Back when the season started in December, or a hundred years ago, Dwane Casey’s bench was pretty much Derrick Rose and a bunch of question marks. It speaks to the nuggets Troy Weaver mined, the
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... fortable with guys and trying to win ballgames.” The 45 points combined from Pistons starters, though, meant they were fighting an uphill battle – especially giv ...
FAST BREAKDOWN Three quick observations from Saturday night’s 121-100 loss to the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena
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... ewart and scoring punch off the bench from Frank Jackson, the Pistons – who trailed by six at halftime and by 13 after three quarters – saw the ga ...
Youth was served, though many of them could only be served soft drinks. The Pistons trotted out what almost certainly was the youngest starting five in franchise history – and were outdone in youth
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... history – and were outdone in youth by their opponent, Oklahoma City. Three Pistons starters – rookies Killian Hayes and Isaiah Stewart and second-year teammate ...
FAST BREAKDOWN Three quick observations for Friday night’s 110-104 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder at Little Caesars Arena
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... alf court that found Bey for a layup. It was the second time this season the Pistons started three rookies in a game and the last time that had happened came in ...
Chances are Killian Hayes, Isaiah Stewart, Saddiq Bey and Saben Lee would have found their way in the NBA no matter what had happened on draft night, no matter where fate deposited them. All have
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... t he is who he is and what he brings to the table each and every night.” The Pistons began the season with a young team and they’ve gotten progressively and sign ...
The Pistons rolled down the stretch with their point guard of the future and got beat by their point guard of the past. In a season they’ll measure in ways beyond wins and losses, Wednesday stirred a
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... fourth quarter. He entered the game with 4:22 left in the third quarter, the Pistons ahead 65-63 at the time, and it was at his direction that the lead expanded ...
FAST BREAKDOWN Three quick observations from Wednesday night’s 100-98 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers at Little Caesars Arena
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... a 20-foot jump shot. When the two teams played Sunday in Los Angeles and the Pistons – without Grant’s 22 points a game in the lineup – scored 124, they still lo ...
Killian Hayes, Cory Joseph, Saben Lee – it’s a point-guard heavy edition of Pistons Mailbag with a little draft talk, a little Frank Jackson and a little Isaiah Stewart thrown in for good measure.
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... candidate – not the only one out there, but a very good one. So even if the Pistons don’t pick up the fully guaranteed contract for next season and make Joseph ...
To the casual observer – and at the risk of using “casual” in any sentence with rambunctious rookie Isaiah Stewart as the subject – it’s been easier to spot the offensive evolution of the Pistons
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... art as the subject – it’s been easier to spot the offensive evolution of the Pistons 19-year-old center than it has his growth defensively. But it’s there, notic ...
If the only clue you were given nearing the midway point of the third quarter about how the game was going was that the Clippers were shooting 72 percent, how much would you have guessed the Pistons
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... y know no matter who’s out, when you play the Pistons you’re going to have to come to play.” The Clippers were without their other ...
FAST BREAKDOWN Three quick observations from Sunday night’s 131-124 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center
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... OF THE GUARDS – The Pistons kept Killian Hayes out, as they did earlier this week in the second game of ...
The Pistons suddenly have a glut of guards since the return of Killian Hayes and Dennis Smith Jr. from injury to go with recently acquired Cory Joseph and rookie Saben Lee. Which made it hard to see
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... ness. The Pistons wrap up their five-game Western Conference road swing on Sunday with a stiff ...
FAST BREAKDOWN Three quick observations from Saturday night’s 118-103 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center
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... esday in his first game back at Denver since leaving the Nuggets to join the Pistons in free agency, Josh Jackson again drew the start in his place. The ripple e ...
Ten years and five franchises into his NBA career, Cory Joseph has lived through pretty much everything a player can experience over the decade since he left Texas after one season of college
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... rection. That’s what we’re doing here. It takes everybody.” The two youngest Pistons – 19-year-olds Isaiah Stewart and Killian Hayes – played especially notable ...
