After a tough 112 - 118 loss to the Knicks in New York, the guys break down what they saw in the game. Discussing an increased effort and compete level overall, Killian and Cade’s big night, and how it ultimately fell apart. This week features talks of trades, why a desperation move may not be so desperate, what on earth is going on with Jaden Ivey…

Happy Thanksgiving! ... Our Pistons have lost 12 games in a row, and the guys have questions. Through 14 games, we don’t really know much more about the core young players on this team than we did before the season started — and that’s a shame. Questions this week focused on Cade Cunningham’s ability to be the number 1 guy, if Jaden Ivey will conti…

Sean Corp, managing editor of Detroit Bad Boys, joins the show this week to break down the wall Cade Cunningham has charged into, why you might see more shooters in the rotation, and what Monte Morris's impending return means for a resurgent Killian Hayes. We’ve got you covered for all this and more in this week’s episode! You can watch the entire …

This week, join The Pindown as they react to the ongoing development of these young Pistons. Diving into ball screen coverages, Killian Hayes's resurgence, and even Jaden Ivey's standing within the organization. We’ve got you covered for all this and more in this week’s episode! You can watch the entire episode on our ⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠ Follow Wes…

This week, join The Pindown as they discuss the Pistons rollercoaster of a week. Diving into why the team struggles with fouls and turnovers, how well Marcus Sasser and Ausar Thompson have played, what’s up with Jaden Ivey’s minutes, and how the rotation may need to change already. We’ve got you covered for all this and more in this week’s episode!…

This week, join The Pindown as they discuss the opening season game for the Detroit Pistons. That includes Cade Cunningham breaking out, what to make of Monty Williams’ lineup decisions, and debate the Marcus Sasser of it all. We’ve got you covered for all this and more in this week’s episode! You can watch the entire episode on our YouTube channel…

Hello? Anywhere there? We're back! With a new name -- The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast. In the coming weeks, you'll see new episodes on our old Detroit Bad Boys podcast feed featuring the latest news, analysis and insight about the Detroit Pistons. We'll have at least one show weekly once the season begins, and maybe more!…

This is the Not-Detroit-Bad-Boys-Podcast, brought to you by the two former hosts of the Detroit Bad Boys podcast, Lazarus Jackson and Ben Gulker. In this week's episode, we talk about veteran presence on the Detroit Pistons, Troy Weaver being under more pressure from fans than his bosses, the Twin Towers lineup of James Wiseman and Jalen Duren fina…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 15-53 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker returns, and we talk about James Wiseman the player instead of James Wiseman the trade acquisition, Jaden Ivey's much-welcome in-season progression, and how ugly it would be historically if the Pistons keep l…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 15-46 Detroit Pistons. The All-Star Break is over, the calendar is about to turn to March, and Ben is out, so I talk to Steve Pelletier of the RezBall Substack and podcast about the his Big Board and the top of the 2023 NBA Draft. Steve alway…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 15-42 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I talk about the James Wiseman - Saddiq Bey trade from all angles; why we understood the Pistons trading away Saddiq Bey, but why the acquisition of James Wiseman has us feeling unsettled about the future of the…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 14-40 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I talk about the changes in the starting lineup, the progression Jaden Ivey has made as a scorer and distributor over the last couple of weeks, what we expect from the Pistons prior to the trade deadline (SPOILE…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 12-36 Detroit Pistons. It's a mailbag episode, so Ben and I answer your questions about Bojan Bogdanovic's trade market, what this team is capable of defensively, and what to do with Wemby if we're lucky enough to get him.As always, w…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Jack Kelly, Ben Gulker, and I talk about your 12-34 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I discuss Hamidou Diallo's huge impact on the team playing small, Nerlens Noel staying ready, me getting myself in trouble tweeting about Jaden Ivey, and how Killian is going to play in Pari…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Jack Kelly, Ben Gulker, and I talk about your 11-31 Detroit Pistons. Jack catches Ben and I up on what we missed during the holiday season, we have a great discussion about the Isaiah Stewart - Jalen Duren pairing and what to do in the wake of Marvin Bagley's injury,…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 8-23 Detroit Pistons. We talk about Detroit's Frontcourt of the Future, the unofficial beginning of Trade Rumor SZN, and How Much Teal Is Too Much Teal?As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way t…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 7-21 Detroit Pistons. We talk about Jaden Ivey's struggles since his return to the roster, Isaiah Stewart's jump in development enabling Jalen Duren to enter the the starting lineup, and the vets buoying the Pistons' offense through i…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 6-18 Detroit Pistons. We talk about Killian Hayes outdueling Luka Doncic as the entire NBA Universe looked on, Marvin Bagley finding his stride offensively, and the Pistons' struggles at the free throw line. As always, we appreciate y…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 5-16 Detroit Pistons. Ben took a deep look at the numbers to discuss how the team is playing without Cade Cunningham (spoiler: Better Than We Thought), I took a deep look into my feelings to talk about Killian Hayes looking like a reg…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 3-14 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I talk about Cade Cunningham's feared stress fracture in his shin, Isaiah Stewart being the concrete that holds this team together, Jaden Ivey looking more comfortable as the primary option, and how it's …

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 3-11 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I talk about Cade Cunningham's shin soreness, how Alec Burks and Marvin Bagley's return affects the Pistons' starting AND bench units, and Jaden Ivey making strides as a driver and distributor.As always, …

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 2-8 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I talk about the Bojan Bogdanovic extension, where the Pistons have been better (and worse) than they were last season through ten games, and what Cade Cunningham is (and isn't) doing for Detroit. Ben ment…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 1-5 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I go into how much we loved the decisive, aggressive version of Cade Cunningham we saw against the Atlanta Hawks, talk again about how bad the defense has been, and work through the ramifications of immedi…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about your 1-2 Detroit Pistons. Ben and I go over the bench's struggles offensively, what we've loved about both Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren, and what Saddiq Bey's role on this team is with Bojan Bogdanovic alongside him. As always, we appreciate…

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, Ben Gulker and I talk about our preseason takeaway. Ben drops some fun Jaden Ivey stats, some less fun Cade Cunningham stats, and we talk about the defensive issues being more scheme or personnel. (Hint: It's Both. It's not getting better soon. This kinda sucks). As …

Hey everyone! This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and we have something special for you; an interview with Mirin Fader about her recent feature piece, A New Dawn of Detroit Basketball, in The Ringer. Mirin and I talked about the collegiate atmosphere of the team (in a good way!), her potential future profile of Jalen Duren, why this wasn't "ju…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and we're back! On this week's episode Ben Gulker and I talk about the Bojan Bogdanovic trade, our thoughts on Media Day performance, and dole out some over/unders for your 2022-23 Detroit Pistons.As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do that is to …

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode Ben Gulker and I talk about what we saw from the Pistons in Las Vegas. We go over Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren's obvious athletic gifts, preview Isaiah Stewart and Isaiah Livers' role during the regular season, and Ben has a conspiracy theory about Killian Hayes' summer…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode Ben Gulker and I talk about the roster changes the Pistons have made over the course of the early free agency period. Bringing back Hamidou Diallo and Marvin Bagley and bringing in Nerlens Noel and Alec Burks (and Kevin Knox too) points Detroit in the direction we on …

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode Ben Gulker and I are joined by Sean Murphy of Woodward Pistons to talk about the results of the 2022 NBA Draft. We give our thoughts on the selection of Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren and break down how that impacts Detroit's upcoming free agency plans. And then Ben and S…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we've got something a little different for you: the audio of the 2022 DBB NBA Draft Livestream! Bryce Simon, Steve Pelletier, Brady Fredericksen, Sean Corp, Jack Kelly, and myself talked for hours about the Pistons' night, and we've condensed down the super-relevant p…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode Ben Gulker and I talk about the latest batch of Jerami Grant trade rumors, what lessons the Pistons can take from the two team in the NBA Finals, which player's development is most important for Detroit moving forward, and more. As always, we appreciate your continued…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode Ben Gulker and I talk about the Detroit Pistons' disappointing NBA Draft Lottery results. The Pistons, with the third-best odds, fell two slots to the fifth overall pick; Ben and I try to find the silver lining, run through a quick mock draft, and talk about the eyebr…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode Ben Gulker and I are joined by DBB's own Steve Pelletier to talk about his NBA Draft Big Board and the prospect he thinks would be the best complement next to Cade Cunningham. We talked about a couple of different prospects inside the top 10 as well; I know you guys w…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 23-59 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I grade every single Detroit Piston that played more than five games this season (apologies to Carsen Edwards, Derrick Walton Jr., and others) and talk about the playoff teams we're going to be paying atte…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I answer your future-focused Twitter questions! Who's expendable, who's invaluable, who's at the top of the draft, who's in the starting lineup, we answer them all.Thank you to everyone who submitted questions o…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 20-54 Detroit Pistons. It's Tank Week, so Ben Gulker and I talk about how many games the Pistons can afford to win the rest of the season (Spoiler: Not Many!), why we WANT Cade Cunningham to win Rookie of the Year but won't be mad if he doesn'…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 18-49 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about the Pistons maybe pushing Cade too hard in pursuit of the Rookie of the Year award, Jerami Grant finding his way offensively, the ripple effects of the Isaiah Stewart injury, and Isaiah Livers…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 17-47 Detroit Pistons. And actually it's good that the Pistons are 17-47, because this week Ben Gulker and I bring on Richard Stayman aka @MavsDraft to talk about the top prospects in the 2022 NBA Draft class, and how they fit next to Cade Cun…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 14-46 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about what we want to see from the Pistons' last 20ish games of the season, Dwane Casey's plan for Isaiah Stewart, Cade Cunningham winning the Clorox Rising Stars Challenge MVP at All-Star weekend, …

On the FINAL episode of the Motor City Hoops podcast I am joined by Lauren L. Williams, Pistons beat writer for MLive. We will dive into what we saw from the Pistons in their first 2 games returning from the All Star Break and what Lauren wants to see from the team down the stretch.I can not thank Sean Corp, Lazarus Jackson, Ben Gulker, and all of …

On this episode of the Motor City Hoops podcast I am joined by Sham Mohile, contributor at DetroitBadBoys, and major Detroit Piston fan. Sham is a person I have got to know pretty well over the past couple of months and I was so excited to talk All Star Weekend and Detroit basketball with him. We do dive into the aforementioned All Start Weekend to…

On this episode of Motor City Hoops podcast I bring you my instant recap and reactions to the Pistons Wednesday nights game vs the Celtics. I will give my overall outlook on the game and a rundown of what we saw from the Pistons. I will also give my biggest takeaway, player of the game, play of the game, something to keep an eye on, a few thoughts …

On this episode of the Motor City Hoops podcast I am joined by Keith Smith, contributor at Spotrac, CelticsBlog and the FrontOfficeShow. Keith covers the NBA at large and I felt like he would be the perfect guest to break down every trade we saw at the NBA trade deadline. Keith is also your go-to source for NBA salary cap and contract information a…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 12-44 Detroit Pistons. Jack Kelly returns, joining Ben Gulker and I to talk about the Marvin Bagley III trade, how to make the Jerami Grant / Cade Cunningham / Saddiq Bey trio work, and Killian Hayes' inconsistent week off the bench. Jack is, …

On this episode of the Motor City Hoops podcast I am joined by James Edwards III, Pistons beat writer for The Athletic, to analyze the happenings around the NBA Trade Deadline. What does he think about the trade for Marving Bagley III? Why did Jerami Grant not get moved? What did we learn about Troy Weaver after his 2nd trade deadline? All of this …

On episode 90 of the Motor City Hoops podcast I am joined by Laz Jackson to bring you our instant recap and reactions to the Pistons Thursday trade deadline moves. We will break down and give our immediate reactions and analysis to what we saw from Detroit leading up to and on Thursday. We will finish up the episode by giving a quick analysis of th…

On episode 89 of the Motor City Hoops Podcast I am joined by Alex Kennedy, previously of HoopsHype and USATodaySports, and currently the chief content officer for BasketballNews.com. Alex and I dive right into all of the news and storylines around the NBA Trade Deadline being just 2 days away with an obvious emphasis on Jerami Grant and what we thi…

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 12-40 Detroit Pistons. It's the week before the trade deadline, so Ben Gulker and I enlisted James Edwards III of The Athletic to give us the latest on Jerami Grant Trade Watch, who the Pistons might be looking at outside of the top 3 in the 2…

On episode 88 of the Motor City Hoops podcast I bring you my instant recap and reactions to the Pistons Thursday night game vs the TimberWolves. I will give my overall outlook on the game and a rundown of what we saw from the Pistons. I will also give my biggest takeaway, player of the game, play of the game, something to keep an eye on, a few thou…