Monty Williams fired by Detroit Pistons after one year with $65m left on deal
The Pistons have fired coach Monty Williams after just one season, a person with knowledge of the decision told the Associated Press on Wednesday
February 2024
‘An abomination’: Officials admit to blown call as lowly Pistons lose again
Josh Hart scored the go-ahead layup with 2.8 seconds remaining and the host New York Knicks pulled out a controversial victory over the Detroit Pistons
Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart arrested for punching Suns’ Eubanks before game
Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart was arrested for assault for punching Phoenix Suns center Drew Eubanks at the arena hours before the teams played
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NBA trade deadline: sorting the winners (Knicks) and losers (Lakers)
In a trade deadline without many clear winners, the Knicks became overnight contenders. The moribund Lakers? Not so much
January 2024
When the game was war: revisiting the NBA’s ‘greatest ever season’
A new book argues that basketball was at its peak when the Lakers, Pistons, Bulls and Celtics fought it out during the 1987-88 season
December 2023
Pistons crash to NBA record-tying 28th straight loss after blowing 21-point lead
The Pistons’ dismal journey to become the NBA’s worst-ever team
‘It’s hard’: Detroit Pistons tie NBA single-season record with 26th straight loss
‘Sell the team’ chants erupt as Detroit Pistons crash to 25th straight defeat
November 2023
Former NBA players Davis and Bynum convicted in $5m insurance fraud
Glen Davis and Will Bynum were convicted by a New York jury in a scheme that prosecutors say defrauded an insurance plan for NBA players of $5m
October 2023
‘You never know where you’re going to be’: life on a two-way NBA contract
Two-way contracts have given fringe NBA players a chance to prove they can play at the highest level, but ask them to live in two worlds at once
January 2023
‘I’ll chirp back’: Doncic scores 53 while trading barbs with Pistons coach
Luka Doncic had 53 points in his return to the lineup as the Dallas Mavericks rallied to beat the Detroit Pistons 111-105 on Monday night
November 2021
LeBron James ejected after leaving Isaiah Stewart bloodied in fiery game
LeBron James was ejected from the Los Angeles Lakers-Detroit Pistons game after drawing blood on Isaiah Stewart’s face when they fought for a rebound
August 2021
Malice at the Palace: how a new doc re-examines the epochal NBA brawl
A new Netflix docuseries offers a fresh perspective on the infamous 2004 melee that changed the shape of basketball as we know it
July 2021
Detroit Pistons tab Cade Cunningham with No 1 overall pick in NBA draft
The Detroit Pistons selected Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham with the No 1 pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
January 2021
'This is who we are': NBA reacts in dismay at mob's invasion of US Capitol
The Bucks and Pistons took a knee following the opening tip-off of their game on Wednesday night at the Fiserv Forum
August 2020
The fight to vote
Sports teams tackle voting crisis with plan to turn arenas into polling stations
With Trump seeking to undermine voting by mail, at least 12 professional teams – and counting – are taking action
May 2020
New tape contradicts Michael Jordan's Dream Team claims in The Last Dance
Michael Jordan’s claim that he had no part in Isiah Thomas being left off the USA’s Olympic ‘Dream Team’ has been contradicted by a new audio recording
March 2020
Pistons' Christian Wood and XFL player among latest to test positive for virus
Christian Wood of the NBA’s Detroit Pistons and an unidentified player on the XFL’s Seattle Dragons have become the latest US athletes to test positive
March 2018
Zeke Upshaw of Grand Rapids Drive dies aged 26 after collapsing during game
Zeke Upshaw, a player with the Detroit Pistons’ G-League affiliate the Grand Rapids Drive, has died two days after collapsing during a game
