0 comments by Matt Zemek on 4/24/2016
We’ve played at least three games in all four Eastern Conference playoff series, making our way through this spread-out first week of the postseason. Should anything we’ve seen this week truly surprise us? If we are surprised, it says more about us and our expectations than these teams and their players. Truly, nothing from any […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 4/17/2016
The Detroit Pistons — unlike the Utah Jazz — made the NBA playoffs and gained the chance to learn about postseason basketball at the hands of the No. 1 seed in their conference. Teams in need of a rebuild — whether old or poorly constructed, or somewhere in between those two flavors of inadequacy — […]
Detroit Pistons’ Reggie Jackson (1), battles Chicago Bulls’ E’Twaun Moore (55), for a loose ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, April 2, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 4/3/2016
While the Detroit Pistons are at a point in their evolution where they’re just getting started, the Chicago Bulls have traveled many miles and years along the path of an NBA contender. The Pistons are young pups, just beginning to taste what it’s like to compete for a postseason berth. They haven’t even confronted an […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 3/26/2016
Everyone who follows the NBA knows when the 2015-2016 Detroit Pistons first made a very large impression on the league. It was the second Sunday night of the season — Sunday, November 8, 2015. The Pistons trailed by 13 at the start of the fourth quarter in Portland against the Trail Blazers. Then they made […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 11/9/2015
The stats and the scenes from Portland told the story on Sunday night. The Detroit Pistons’ greatest win in the state of Oregon was their Game 5 triumph in the 1990 NBA Finals, which clinched a second straight world championship. Sunday night’s game, in the first weeks of a new season, won’t acquire earth-shattering significance… […]
AUBURN HILLS, MI – OCTOBER 28: Reggie Jackson #1 of the Detroit Pistons passes around Derrick Favors #15 of the Utah Jazz in the first half at the Palace of Auburn Hills on October 28, 2015 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Detroit won the game 92-87. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joe Mags on 10/30/2015
Preseason predictions are tricky. We basketball prognosticators pride ourselves in crunching the numbers, on reviewing months of months of games, and faithfully keeping up with a near-12 month sport with a financial landscape that’s transforming like the platforms in Super Smash Bros Melee. All the while, we’re praying we haven’t unconsciously subscribed to someone else’s confirmation bias […]
Despite a tumultuous end to their relationship, Stan Van Gundy helped transform Dwight Howard in Orlando. Photo by AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari
0 comments by Bryan Gibberman on 10/28/2015
It seemed that the Stan Van Gundy era with the Detroit Pistons officially started during the opening night of the 2015-’16 NBA season. The Pistons knocked down 12-29 threes on their way to a 106-94 win over the Atlanta Hawks in Philips Arena. Detroit’s offense had the look of Van Gundy’s Orlando teams — it […]
0 comments by Matt Zemek on 10/20/2015
Our survey of the league’s most important non-superstar players continues with the Central division, the one division in the Eastern Conference which has a good chance of producing four playoff teams. * CHICAGO BULLS: NIKOLA MIROTIC The Bulls need a knockdown shooter, and since Mirotic is not gun-shy about launching threes, a big season and […]
AUBURN HILLS, MI – NOVEMBER 05: Andre Drummond #0 of the Detroit Pistons celebrates a first half basket with Brandon Jennings #7 while playing the New York Knicks at the Palace of Auburn Hills on November 5, 2014 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Detroit won the game 98-95. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joe Mags on 9/29/2015
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0 comments by Jeff Garcia on 4/4/2015
File this under “answered prayers.” Detroit’s Reggie Jackson found himself trapped by Bulls’ Joakim Noah and the shot clock down to just mere seconds. So what does Reggie do? Oh just make a bucket underhanded as if it’s not a big thing! That’s a shot I would have saved for H-O-R-S-E, buddy.
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0 comments by Joe Mags on 2/20/2015
Many have called the release of Josh Smith financially irresponsible, or just plain dumb, but there is no question the Detroit Pistons have responded to the move on the court. The Pistons are 16-10 since the Dec. 23rd release of one of basketball’s greatest albatross contracts; in paying Smith to leave town, Detroit put its […]
ATLANTA, GA – JANUARY 23: Reggie Jackson #15 of the Oklahoma City Thunder against the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena on January 23, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
0 comments by Josh Burton
On one of the NBA’s craziest trade deadline days to date, a three-team deal involving the Pistons, Jazz and Thunder that sent point guard Reggie Jackson from Oklahoma City to Detroit may have been one of the most intriguing. Jackson, who reportedly asked for a trade just a few days ago, was a big part […]
DALLAS, TX – DECEMBER 28: Reggie Jackson #15 of the Oklahoma City Thunder takes a shot against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on December 28, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
0 comments by Chase Thomas on 2/18/2015
According to a report from Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Reggie Jackson has informed the team he’d like to be traded. “CAA’s Aaron Mintz made the request in the past seven to 10 days, and several teams around the league became aware as officials probed for information on potentially dealing for Jackson, league […]
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0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 10/8/2014
Championship windows are notoriously fickle. Not every team gets to be the Spurs and sit through a decade-long window of championship contention with a never-ending, revolving door of great players that fit a role and stars who are completely selfless. Those just do not exist everywhere — and they all seem to be in San […]
0 comments by Philip Rossman-Reich on 5/14/2014
Watch the replay and ask yourself who it went off of:
