Photo by COLIN MURTY/AFP via Getty Images The 2024 NBA Draft is quickly approaching, and while it has been labeled weak by many in the draft community, I think that is only true insomuch as there is a lack of a clear No. 1 prospect who you might be able to build a team around. However, in many drafts, some great players are overlooked for various reasons, making us question how and why they managed to slip in the draft and go unidentified at the time. With the Detroit Pistons securing the top slot in the lottery and guaranteeing themselves a top-5 draft pick, I figured this would be a good tim ..read more

Join us live Thursday at 6 p.m. ET to join the conversation. It’s mailbag time. Send in your questions now for this week’s episode of The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast. Please submit your question to the comments section here or on X/Twitter to @TheRealWesD3 and/or @blakesilverman. Join Wes and Blake on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET where we’ll discuss anything and everything Pistons basketball. Send in any questions you have to hear answered on the show. When will a new basketball operations executive get hired? Are any candidates better suited than others? How will the organization manage the ..read more

Photo by Cooper Neill/NBAE via Getty Images Tyler Smith, a 6’11” draft prospect, displayed efficient shooting this past season playing in the G League for the Ignite program. The Detroit Pistons have many needs to address this offseason. That’s putting it lightly. Nothing more necessary than who’s going to steer this ship forward as the franchise’s president of basketball operations. That new executive will have a draft to navigate at the end of June, however, where they can patch roster holes with shiny new prospects. Detroit has two primary on-court craters: spacing and defense. A one-size-f ..read more

Photo by Kenny Giarla/NBAE via Getty Images Taking stock of the seven most important Pistons players performance for the 2023-24 season, from Cade Cunningham to Simone Fontecchio The best thing about this just-concluded season of Detroit Pistons basketball is that it seemed to get so bad that it forced change. There was no clinging to some long-term vision that hadn’t yet come to fruition, there was no scapegoating bad injury luck, and it got so bad that it doesn’t appear that even a No. 1 overall pick and $60 million in upcoming cap space is going to save Troy Weaver’s job. The season was a f ..read more

Discussing the search for a new POBO and more! The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast is your home for fan-driven Pistons content. Hosted by Wes Davenport, from Motor City Hoops and producer of the Pistons Pulse Podcast, and Blake Silverman, DBB’s resident draft expert covering both the Pistons and the Motor City Cruise. The guys bring a reasoned analysis to a uniquely interactive show. It’s official. The Pistons wrapped up the worst season in franchise history and have announced that they are in search of new leadership. Wes and Blake breakdown what that search means for the immediate future ..read more

Join us live Thursday at 6 p.m. ET to join the conversation. It’s mailbag time. With the Pistons’ season officially over, we have a lot to talk about. Send in your questions now for this week’s episode of The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast. Please submit your question to the comments section here or on X/Twitter to @TheRealWesD3 and/or @blakesilverman. Join Wes and Blake on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET where we’ll discuss the past week of Pistons basketball. Send in any questions you have to hear answered on the show. With leadership changes ahead, where do we go now? Who is the best fit to lead ..read more

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Adversity and perseverance were big topics of Detroit’s end-of-season interviews The Detroit Pistons 2023-24 season is officially in the history books. It's not the kind of history you’ll want to crack open anytime soon. For the fans, for the organization, and for the players, this is a season everyone will want to forget. If it’s remembered for anything, hopefully, it is the inflection point. A true bottom, a clarifying year of ineptitude that forced those in charge to ask tough questions and make hard decisions. In fact, about 15 minutes after the last player ..read more

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Future of current GM Troy Weaver uncertain General manager Troy Weaver has led the Detroit Pistons to two consecutive seasons with the league’s worst record, and his time might be running out. The Pistons plans to hire a new head of basketball operations and will begin the search this week, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. A new team president would sit above Weaver and would almost certainly have the leeway to hire and fire the current regime as he or she sees fit. That could, of course, also extend to current Vice Chairman Arn Tellem, Senior Advise ..read more

Photo by Brian Sevald/NBAE via Getty Images No Victor, No Cade, No Duren, and a whole bunch of Pistons org members who might be in their final game Victor Wembanyama is out. Cade Cunningham is out. Jalen Duren is out. There isn’t much reason to watch the Detroit Pistons in their afternoon season finale against the San Antonio Spurs. The largest bit of intrigue is to consider what might happen after the buzzer sounds and the season is officially over. Sure, this is likely the final game for Evan Fournier, Malachi Flynn, Troy Brown, who are all trade deadline additions who can be free agents aft ..read more

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images What’s left of the Detroit Pistons beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 in Dallas on Friday, snapping a six-game skid for Detroit. Against all odds, the Pistons won’t end the season on a losing streak. Detroit’s decimated squad stumbled into a win in Dallas over the Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic-less Mavericks, who are already locked into a first-round playoff matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Mavs could’ve kept their hopes alive to jump up to the No. 4 seed and secure home court advantage against the Clips, but what’s left of the Pistons closed that door ..read more