13 HRS AGO - AUBURN HILLS – Sometime in the very near future, Andre Drummond will become the greatest offensive rebounder in Pistons history. Collapse

1 DAY AGO - This tweet couldn’t have been more accurate today: Blake Griffin every night the Pistons play. https://t.co/zWIvAp1B3W— Martin (@ImMartinHi) January 16, 2019 The Pistons fell behind by double-digits in the first half, getting crushed by Nikola Vucevic. But they finally started playing out of halftime, catching their first lead late in the third quarter behind - of all things - a Bruce Brown three pointer. But the story, as usual, was just how damn good Blake Griffin was. WTF is this even: NBA League Pass He finished with 30 points, going 11-18 from the field, 7-10 from the line, and had four rebounds with five assists and a pair of blocks. Also just two turnovers. The flip side of the story was just how bad Andre Drummond was. He finished the game -12 while his backup Zaza Pachulia was +16. This would legitimately have been a blowout without Drummond. Vucevic had his way with him while Drummond shot 7-15 (a 46 percent true shooting percentage) and had Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Game Vitals When: Wednesday, January 16 at 7 p.m. ETWhere: Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MIWatch: Fox Sports Detroit, League Pass Odds: Pistons -4.5 Projected Lineup Pistons (18-24)Reggie Jackson, Bruce Brown, Reggie Bullock, Blake Griffin, Andre Drummond Magic (19-24)D.J. Augustin, Evan Fournier, Jonathan Isaac, Aaron Gordon, Nikola Vucevic Pregame Reading Orlando Pinstriped game preview Orlando apparently has interest in Dennis Smith Jr., but sounds like lukewarm interest Collapse

1 DAY AGO - And it should be obvious that it’s a bad idea. As the Pistons season continues to spiral, it’s been a common topic on Pistons Twitter and the DBB comments: tank! We’ll get Zion! It’ll be great! No. Just...no. Some are tongue in cheek, I know. But Mike Valenti of 97.1 The Ticket apparently read my article on breaking up with Andre Drummond and used it to prop his his own opinion that the team should tank. Well. Again...no. To be clear, tanking is a terrible idea for the Pistons this season. It isn’t always a terrible idea, there are times for it. I’ve even been on the record for the Pistons to tank, way back in 2012. Hm. Well. That certainly makes me feel old. The problems with the Pistons jumping in the tanking pool should be pretty obvious, but sometimes it takes spelling them out. 1. It’s too late We’re at the midway point of the season. That’s not the time to decide to start making a run for the number one pick. The conversation really ought to be done here. You’re not going to Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - The Detroit Pistons won’t be alone this off-season as a team that is playing with salary cap fire. How does their situation stack up to other teams? While the teams with the most cap space generate the most buzz during any given off-season, 2019 brings a unique collection of teams in all ranges of contention […] How does Detroit Pistons’ cap situation stack up with other teams? - PistonPowered - PistonPowered - Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - FAST BREAKDOWN Three quick observations from Monday night’s 100-94 loss to the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Invaluable Pistons backup has been sidelined with torn muscle Ish Smith is expected to return to the Detroit Pistons lineup after missing 19 games with a torn abductor muscle suffered against the Milwaukee Bucks in early December. It might seem strange to credit a backup with so much success, but there are few players as valuable to the Pistons as Smith. The light-shooting guard not only allows the Pistons to rest starter Reggie Jackson and not see a dip in play, but Smith was often finishing games at the point guard position with Jackson playing off the ball. With Smith out of the lineup the Pistons were forced to rely on octogenarian (in our hearts, anyway) Jose Calderon. Needless to say, the Calderon era has not gone well for the Pistons. In the past 20 games, which includes the game where Ish was injured, the Pistons are 5-15 with only the Knicks and Cavs faring worse over that stretch. Courtesy of our own Lazarus Jackson via one of the best DBB commenters, Crosseyed, Collapse

4 DAYS AGO - The trade deadline is fast approaching, we play Pistons management. Feel good win over the LA Clippers in Staples aside this season has been a frustrating one. There seems to be plenty of blame to spread around and few answers to be had but one remedy for what may ail ya is a trade and the deadline for trades is fast approaching: February 7th Not much time and there hasn’t seemed to be much if any inclination towards any move apart from news of a supposed meeting between Tom Gores, Dwane Casey, Ed Stefanski and Pistons vice chairman Arn Tellem last Friday in LA to discuss possible changes to the roster. There of course is no way of knowing what came out of that meeting (if it did indeed take place) but we decided to take the reigns ourselves. Double phones: check. Multiple coffee containers: check CRT computer monitor: check. We are GO! For this edition of DBB on 3 we asked our guys to play GM for a day and give us and outline for how they would approach the trade Collapse