Associated Press In the first season in NBA history where the reigning NBA Champion is not based in a U.S. city, Mexico City will host multiple regular-season games this December. Just the fourth season this emerging NBA mega-market of 30 million souls has had the chance to sample a plurality of matches that will actually impact the playoff race, the duo of tilts will pit the Phoenix Suns against the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks against the Detroit Pistons. The latt

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The 2019-2020 NBA season starts October 22nd and to get you ready for tip-off, Off the Glass is previewing all 30 teams. Today we look at the Detroit Pistons. 2018-2019 Record: 41-41, 3rd in the Central Division. Lost 0-4 in the first round of the playoffs. Season Recap: The Pistons began last season with hope after the hiring of former Raptors head coach Dwane Casey and a full season with Blake Griffin on the team. Griffin enjoyed a relativ

NBA.com When you look at Derrick Rose and the career he’s had, it’s hard not to think what if? When he’s been healthy, he’s been a sensation. Health has been a major point of concern that no doubt side tracked his career, though. Rose was selected first overall in the 2008 draft by the Chicago Bulls. He became the first player drafted by the Bulls to score 10 points or more in each of his first 10 games since Michael Jordan.He was the first rookie to win the Skills Challenge

ABC7 Eyewitness News There are innumerable national pundits that are strangely low on the 2019-20 Nets. It’s not as if the Eastern Conference improved markedly, in fact if anything the stranglehold up top strengthened while the rest of the teams underneath would give themselves a decent shot at making some noise for a top-four seed. Milwaukee and Philadelphia are in a tier of their own at the top of the East. From there, there are up to seven teams who are vying for status as

Detroit Bad Boys The NBA just released the official schedule for the 2019-20 season. Already articles from OTG, ESPN, Bleacher Report, and many others have released enticing works on the best matchups of the coming season. Plenty of information is available on such story lines as the Christmas slate of games, and which team has to travel the longest distance during their campaign. There’s importance in knowing when the first time the new look Los Angeles team’s duke it out ag

USA Today In this upcoming season, there is much speculation about who next year’s MVP will be. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, James Harden, Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo are all expected to make a run at the coveted award, along with many other of the NBA’s usual suspects. Every now and then, a player comes out of nowhere to win the award, surprising fans and basketball analysts alike. With the upcoming season having more parity than the NBA has had in years, now is t

Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via GettyImages What’s the deal? Derrick Rose and the Detroit Pistons have reached a contract agreement of two years, $15 million. The 30-year old point guard had a great showing last season with Minnesota and both sides hope this success continues next year. The Pistons are also looking to sign another point guard in addition to Rose, leaving Reggie Jackson’s future with the franchise in question. What does Rose bring to the team? Between Blake Griff

Kirthmon F. Dozier-Detroit Free Press Pick #15 The Pistons selected Sekou Doumbouya of Limoges CSP (France) with their lone first-round pick. Doumbouya was the youngest prospect in the draft -18 years and 97 days - and was one of the most fluid athletes available. Originally slotted as a top 10 pick, Doumbouya was #9 on my personal board but fell to the Pistons at #15, meaning they could have a steal on their hands. Doumbouya is a bit reminiscent of Pascal Siakam but doesn’t

Yahoo! Sports On Blake Griffin, the NBA’s forgotten superstar The NBA is a notoriously star-driven league, and business is booming. All across the Association, there are immense players wielding tremendous celebrity and sway on and off the court. From Luka Doncic to LeBron James, from Toronto to Oklahoma City, the NBA is loaded with stars. And yet one of its biggest names has put together an absolute gem of a season, seemingly completely under the radar. Just a few years remo

20. Ben Simmons 2018-19 Stats: 17 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 7.9 APG, 56/0/60 The Ringer Ben Simmons is on the fringe of superstar status. The thing stopping him is obvious, a jump shot. Giannis has transcended that with his ability to get to the line at will and amazing defensive acumen. Simmons has all those elements to his game but he lacks any sort of ability to shoot some semblance of a jumper. If he gets one, he’ll no doubt rise on this list. 19. Kemba Walker 2018-2019 Stats: 25.1 P

This is OTG’s second edition of the Top 50 NBA Players of the 2018-19 season. With the NBA Playoffs on the horizon, Kory Waldron & Jac Manuell revisit the rankings. Key reminders for this top 50 list; It is based solely on this current season. As well any player with a season ending injury is excluded. Enjoy and feel free to debate afterwards: @otgbasketball/@Kwalhoops/@TheJmanJBT 50. Jayson Tatum 2018-2019 Stats: 16.5 PPG 6.3 RPG 1.8 APG - 45/37/86 (Via. USA Today) It hasn’t

Detroit News The Detroit Pistons were a busy team at this year’s trade deadline. Aware of the possibility that they were underperforming, and at risk of wasting Blake Griffin’s career year, they didn’t stand pat. They acquired two new players via trade, Thon Maker and Svi Mykhailiuk, and then added veteran shooter Wayne Ellington via the buyout market after he was bought out by the Phoenix Suns. The Pistons enter the All-Star break clinging to the last playoff slot in the Eas

NBA.com After perhaps the most active trade deadline in history, we're going to take a look not at each move on a trade-by-trade basis, but on a team-by-team basis. How did each team do in their approach and execution to the deadline, and how well do their actions shape their outlooks moving forward? We'll start East, and move West in the companion, working our way down the standings. 1. Milwaukee Bucks (41-14) The Bucks crushed it at the deadline, turning a malcontent in Tho

The Arms Race in the East NBC Sports LeBron has left the East and the Big Four now each thinks it has a chance to make the NBA finals. Three of them were very aggressive at the deadline; let's start with the Philadelphia 76ers. After coming up empty-handed in free agency this past summer, the Sixers determined that their best course of action was to go into free agency owning the best players’ Bird rights. They acquired a very valuable set of rights in Jimmy Butler early in t

Pistons Receive: Markelle Fultz, Furkan Korkmaz Sixers Receive: Reggie Bullock, Ish Smith, and Stanley Johnson As Detroit slowly slips in the standings, it may be time for a shakeup. After several reports of Detroit’s interest in the Sixers guard, there may be some traction towards getting a deal done. For the Pistons, they get two lottery tickets in Fultz and Korkmaz. With the season slipping out of hand, the Pistons may look to surround Blake Griffin with more youth to try

DET receives: SF TJ Warren PHX receives: PG Ish Smith, SF Stanley Johnson, PF Henry Ellenson, 2019 First Round Pick (Lottery Protected) The Pistons have made it known they want to maximize Blake Griffin’s potential by improving the roster. Warren would be a relatively cheap, but substantial upgrade to the roster. Giving away a slew of players and a pick should do the trick for Detroit. At 25-years-old, Warren is averaging 18.3 PPG and can score in a variety of ways. Fortunate

Continuing our "Trading Jeremy Lin" series, we have the Detroit Pistons obtaining the veteran playmaker with the Atlanta Hawks receiving Langston Galloway and Glenn Robinson III in exchange. In full tank mode, the Hawks are more concerned with rebuilding around their young core so Lin is going underutilized despite having a stellar season (at 54%, his eFG% is the highest of his nine years in the league). Meanwhile, sitting at 18-24, good for 10th in the Eastern conference sta

The Suns on-the-court product is as promising as ever, but behind the scenes, trouble looms in Phoenix. A dispute over arena funding has team owner Robert Sarver threatening to move the team to Seattle or Las Vegas. The Suns’ bright future may come to light outside of Arizona. Fan attendance is way down in Phoenix, further complicating this precarious situation. Perhaps the front office doesn’t have time to nurture and grow its young core. Instead, the Suns ought to swing for

Detroit Pistons receive- Jeremy Lin, Dewayne Dedmon, Charlotte's 2019 second round pick Atlanta Hawks receive- Jon Leuer, Ish Smith, Stanley Johnson, Detroit 2019 first round pick (protected picks 1-14) Why the Pistons Would do it - Detroit is desperate, as the team is rapidly falling out of the playoff race in the East. The team needs, depth, play-making, and shooting. This trade is a step in the right direction for the Pistons. Lin would be an immediate upgrade at backup po

To Cleveland: SF Stanley Johnson, SG Langston Galloway, 2019 2nd Round Pick To Detroit: SG Alec Burks There are a few types of moves the Cavs should be making at the deadline, and they've already engaged in a few of them. In trading George Hill to Milwaukee, they took on long-term money in order to get a 1st round pick -- a common and sound approach for a rebuilding team. In the Kyle Korver deal, they got back two 2nd round picks and Alec Burks -- concrete assets in the picks