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Pistons targets in the NBA Draft

A little nugget courtesy of the latest Mock Draft from ESPN’s Chad Ford. While this version is officially 4.0, he has had a different player pegged for the Pistons in each subsequent version, including…Read More

What drafting at No. 8 means

Word association time: When I say “With the eighth pick in the 2011 NBA draft, the Detroit Pistons select _____” you say … what? Project? Boom or Bust? Marginal? Bench player? Who cares?…Read More

One in a million? More like four in a thousand …

… wait, those still aren’t good odds. Anyway, Greg Monroe and the benevolent ghost of Chuck Daley will try and buck the odds and get the Pistons a top-three pick in the NBA draft lottery tonight…Read More

Biyombo to Pistons in Ford’s first official mock draft

In his first official mock draft of  the year, ESPN’s Chad Ford has the Detroit Pistons selecting the Congo’s Bismack Biyombo with the seventh pick in the NBA draft. While draft position won’t…Read More

Pistons WILL draft Bismack Biyombo

Along with the current excitement over the sale (finally) of the Detroit Pistons to Tom Gores, fans are anxiously anticipating getting a true difference-maker in the upcoming NBA draft — now just…Read More

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UPDATED: In search of size … undrafted FAs that might interest Det.

One thing you learn from perusing the comments over at the great Pistons fan site Detroit Bad Boys, is…Read More

Cousins to Detroit not dead?

A Tweet from Adrian Wojnarowski has my interest piqued. “Despite the drafting of Greg Monroe, the…Read More

Pistons give up on trading up

According to Yahoo writer Adrian Wojnarowski’s Twitter feed, the Pistons have stopped making calls…Read More

Greg Monroe could be available at No. 7

No, Greg Monroe isn’t DeMarcus Cousins, but he’s also not Ed Davis, who the Pistons have…Read More

ESPN: Minnesota offered Al Jefferson for Tayshaun Prince

While there has been rampant speculation that Minnesota and Detroit have been in talks regarding a swap…Read More

Lucky No. 7: DeMarcus Cousins

There has been a lot written about DeMarcus Cousins, what with his stated desire to be drafted by the…Read More

Cousins wants to land in Detroit

Just how aggressive will the Pistons be leading up to the Thursday’s NBA draft? Dumars has never been…Read More

So much for that Kings, Pistons trade

ESPN.com is reporting that the Sacremento Kings have traded Andres Nocioni and Spencer Hawes to the Philadelphia…Read More

Lucky No. 7: Greg Monroe

This post could also be titled “The curious case of Greg Monroe.” Not because Monroe the…Read More

Dumars speaks

Pistons president and General Manager Joe Dumars held his annual media session this afternoon and said…Read More

Pistons were close to No. 1 pick?

I know nothing about how the ping pong balls work in the NBA Draft, but this was a small note in an ESPN…Read More

Lucky No. 7: Ekpe Udoh

The Pistons need size. The Pistons need a defensive presence in the paint. The Pistons need a back-to-the-basket…Read More

So you’re telling me there’s a chance

Tonight is the night! The night that could change the course of our franchise for the next decade! The…Read More

Among Other Things

Anybody catch Rob Parker on Sports Final Edition last night? In Rob’s ever hilarious substance-less…Read More

Options Forfeited

My thoughts on some of the players not likely to be around at #15. You can’t get this kind of…Read More