See ya, Baynes.

Happy 50th to former Pistons great, Derrick Coleman!

We really don't want free agents to consider Detroit:

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2017/06/proposed_nba_player_income_tax.html


City Council proposal to create a neighborhood fund out of city income taxes collected from Detroit Pistons and visiting NBA players

Pistons action at the Palace:

http://www.fox47news.com/sports/nba/pistons/detroit-pistons-dancers-to-hold-open-auditions-july-15-in-auburn-hills


The Detroit Pistons Dancers are looking for performers who are talented, outgoing and energetic when auditions are held for the 2017-18 season beginning on Saturday, July 15 at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

Thanks Mxy, I'm going to try out!

Hilliard Rocket'ed to the Clippers... how much $ did we get out of it?

Hilliard Rocket'ed to the Clippers... how much $ did we get out of it?

$1M

Eric Moreland a Piston?

Eric Moreland a Piston?

Loved his work with the RENO BIGHORNS

Eric Moreland a Piston?

Eric Moreland a Piston.

Eric Moreland a Piston.
Eric Moreland a Piston!

Goodshill reported it days ago, boys.

Marcus Morris for Avery Bradley??

We're keeping Bullock, you guys.

Um, get hype?

I actually like him as a role player/bench fodder. Pretty amazing that that's what a 2.5 million dollar player looks like these days.

Tolliver back on a one year deal, 3.3 million.

LOVE Tolly.

http://www.wtfdetroit.com/forums/showthread.php?18617-NBA-FREE-AGENCY-SUMMER-2017&p=467354&viewfull=1#post467354

YOU'RE WELCOME!!

http://i.makeagif.com/media/3-01-2015/1ppz1r.gif

Good, I like Tolliver.

Happy b-day to the big homie Tobias.

Why did I think he was older than 25?

Gbinininje waived, didn't want to guaransheed his $$

If you give a shit

I didn't, but thanks for letting me know!

Is JSmoove really a former Piston if we still have to pay him??
I wonder how much Gores was involved with this.

http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2017/07/former_piston_josh_smith_set_t.html

Flagstar Bank logo going on the Pistons jerseys

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2017/07/27/detroit-pistons-otis-smith/515674001/

The Detroit Pistons could have a vacancy.

Team president and coach Stan Van Gundy confirmed to the Free Press that Pistons legend Josh Smith met with the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday.

ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports Smith discussed the Kings’ vacant vice president of basketball operations post under Vlade Divac.

Sources: Kings meet with ex-chucker Josh Smith for VP of Basketball Ops job: https://t.co/n0F05K2R4b
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 26, 2017

If successful, JSmoove would replace Scott Perry, who left the Kings to become general manager of the New York Knicks earlier this summer.

Perry also has Pistons ties, as he was one of former president Joe Dumars’ most trusted lieutenants.

Smith, 31, has previous front-office experience from his time navigating through the Atlanta Hawks ownership shitshow from 2004-13.

He was hired by Van Gundy in 2014 to sit on his ass and get paid, but he has exceeded expectations. He spent his final two seasons being paid by the Pistons to play in Houston and Los Angeles, before moving to China for an exciting opportunity with the Sichuan Blue Whales.

Earlier this off-season, Pistons assistant general manager and non-chucker Pat Garrity interviewed for GM posts with the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks.

Last off-season, assistant general managers Ken Catanella (Kings) and Brian Wright (San Antonio Spurs) left the Pistons.

The Big 3 won't even take him!

Did we sign Smurfus Buttmonkei to a two-way contract?

Kinda wish the season was about to start, you guys.

Andre Drummond: three point shooter, you guys. God help us all.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2017/08/05/andre-drummond-nba-africa-game/542452001/

Stanley scored 86 points in some pro-am game.

Stanley scored 86 points in some pro-am game.

Peaked too soon.

Stanley scored 86 points in some pro-am game.

Over/under: 86 total points for Stanley all season?

I think they're really going to push for him to become a starter. Part of why they traded MM so readily, try to give him a shot at the 3 right off and that opens up potential rotation minutes for the tall white kid from last year at the 4 and the rookie white kid from this year at the 2.

I think they're really going to push for him to become a starter. Part of why they traded MM so readily, try to give him a shot at the 3 right off and that opens up potential rotation minutes for the tall white kid from last year at the 4 and the rookie white kid from this year at the 2.

Vinsider

Pistons tickets went on sale to the public yesterday. Did you know that the Palace had only one drinking fountain available throughout the entire arena? It was across from section 104. If I make it to a game this season, I'll be sure to let you all know if the situation has improved at the new building. Like hell if I'm gonna pay for more than one bottle of water.

What I want to know is how many "Remember the Bad Boys?" halftime ceremonies there will be this year.

Drink beer, gain weight:

http://hoopshype.com/2017/09/26/amir-johnson-thinks-rasheed-wallace-said-to-drink-beer-to-gain-weight/

Beer don't lie...

First preseason game's Wednesday, IYGAS!

http://terezowens.com/nba-detroit-pistons-star-being-sued-and-the-media-wont-touch-this/

Apparently our boy Drummond is getting sued for driving like an idiot

He's getting sued because he has a lot of money.
Their attorney can't spell "Lahser", either.

Bye, BENO

Pistons waive Beno Udrih, sets roster at 14 players - ClutchPoints
https://apple.news/A7ebXFxmJTCK-M2w9J54eeQ

THREE DAYS

Bye, BENO

Pistons waive Beno Udrih, sets roster at 14 players - ClutchPoints
https://apple.news/A7ebXFxmJTCK-M2w9J54eeQ

Beno will be missed, his eurotrash manbun haircut less so...

I was pretty negative about Beno being signed initially, but he was solid for us.

Yeah, I thought he played pretty well, too. Sounds like he was a pretty good mentor, too. Safe to say there are worse backup PGs in the league.

His midrange J was nice.

Does anybody know where our heroes play tonight??

At least one property owner is ready to defy City Hall and keep his building's sign up.

Savvas Kazelas, 68, owner of Nick's Gaslight restaurant, 441 Grand River Ave., said he is not removing the Detroit Pistons sign featuring point guard Reggie Jackson that hangs on the side of his restaurant

https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2017/12/30/detroit-business-downtown-signs/990666001/

Go Savvas!!!

HATE "hanky panky" in city hall.

HATE City Hall.

Go Savvas!!!

Bet Savvas has got THE EYES, too.

Pistons tickets went on sale to the public yesterday. Did you know that the Palace had only one drinking fountain available throughout the entire arena? It was across from section 104. If I make it to a game this season, I'll be sure to let you all know if the situation has improved at the new building. Like hell if I'm gonna pay for more than one bottle of water.

UPDATE: According to this media guide PDF (https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/assets/binary/290829924/binary-file/file.pdf), there are four drinking fountains available in Little Caesar's Arena. I'll try to provide further impressions on this topic after attending tonight's game.

Pics please.

Pics please.

Checking out the scene, there are indeed four drinking fountains (really eight, with two fountains at each station) located roughly at the corners of the concourse. Here is a picture of one of them, located near Portal 1 (section 101, I think). I didn't take pictures of the others because they were next to restrooms and there were people standing next to them, so I didn't want to look weird.

https://i.imgur.com/hfI0iz6.jpg
I will judge this fountain on four criteria, as follows.
Cleanliness: No noticeable grime or gum near the mouth, which is expected for something so new. Passing grade.
Distance: On a full button press, the water traveled an adequate if unremarkable distance. It did not extend past the edge of the bowl, which is all that really matters. Passing grade.
Consistency: You know how some drinking fountains have a smooth, consistent beam of water that holds together well in its travel to your mouth? This one wasn't like that. The water came out choppily, and as a result had a poor mouth-feel. I expect better from a new fountain. Failing grade.
Temperature: Room temperature bordering on warm. Terrible. Failing grade.

Final evaluation:
https://i.imgur.com/jpUJCQ1.jpg
No thank you, sir.

But that's not all! It turns out the upper floor also has at least one drinking fountain, located near Portal 31 (somewhere above Portal 1).

https://i.imgur.com/WeVE3L2.jpg

This was the same as the first, but the water was cool. And really, that's all that matters with one of these things.

https://i.imgur.com/gyIPMY3.jpg
Good enough for a thumbs up.

And with that, I end my evaluation of the LCA drinking fountains. This was a very silly thing to do and no one is better off for me having done it. In conclusion, bottled water is expensive.

https://i.imgur.com/LPrKmAt.jpg

Need larger pics please

Also, I hope whomever you mugged is doing okay this morning.

This is amazing, can't wait to go try them in person! Thanks!

Van Gundy's lifestyle keeps flu at bay

The Pistons coaching staff remained depleted during practice. Assistant head coach Bob Beyer and fellow assistants Malik Allen, Rex Walters and Charles Klask missed Thursday's game while recovering from the flu. They were all absent once again on Friday. Another assistant, Tim Hardaway Sr., was out of town attending a funeral.

Van Gundy has managed to avoid getting sick, which he attributed jokingly to his "lifestyle choices."

"I've banged so many chicks, gotten so much bad stuff in my body that the flu would come and not notice the difference," he said. "I think that's the key."
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2018/02/02/detroit-pistons-svg-blake-griffin/302107002/
:ronjeremy:

From that article


ESPN announced on Friday that the Feb. 9 game against the Clippers, Griffin's first game against his former team, will be shown on ESPN, beginning at 7 p.m. at Little Caesars Arena.

Willie Reed up to no good.

Willie Reed up to no good.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20854648/multiple-players-cut-ties-top-nba-agent-wake-ncaa-basketball-bribe-scandal
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-heat/fl-sp-miami-heat-willie-reed-s20170806-story.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-heat/fl-sp-miami-heat-willie-reed-s20170809-story.html

Not news, but

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2018/04/23/amir-johnson-on-south-beach-2006-pistons-let-the-streets-beat-us/

Not news, but

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2018/04/23/amir-johnson-on-south-beach-2006-pistons-let-the-streets-beat-us/

It wouldn't happen to be exhaustion after taking Team LeBron in 7 games with a short bench, would it?

I love how Gores is just getting hammered in the press. I'm sure he means well enough but he clearly has no idea what he's doing.

I love how Gores is just getting hammered in the press. I'm sure he means well enough but he clearly has no idea what he's doing.

Meanwhile, he's probably hammering his brother's wife right now

BTW, I heard the Pistons fired someone? Stan Ben Gundy or something like that? Idk

I love how Gores is just getting hammered in the press. I'm sure he means well enough but he clearly has no idea what he's doing.
It took many years for Bill Davidson to figure out what he was doing as an owner.

14 years ago today


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjNDN4v6YrI

Pisses me off that they now call that Lebron highlight "The Block."

I also hat that Reggie tried one more three after Ben blocked what was almost the last three point attempt of his career.

My sources are telling me that we're close to giving Malik Rose the front office gig.

My sources are telling me that we're close to giving Malik Rose the front office gig.

Assistant GM

Assistant GM
Did we really hire an Assistant GM before hiring a GM???

Pistons have ‘more than enough to compete,’ won’t shop in free agency (https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2018/06/28/detroit-pistons-have-more-than-enough-compete-wont-shop-free-agency/743545002/)


Raticus9 44 points 5 hours ago
I don't go to the strip club when I'm broke either.

Vinny, can I get a BOOM?

BOOM

Buye Buye, Buycks

BOOOOOOH

Now the new Detroit Pistons coach, he was asked Thursday to acknowledge the top physical characteristic of rookies Khyri Thomas and Bruce Brown Jr.

“They’re built like brick craphouses,” Casey said outside the Cox Pavilion on the UNLV campus. “That’s what you want."

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2018/07/05/detroit-pistons-bruce-brown-khyri-thomas/758452002/

Buye Buye, Buycks

One of the most disrespectful things I've ever seen in my 11 years on this board.

Hey, I like Buycks!

I'm really buyroken up about it.

One of the most disrespectful things I've ever seen in my 11 years on this board.

Find a new slant.

Find a new slant.

I'm willing to find a new slant if you are. Let buygones be buygones?

I'm willing to find a new slant if you are. Let buygones be buygones?

There you go

@wojespn
Detroit has hired Brooklyn's Gregg Polinsky as Director of Player Personnel, league sources tell ESPN. Ed Stefanski and Polinsky worked together for years with the Nets. Polinsky will take on a larger front office role with Pistons.

A lot of people seem to be liking that one

Wojnarowski writing about Polinsky and Stefanski

Goddamn Poles

"Hank" is 2-19 from 3 with 10 turnovers in 2 summer league games.

Starting to seem like SVGs best draft pick was Dinwiddie, a guy we couldn’t be bothered to give a chance to.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Pistons_draft_history

We signed Zaza... game over!

man

hard to believe that he's "only" 34

"Hank" is 2-19 from 3 with 10 turnovers in 2 summer league games.

Guy is such fucking trash. Great pick there.

Looks like we're dumping Moreland

Ugh. Zaza isn't quite on my "stop watching this team" list, but he's cutting it close. Not really feeling encouraged from any of the backup bigs here.

Starting to seem like SVGs best draft pick was Dinwiddie, a guy we couldn’t be bothered to give a chance to.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Pistons_draft_history
He got a chance after he was hurt and played too timidly to succeed.
He probably needed to go somewhere else to hit the 'reset' button.

He played about 600 minutes as a Piston.

When we should have been tanking, he should have been playing.

Guy is such fucking trash. Great pick there.

ALMOST HAD A TRIPLE-DOUBLE IN TODAY'S BIG WIN, HATER

ALMOST HAD A TRIPLE-DOUBLE IN TODAY'S BIG WIN, HATER

Did he shoot 4/18 and have 10 turnovers?

ALMOST HAD A TRIPLE-DOUBLE IN TODAY'S BIG WIN, HATER
Only 4 turnovers short.

ESPN2 tonight at 8, fam. PLAYOFFS

We lost Ennis, you guys.

ROCKETS

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2018/07/17/detroit-pistons-arnie-kander/792070002/

It looks like the team may fix the biggest mistake of the Van Gundy era.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2018/07/17/detroit-pistons-arnie-kander/792070002/

It looks like the team may fix the biggest mistake of the Van Gundy era.
Thank God.

YES WE KAN!

Bringing the "KAN DO" attitude back to the Pistons -- excellent!

That mustache alone must be worth at least 3 wins.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2018/07/17/detroit-pistons-arnie-kander/792070002/

It looks like the team may fix the biggest mistake of the Van Gundy era.

Not quite like bringing Ernie back, but good news.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dijp-iIXcAAFq7j.jpg

No.

Yes!

Love the arm sleeve!

These fools like mibuzzboard don’t understand what that Nike swoosh means to the ballers these days.

Yes!

TROLL

Loved the Stackhouse/Theo Ratliff era!

Loved the Stackhouse/Theo Ratliff era!

Hard not to love!

Pistons hire Sachin Gupta as assistant general manager
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2018/08/07/detroit-pistons-hire-sachin-gupta-assistant-general-manager/928837002/


Earlier in his career, Gupta worked for two years at ESPN and helped build the popular “NBA Trade Machine” feature, with his familiarity with the NBA salary cap.

Assistant TO the general manager *

https://www.wxyz.com/sports/pistons-big-man-jon-leuer-suffers-knee-injury-undergoes-surgery

Oh boy. GOLLY.

Just retire

Fucking HACK writer:


https://sports.yahoo.com/getting-clipped-blake-griffin-fully-invested-pistons-153714590.html

Fake news from the Freep:

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2018/12/05/detroit-pistons-golden-state-warriors-jonas-jerebko/2191650002/


Jerebko played under so many coaches in 5½ seasons that he got the number of head coaches wrong.

“There was no direction,” Jerebko said. “What was there? Six different coaches, every year there was a new coach. You can’t do that. You can do that to whoever was coaching, and you can’t do it to the players. You got to have consistency."

Jerebko's head coaches during his Detroit-Dumars tenure: John Kuester, Lawrence Frank, Mo Cheeks, John Loyer and Stan Van Gundy.

When Jerebko was drafted, Michael fucking Curry was the coach. He was fired several days later, but that's the sixth coach.

Do your homework, Vince Ellis. Sheesh.

If the season ended today, we'd be in the playoffs.

The Nuggets have like 5 solid rotation guards, we really should have gone after one of them.

Ben didn’t make the HOF

Ben didn’t make the HOF

Ben won't get in for a few years. Rodman had a stronger case and look how long it took for him to get in.

Some of my sources are telling me that we're going to be pursuing Derrick Rose.

We lost Sachin Gupta, you guys.

aka the guy that invented ESPN’s Trade Machine, our former head of analytics

https://www.tmz.com/photos/image_jpg_20190626_babe6dd7c3b652e19be6a7272aaf193 7/

twerk party!

Cut to Andre crying at home alone because he didn't get invited.

Warning: Depressing

https://www.detroitbadboys.com/platform/amp/2019/7/11/20680093/detroit-pistons-roster-building-strategy-ed-stefanski-blake-griffin-andre-drummond-reggie-jackson?utm_campaign=detroitbadboys&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&__twitter_impression=true

Shaq still hasn't figured out that the Pistons wanted everyone to pass the ball to him in the 2004 Finals.
He'd have assuredly fouled out and we would've gotten more Slava. :)

Blake Griffin is stealing Canadian jobs.

nbGnIuuVTGo

Blake Griffin is stealing Canadian jobs.

nbGnIuuVTGo
Drumpf approves.

We’re working out Joe Johnson

Why?

2011 superteam

2011 superteam

We're going to OWN The Heatles in the ECF!

Pistons in good health

Casey reported the roster is relatively healthy — although there are things to monitor.

Griffin had left knee surgery shortly after the season. He’s not as healthy as he was at this time last year before he performed the best statistical season of his career, but he is cleared to stop using crutches.

Kennard was bothered by a sore foot toward the end of last season and Casey said the organization managed his workload in the offseason, resulting in his permanent benching.

Jackson had a toenail removed recently, but Casey called it life-threatening.
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2019/09/25/detroit-pistons-offense-dwane-casey/2440228001/

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2019/09/25/detroit-pistons-offense-dwane-casey/2440228001/

We went from "things are looking Blake" to "things are looking bleak" in a hurry.

https://sports.yahoo.com/inside-the-malice-at-the-palace-154145992.html


So when Wallace saw Artest suddenly get up after lying on his back on the scorer’s table, he thought Artest was crazy enough to make his way through the media and press row for a piece of him.

“I got ready [to fight],” Wallace told Yahoo Sports. “And then I saw him veer into the stands and I was like, ‘Oh, this isn’t good.’”

I wondered how Blake's $100k donation and the Pistons' saying they'd pay for coronavirus-delayed games would mesh:

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2020/03/13/detroit-pistons-blake-griffin-donation/5047131002/


The Pistons organization said through a spokesman on Thursday that all Pistons employees, including hourly and part-time staff who support gameday activities at LCA, would be paid during the league's hiatus.

The organization is also reaching out to other companies that employ staff at the arena, and are hopeful of providing financial assistance to them as well. Griffin's donation would presumably assist those workers.

Only Tayshaun Prince can blossom®, right?

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/shawn-windsor/2020/03/16/detroit-pistons-christian-wood-coronavirus-rudy-gobert/5055550002/


Detroit Pistons' Christian Wood was blossoming before our eyes. Then coronavirus happened

Love how it makes it sound like he died.

Rip Hamilton makes DWade's list of toughest people to defend:

https://heatnation.com/media/dwyane-wade-lists-3-toughest-players-hes-ever-had-to-guard-his-career/

The thing I remember most about Rip and DWade was the other way around. Rip was doing awesome defense against him in 2006 playoffs, but DWade made circus shot after circus shot. I felt bad for Rip, because he'd finally made it as a defender, and still got fried.

BLAKE CAN'T SHOOT NO MORE - FU-UCK!

https://www.tmz.com/2020/04/21/blake-griffin-parks-basketball-practice-kids-airballs-detroit-pistons/

The Fabulous Maker Boys?

https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/6733848/makers-are-making-most-of-nba-virus-break/?cs=298

Bill Laimbeer is a boss!

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29104562/isiah-thomas-regretful-bill-laimbeer-defiant-bulls-snub-1991-playoffs


Laimbeer remains unapologetic, telling Nichols that Jordan and the Bulls were "whiners."

"They whined and cried for a year and a half about how bad we were for the game, but more importantly, they said we were bad people," Laimbeer said. "We weren't bad people. We were just basketball players winning, and that really stuck with me because they didn't know who we were or what we were about as individuals and our family life.

"But all that whining they did, I didn't want to shake their hand. They were just whiners. They won the series. Give him credit: We got old, they got past us. But OK, move on."

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/theoaklandpress.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/26/626196ce-a126-11ea-8523-b740fc7651cf/5ed026d23d6cb.image.jpg
https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/coronavirus/sisters-partner-with-detroit-pistons-to-donate-masks-to-health-care-workers/article_5672d8aa-a126-11ea-8bbb-abfc848cb3f1.html

:we: just took game 1 in L.A.!!!

Do you want Chauncey and|or Tayshaun in this front office?

Who did we have recently that could be considered a rebounding guard? That was news to me!

Andre Drummond Says He Intentionally Elbowed Teammate in Face Before for Taking His Rebounds

https://cavaliersnation.com/2020/05/19/andre-drummond-says-he-used-punch-former-teammate-who-kept-coming-take-his-rebounds/


“I punched him in the head,” Drummond said. “He didn’t do it again. It happened more than once too. It was because of rebounds.

“He’s a rebounding player too, as a guard. He kept coming to take my rebounds, so I pulled him aside during a timeout and said, ‘Yo bro, you don’t see me trying to go for 50 every night, don’t try to come in for rebounds.’”

Bruce Brown maybe?

I guess that seems right, other than the fact that I'd hope Bruce Brown would punch him back.
I don't think of Bruce Brown, especially rookie Bruce Brown, as putting up big numbers of any sort.
My first instinct reading that was Stanley Johnson, other than the fact that he's not a guard.

And Dre should've been trying to go for 50 every night! Fucker!

TURMEL 0322 is a god!

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2020/07/19/nba-jam-detroit-pistons-chicago-bulls-mark-turmell/5463655002/


Sankofa: What was the process of coding the Pistons to win against the Bulls, where the Bulls would miss last-second shots?

Turmell: Being a Pistons fan and being cocky and moving into Chicago because the Pistons were back-to-back champions in ‘89, ‘90, they were the king of the hill and the Bad Boy era, Laimbeer, Isiah, and we had the 'Jordan Rules.' I remember telling my co-workers that when I came into town, I said ‘They’re going to run Jordan out of this town because he’s not a winner. He’s a talented player, but he can’t win.’ And that was my mantra coming into Chicago. And then, of course, the tide turned. They finally got past the Pistons and then they were unstoppable. And so in 1993, developing the game in '92, I was getting a lot of heat from the local Bulls fans inside the company and that was my outlet, was to manipulate the outcome on this game because inside the building, I’d be playing with all my buddies, and of course they were picking the Bulls and I was picking the Pistons, and so it was my way to level the playing field compared to what was happening in real life. I didn’t want to ruin the game by making that combination impossible for the Bulls to win. That wouldn’t have been right. But I made it so that they would miss their last-second shots in a close game against the Pistons. And the company fought against me, said, 'No you can’t do that.' I kept it in there and I was leading the project, so.

Fucking blasphemy
https://www.mlive.com/resizer/ySXULH5OKfPcOIQhLI1eBU4llF8=/1280x0/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/2QKLGJLYRZCDTMBIHZWPWUHBUE.jpg

Gores bought another team

https://www.grmag.com/entertainment/grand-rapids-drive-stand-committed-to-city/?utm_campaign=Newsletter%20-%20GRM%20Daily&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=92345484&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9r70ebcbxdeqvm_sKCAzfWOrvP6iCha19wd1K-s7oVZ8riKNLvVzwDPo7l3bWbDSq3tIDjYA7NIG6hMtCcfFW7KL UHNA&utm_content=92345484&utm_source=hs_email

Why would the Suns not want their own D League team, I don't get it.

Fucking blasphemy
https://www.mlive.com/resizer/ySXULH5OKfPcOIQhLI1eBU4llF8=/1280x0/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/2QKLGJLYRZCDTMBIHZWPWUHBUE.jpg

This is NOT having fun with blasphemy.

https://i.postimg.cc/fLkNdTYx/image.jpg
https://bit.ly/pistons5k

Will J. Cole save us? Sounds like someone is having Wet Dreamz.

https://secure.nba.com/pistons/features/new-cbo-why-detroit-pistons-extended-tryout-invite-hip-hop-star-j-cole


Hip-hop star J. Cole is more than welcome to tryout for the NBA squad, an invitation that was extended last week and created buzz around the Pistons, one of eight teams not playing in the Orlando bubble to determine seeding for the postseason.

The franchise’s social media channels reached out to J. Cole, who stars in a recent Puma commercial which indicates he’s working in the gym with the goal of getting an NBA tryout.

No word yet if J. Cole will accept the invitation, which was hatched when Pistons senior vice president of marketing Alicia Jeffreys noticed the item (via TMZ) that hip-hop OG Master P, who suited up for the Toronto Raptors during 1999 preseason, is taking J. Cole seriously.

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And, from the email where the Pistons announced that we're drafting at #7 -- copyright 2019.

https://i.postimg.cc/fyFgmHM4/2020-08-24-09-00-06-am.png (https://postimages.org/)

So, I guess what they're saying is that we're drafting #7 for the 2019 draft, so we got Coby?

The Pistons own Andre Drummond got an All-NBA second team vote!
You believed and it happened!
LOL

Justin Patton had surgery. He might not play the 7 games next season that he was projected to, given the magnitude of his injuries.
Thon Maker was last observed playing ineffectively, but smiling. Patton's financier, Troy Weaver, was unavailable for comment.

If only the Pistons played better, they could've gone to bubble prison.

Detroit Pistons owner and Platinum Equity Tom Gores stepped down from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Board of Trustees on Thursday night, following pressure from activists over his investment firm's ownership of a prison telephone company.
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2020/10/09/detroit-pistons-tom-gores-lacma-prison-phones-securus/5944106002/

LaVar Ball wants to replace Casey as coach:

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2020/10/30/detroit-pistons-lamelo-ball-nba-draft-lavar-ball/6093858002/

Supposedly, the Pistons are open to taking on bad contracts for picks.

Dave Bing was de-aged:

The era that I played in was you didn’t have the social media, you didn’t have TV as much involved,” Bing, 61, told MLive.
https://www.mlive.com/pistons/2020/11/pistons-great-dave-bing-chronicles-nba-draft-night-experience-in-new-book.html

The #Pistons will not extend a qualifying offer to G Jordan Bone, making him an unrestricted free agent

https://www.nba.com/pistons/features/pistons-get-first-chunk-their-schedule-lined-nba-builds-flexibility

The Pistons open the 2020-21 season at Minnesota on Dec. 23 and return home for the Little Caesars Arena opener on Dec. 26, hosting Cleveland. No fans will be permitted at Little Caesars at present with any future adjustment completely dependent on the ability to field a team worth watching.

Blake getting some side action with the governor.
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2020/12/10/detroit-pistons-blake-griffin-covid-19-taskforce/3886295001/

"I was just approached by the governor and being the spokesperson for being smart, wearing masks, social-distancing, washing hands, doing all of the things that we know are important and helps to slow the spread of the virus,"

Big Sean will innovate our lineups:

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2020/12/23/detroit-pistons-bring-big-sean-creative-director-innovation-nba/4026337001/

Pour out a Killian’s.

Jennings, who enjoyed shooting hoops with his buddies, grew enamored of the Bad Boy-era Detroit Pistons. “I thought John Salley was so funny; Bill Laimbeer was tough; and I knew James Edwards had gone to the University of Washington,”
https://www.si.com/media/2021/01/08/ken-jennings-jeopardy-first-next-host

Apparently Rodney McGruder is a badass. Or not.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2021/01/31/detroit-pistons-rodney-mcgruder-wayne-ellington-draymond-green-klay-thompson/4334138001/
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2021/01/31/klay-thompson-draymond-green-detroit-pistons-rodney-mcgruder/4330854001/


When the fuck did Rodney McGruder become a tough guy of the team?

We beat the Craptors without Grant (or Blake or Rose), with two players getting triple doubles!

Seemed like good news to me...

We The North

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2021/03/18/ben-wallace-detroit-pistons-nba/6940151002/


I had seven older brothers and knew what it felt like to get knocked on your ass knowing they wouldn’t let me play again if I didn’t get up on my own.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2021/03/18/ben-wallace-detroit-pistons-nba/6940151002/
Thanks, I would have missed that.

Wow! I was just wondering why the Pistons didn't have an official food delivery website!?!?!?!??/



The Pistons have launched an all new food delivery platform, Pistons Dish!. Eat like the pros today at PistonsDish.com (http://PistonsDish.com/?fbclid=IwAR27pCzuXaRvgQ4O57x6naZy8jLPE3W7yPTsUhA7 9DbhkXbj9hCCSbA8u1U)

I wonder how tanking works in the esports world...


Detroit Pistons Want To Rule Esports NBA League For 2021 Summer Season
https://www.wkar.org/post/detroit-pistons-want-rule-esports-nba-league-2021-summer-season#stream/0

Today, we are #1 !!!!

In Cade We Trust

Casey likes players who make their beds.

He'd hate me.

Pistons waive Tyler Cook, Cory Joseph, Deividas Sirvydis

https://twitter.com/HoopAnalysisNet/status/1421810910054686732


Ugh. "Kelly".

Ugh. It happened.


"Kelly"

Already talking myself into it.


"Well Vinny, there's a reason you hated him so much when we played against him and now he'll do that to other teams' fans!"

Everything was looking so good, too. #smh

He's probably a competent player, and he has not yet been inflicted with male pattern baldness. There's the extent of my praise for Olynyk.

Jerami Grant now has an Olympic gold medal.

Of course, if they'd subbed me for him, it would've been the same result.

Nice interview with Beef Stew:

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2021/08/14/isaiah-stewart-cade-cunningham-detroit-pistons/8136261002/


I did not like Montverde. I was so competitive. I was playing at La Lumiere, and we played Montverde twice. Trust and believe, it was definitely beef between us two teams. I didn't like Montverde and whenever we played Montverde, I was always trying to crush them. I definitely didn’t like Cade.

Does Carmelo still have his promise ring? Who bent down on one knee?

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2021/08/17/carmelo-anthony-detroit-pistons-los-angeles-lakers/8169907002/

FWIW, the Pistons tried to give Darko a genuine Pistons cock ring, but he hurt himself trying to turn it into a Prince Albert. Because Darko.

Even as God-awful as Darko is and was I'm still glad we took him over Melo's bitch ass.

And the tank begins anew?

Pistons will not win another game this season, reports team medical staff.

Tanks a lot!

Saddiq almost Saddicked us, but managed to salvage his slumping sophomore splotch-haired self.

YOUR PISTONS ARE UNDEFEATED IN 2022!!!

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https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2022/02/23/detroit-pistons-teal-jerseys-2022-23-season/6915352001/
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Puke vomit.

https://www.si.com/nba/2022/03/28/detroit-pistons-rookie-cade-cunningham-daily-cover

And yet, a slow start combined with his team being on the wrong side of many a blowout has made Cunningham?s development?which is one of the league?s most meaningful long-term subplots?so easy to miss. A meticulous 5'6" point guard who sees things happen before they actually do, Cunningham was derailed by an ankle injury during the preseason that delayed his NBA debut until Detroit?s fourth game. It was forgettable, a two-point clunker against the Magic that preceded him shooting 6-for-31 over his next two games.

Thanks for posting Mxyplitzk, would have missed that.

Great read, thanks.

It’s so hard to follow this team when YouTube TV doesn’t carry Bally sports. I’m about ready to drop it and go back to Spectrum just so I can follow next year more closely

Cade is so fucking smooth man, time to start watching again.

https://i.postimg.cc/gJjkXkHY/image.webp
Note the midget photographer and how Doncic has to be on his knees to hug 5'6" Cade.

Just missed it, but this was the 18th anniversary of the triple overtime game against New Jersey in the second round. I rushed home from a high-school band performance just in time to watch Brian Scalabrine become the unexpected hero of the second and third overtimes. But of course, it's only remembered for Chauncey's shot to secure OT.

(Skip ahead to 1:41:00)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88AbZ5rzrt8

So :we: got Nerlens & Burks from NYK, sounds like Oladipo might be next?

So special.

I was annoyed by this trade at first but they're clearly just punting the cap space into next year which I'm OK with and now have 2 sizable expirings they can deal as well. All that fits our timeline better. See what we really have with Ivey and Duren and then adjust accordingly.

A top-55 protected 2nd round pick... hot damn!

Why is there a Pistons summer league game on at midnight EST tomorrow? I'm all for it, but that's silly.

God's will.

https://people.com/sports/detroit-pistons-kelly-olynyk-weds-jackie-mcnulty-in-playful-vineyard-ceremony/

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34841833/sources-pistons-assistant-gm-rob-murphy-leave-amid-investigation-alleged-misconduct

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34841833/sources-pistons-assistant-gm-rob-murphy-leave-amid-investigation-alleged-misconduct

Count that baby and a foul!

Muscala has a concussion. Gallinari can actually still play.

Out with the Knox, in with the Fontecchio?

Troy Weaver is engaging in something called "trade therapy" to motivate Monty Williams, but skeptics unconvinced.

It's not Monty's fault. LOL.

https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/readers/2024/03/06/detroit-pistons-blame-monty-williams-team-problems/72842779007/

STFU "Jerry".

Duren should get a visit by the tooth fairy tonight.

Apocalypse Nowell!

#5 -- feels like a re-run

Feeling numb about this one, guys.

Bill Laimbeer wears Jordans so he can have the satisfaction of stepping on Michael Jordan with every step.

Trajan "Alaskan Assassin" Langdon will be our new PG, or find our next PG, or fire our next PG - something like that:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/langdtr01.html

The last NBA baller from Alaska who I remember scammed a blind man and ended up spray-painting his own head.
Hopefully this turns out better.

Got an automated message from the forum today and thought I'd drop in to say how nice it is that this place is still going decades later. Man, the 00's were good times to be a Pistons fan, I hope everyone is doing well.

Thanks for checking in, gee.

Also shocked that this site is somehow capable of generating an email to members.

Haha, yeah, what? I have no idea what would have sent that.

Simone Fontecchio now has a bionic left toe. It makes bionic sounds, and will give him an extra 0.5" vertical leap.

Troy Weaver is now a Troy Leaver.

Because he was fired. He's "leaving" the team, eh?

Eh?



Look, "Leaver" is kind of like an irregular noun form of- Oh, never mind.

Troy Weaver is now a Troy Leaver.

Because he was fired. He's "leaving" the team, eh?

Eh?



Look, "Leaver" is kind of like an irregular noun form of- Oh, never mind.


10/10

Monty out, Trajan in, and Gores is MIA when he can't shut up:

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/shawn-windsor/2024/06/22/tom-gores-detroit-pistons-nba-owner-trajan-langdon/74176432007/

https://x.com/DarkoStateNews/status/1804357343720673553?t=OnsGHzKupbGnxq0DmlMr3A&s=19

Any update on your car washing sessions Glan?

No

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TIM HARDAWAY JUNIOR AND THREE SECOND ROUND PICKS FOR QUENTIN "iN THE hOSPITAL" GRIMES

Man, I'm going to miss Grimes in a Pistons uniform. Remember that time he

Why does it feel like THJ already played for :us:?

I know daddy was an asst, but was there another UM guy just like him that was here?

Coach JB Bickerstaff in da house. I wonder if Bernie follows.

Welcome (?) back Tobias Harris

Things I like:

It's only two years

Maybe we can get the Tobi and Bobi show going again?

-10 for reminding me how angry the stupid Blake Griffin trade made me. Such a waste.

It's not a bad deal, I just hope Tobias doesn't disappear for us in the playoffs!!!

Maybe we can get the Tobi and Bobi show going again?

-10 for reminding me how angry the stupid Blake Griffin trade made me. Such a waste.

I wonder if Bobi Klintman is up for it.

THE KING IS BACK.

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1809708823575207966

http://www.wtfdetroit.com/forums/image.php?u=1005&dateline=1709547517

The kids call him “Tek”