the season’s quarter mark.
Though the fans here might have despised (Kobe) Bryant at one point, he received nothing but cheers on Sunday. And the announcer whose adage might have haunted Bryant at one point listed off every one of Bryant’s accomplishments during an extended and thunderous introduction before the game. The crowd was filled with purple-and-gold clad fans […]
The Detroit Pistons have assigned guards Spencer Dinwiddie and Darrun Hilliard to the team’s NBA Development League (D-League) affiliate, the Grand Rapids Drive. Source: RealGM
Which NBA players could make their first All-Star team this season? Joel Brigham takes a look.
Return for Pistons G Brandon Jennings not imminent, Stan Van Gundy said. But 3-4 weeks is reasonable timeline with allowance either way. Source: Jeff Zillgitt of USA TODAY Sports on Twitter
(Pistons center Andre) Drummond, the NBA’s leading rebounder, only grabbed seven in the Detroit Pistons’ 103-87 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night. He scored 15 points, but he was only 7-for-16 from the field. The lackluster effort had Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy looking back to another mediocre effort from earlier in […]
When asked if the trade was beneficial for both Jackson and the Thunder, Durant said he never really thought about it that way. “We’ve got a really great team, we’ve got some great guys back. Reggie’s doing well in Detroit,” Durant said. “We had a rough ending last year with Reggie, but I can just […]
An itchy trigger finger has to be tempting Stan Van Gundy by now, if for no other reason than the Detroit Pistons coach has tried just about everything to juice up his unproductive second unit except jumbling his starting lineup. Historically, he has done that by now. This year, Van Gundy not only has set […]
Jonathan Concool lists six players who are exceeding expectations early in the NBA season.
In his fourth season, Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond has been one of the league’s most exciting young players. With Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy building an attack around his skills, Drummond already has three 20-20 performances in Detroit’s first eight games. Unfortunately, Drummond’s play means fans might see less of him dominating the paint […]
