Pistons Rumors & News

Detroit Free Press "After the Pistons acquired point guard Reggie Jackson at the Feb. 19 trade deadline, team president/coach Stan Van Gundy shared the news with several members of the team via phone. But there was one player Van Gundy felt needed a face-to-face meeting to discuss the situation: injured point..." March 01

Washington Post "There is no single reason the Washington Wizards have spiraled into a month-long funk. Some nights the offense has sputtered. Others the defense was leaky. A spate of injuries didn’t help, depleting a roster that already was underachieving before it hit a six-game losing streak that included..." March 01

Detroit News "Pistons forward Greg Monroe is accustomed to facing double teams on the floor. Now he faced a triple team off the court, surrounded by people much shorter than him and in worse shape. The New York media pounced on Monroe, the soon-to-be free agent, and the goal was to unearth any nugget that..." March 01

New York Post "Pistons general manager and coach Stan Van Gundy had a chance to lock up burly power forward Greg Monroe last summer with a long-term deal when he became a restricted free agent. Now Detroit could be burned. Despite all the talk about the Knicks’ 2015 cap space, several league executives think..." February 28

Cleveland Plain Dealer "The Cleveland Cavaliers looked like they were on the verge of losing their first game since the All-Star break against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night, but Kevin Love helped rally the team from a double-digit deficit in the second half, beating the Pistons, 102-93. "I thought Kevin played..." February 25

CBSSports.com "Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest Lakers of all time, right there with Magic Johnson for the most beloved in the most famous franchise's history. But there was a time when Bryant was nearly no longer a Laker. In 2007, frustrated by three agonizingly brutal years after the trade of Shaquille..." February 24

Detroit News "Reggie Jackson returned to the military brat who bounced around Italy, England, North Dakota and Colorado, wanting acceptance from his new classmates and neighbors. He was the nervous kid again. But this time the nerves came before teammates and a nice Sunday afternoon crowd of 18,371 at The..." February 23

Real GM Basketball "The Boston Celtics reneged on a promise to agree upon a buyout with Tayshaun Prince, according to a source. The Celtics instead traded Prince to the Detroit Pistons." February 23

CBSSports.com "Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest Lakers of all time, right there with Magic Johnson for the most beloved in the most famous franchise's history. But there was a time when Bryant was nearly no longer a Laker. In 2007, frustrated by three agonizingly brutal years after the trade of Shaquille..." February 23

Detroit Free Press "Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said Tayshaun Prince had an interesting reaction upon learning he was returning to Detroit. While Reggie Jackson was ecstatic, that wasn't exactly the reaction Prince had when he learned the Boston Celtics had sent him to the Pistons on Thursday. Van..." February 22

Yahoo! Sports "When the ferocity of the final minutes of the NBA trade deadline were unfolding, Reggie Jackson had been fast asleep in his Oklahoma City bedroom. Brooklyn had turned to Detroit, Jackson had been awakened and soon his brother Travis handed him a cell phone with Stan Van Gundy on the..." February 22

NBA.com "What are the Pistons getting in Reggie Jackson? A supremely confident, athletically gifted, competitively hypercharged point guard on the cusp of his prime years. "Two things, more than anything, other than just his overall play," Stan Van Gundy cited about what drew the Pistons to Jackson..." February 21

Detroit News "The NBA trade deadline is closing in — 3 today — but Pistons coach/president Stan Van Gundy isn't feeling any pressure. If a good opportunity comes to him, he's ready to make a deal, but he's not going to do anything foolhardy just for the sake of making a move. The Pistons return to action..." February 19

Detroit Free Press "Stan Van Gundy has a good poker face. Moments after appearing nonchalant about the Detroit Pistons' trade deadline prospects, the Pistons acquired promising young point guard Reggie Jackson from the Oklahoma City Thunder and longtime Pistons star Tayshaun Prince from the Boston Celtics,..." February 19

Detroit News "Two years ago, the Pistons selected Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the draft ahead of Michigan point guard Trey Burke. With the trade deadline at 3 p.m. Thursday, there's a chance — albeit a slim one — the two could be teammates. The Jazz are entertaining offers for Burke, and are reported to..." February 18

Detroit Bad Boys "Sean Deveney from The Sporting News (red flag alert!!) has reported that the Sacramento Kings are interested in adding a stretch-4 to their rotation, and have their eyes set on the Milwaukee Bucks' Ersan Ilyasova and Detroit's own Jonas Jerebko. The proposed return from such a trade would most..." February 17

Detroit Bad Boys "Draymond Green, who is expected to be one of the most highly coveted free agents this summer, has "significant interest" in signing with the Detroit Pistons, according to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski. The Pistons are expected to be quiet up to this year's NBA trade deadline, but all signs point..." February 17

New York Post "The Rising Stars Challenge may have had a new format this year, but the game didn’t look much different. Led by 22 points, six rebounds and four assists from MVP Andrew Wiggins, Team World wound up pulling out a 121-112 victory over Team USA at Barclays Center Friday night, in the first year..." February 15

SB Nation "NBA players have rejected a proposal that would "smooth" the projected windfall from the new television deal that the league signed last October, setting up a substantial increase of the salary cap in 2016, according to reports. Per Tim Bontemps of the New York Post, the salary cap is expected..." February 14

The Score "Greg Monroe's status as an impending unrestricted free agent would seem to make him a potential trade candidate for the Detroit Pistons, who could see Monroe walk without any compensation come July. But Stan Van Gundy, the team's president of basketball operations and head coach, isn't looking..." February 13

ESPN.com "Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy believes the Sacramento Kings have made a mockery of their "very public" pursuit of George Karl and it's "inexcusable" how they've treated Tyrone Corbin. Sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday that Corbin will be replaced by Karl after All-Star Weekend. "I..." February 12

Fox Sports Detroit "The Pistons made it official Thursday morning, signing point guard John Lucas III to a second 10-day contract. The deal, which will cover the first three games after the All-Star break, will bring Detroit to the trading deadline, where Stan Van Gundy can either make a move for a backup point..." February 12

Pounding The Rock "Stan Van Gundy had his guys forming a blanking wall, but Danny Green shot over it, Tony Parker scooted around it and Aron Baynes simply crashed through it. The irony of the 2014-15 San Antonio Spurs... they look exhausted and sluggish for the better part of three months, to the point where..." February 12

Detroit News "The slow, methodical game Hornets center Al Jefferson displays can demoralize even a good defense if you let him — as his vast array of moves can put decent defenders in compromising positions and even leaving them open to embarrassment. But for one of the first times this season, the Pistons..." February 11

Detroit News "Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy has never been shy about uplifting his guys, coaches he's worked with in Miami and Orlando, publicly stumping for them to receive head coaching jobs. It's why he's an unabashed supporter of Charlotte Hornets coach Steve Clifford, who took the Hornets to the playoffs..." February 11

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Late in Sunday’s game between the Timberwolves and Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy, near apoplexy much of the night, stood, yelled and was called for a technical foul. Now, ostensibly, Van Gundy was arguing a call. But here’s a suggestion: Maybe after seeing..." February 09

Indianapolis Star "There's still talk about playoffs around Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Even with the Indiana Pacers scrapping their heels at the bottom of the Central Division standings and daily adding names to the injury report, the postseason isn't a preposterous idea within the organization. Coach Frank Vogel..." February 05

Detroit News "Pistons forward Greg Monroe has taken a second job. He's become D.J. Augustin's public relations man. "Y'all need to talk to him," Monroe told the media. "He is the MVP tonight." Indeed he was. Augustin was so good in the Pistons 108-91 victory over the Heat on Tuesday, it sometimes..." February 04

The Score "Given the Tim Donaghy scandal of 2007, it is perhaps surprising that the NBA is the professional sports league at the forefront of the push to legalize sports gambling in the United States. NBA commissioner Adam Silver - thought to be the most influential person in the business of sports - has..." February 04

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Detroit Pistons point guard Brandon Jennings is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon, but his thumbs were healthy enough to rip LeBron James on Twitter Monday night. In a discussion with a frequent NBA blogger on the social media site of the league's greatest all-time players,..." February 03

Yahoo! Sports "Every year, NBA fans and coaches select the players who will represent the Eastern and Western Conferences in the midseason All-Star Game, and every year, some deserving player finds himself on the outside looking in. This time around, after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver chose Sacramento Kings..." February 02

ESPN.com "The Detroit Pistons plan to sign veteran guard John Lucas III to a 10-day contract this week, according to league sources. Sources told ESPN.com that the Pistons, who have been looking for another point guard ever since Brandon Jennings suffered a season-ending Achilles injury, are in the..." February 02

ESPN.com "Josh Smith was booed when he went to the scorer's table to check in, booed when he touched the ball and booed when he went to the line to shoot free throws. Just more than a month after Detroit waived the high-priced forward, Pistons fans gave him an unfriendly welcome when he returned to the..." February 01

Detroit Free Press "When he was asked how he would defend former teammate Josh Smith when the Houston Rockets visit the Palace on Saturday, Jonas Jerebko tried to pull a Marshawn Lynch. "We'll see tomorrow what coach has to say," was all Jerebko kept repeating after practice today. Stan Van Gundy, the Detroit..." January 30

CSN Philly "It didn’t take the Sixers long to put Wednesday’s game against the Detroit Pistons out of reach at the Wells Fargo Center. In fact, by the end of the first quarter the question wasn’t if the Sixers were going to win. It was by how much. Thanks to an 18-0 run in the first quarter, the Sixers..." January 29