ISIAH THOMAS

When the league first announced the lottery, the Detroit Pistons, to many fans, got hosed, as experts believed this year’s draft was a four-person race featuring Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren, Jabari Smith, and Jaden Ivey.

Michigan Democrats unveiled a video Tuesday making the case that the state should be one of the first in the nation to hold a presidential primary in 2024. It’s part of an ongoing effort from Democrats to move the state ahead in the presidential primary order . In 2020, Michigan shared its presidential primary election day with 14 other states on Super Tuesday in March. Michigan Republican leadership, while not openly opposed, didn’t express interest. The full Democratic congressional delegation has penned a letter in favor of moving Michigan forward, Politico first reported, and two former chairs of the Michigan Republican party also wrote a letter in support.

I met with George Blaha recently to interview him about the medical ordeal he’s been through recently. Instead, he began our conversation by asking all about me.

Play-by-play Pistons announcer George Blaha is undergoing a heart procedure that will cause him to miss the rest of the 2021-2022 season, officials said Sunday.

The No. 1 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, Cade Cunningham, led Team Barry to a 25-20 victory over Team Isiah and Detroit Pistons second-year players Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart in the Rising Stars Challenge championship.

Six former Pistons have been named to the NBA 75th Anniversary team. On Thursday, the league revealed the final 26 names of the honorary team, which included Dennis Rodman, Dave Bing, Dave DeBusschere and Bob McAdoo. Rodman, like Thomas, helped win the Pistons’ first two NBA Championships before winning another three with the Chicago Bulls. He was named NBA All-Star seven times throughout his career, as well as a three-time All-NBA selection. After the Pistons traded him to the New York Knicks during the 1968–1969 season, he helped lead them to two NBA Championships in 1970 and 1973.

When the Atlanta Hawks were excluded from the NBA bubble last summer, Trae Young stewed at home.

Less than a month after the Philadelphia Board of Education decided not to renew two Black-led charter schools, its members said Tuesday they will look into claims of systemic bias made by a...

Since the end of his NBA career in 1994, former Pistons Bad Boy Isiah Thomas has been a busy man. “I’ve known Michael Malone since he was 18 years old,” Thomas told Sports Illustrated. The fifth-year Denver head coach is the son of Brendan Malone, who served as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons from 1988–1995. The former Pistons point guard also commended Michael Malone for how he dealt with Michael Porter Jr.'s public call for more touches. “Coach Malone didn’t embarrass his player on national television, he didn’t bench him," Thomas said.

FILE - In this May 11, 1994, file photo, Detroit Pistons guard Isiah Thomas announces his retirement from basketball at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Mich. Thomas' Olympic hopes were denied, not once but twice. Thomas was famously left off the U.S. Olympic team the first Dream Team that won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with ease. Much still gets made of how Thomas was famously left off the U.S. Olympic team the first Dream Team that won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with ease. I was definitely ready, and we all wanted to go and win and compete.So, Thomas missed his chance at Olympic gold. As someone who grew up impoverished on the west side of Chicago, hes not complaining about missed Olympic chances.

Let me also say this: I like Isiah Thomas, a lot, and believe hes a grossly underrated all-time great. Theres no way youre not going to convince me he wasnt an asshole. So, Isiah, Jordan called you an a-hole. He does not like Isiah Thomas one bit. But when you put him with those Lakers teams and those Pistons teams and those Celtics teams, they all beat him. He gives me this list:Kareem Bird Magic Jordan Dr. JNone of them can adequately tell their story without the Detroit Pistons, he says.