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This episode recaps 2025 NBA Summer League three games in.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode briefly previews Summer League, then discusses JB Bickerstaff's intro press conference and the additions of Malik Beasley and Paul Reed.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode discusses the trade which brought Tim Hardaway Jr. to Detroit, recaps free agency so far and opines on why in the world it's gone so slowly, and speaks about the organization's hire of JB Bickerstaff as its new head coach.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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Episode 201: 2024 NBA Draft Recap & Free Agency Preview
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This feature-length episode recaps the 2024 NBA Draft and previews the fast-upcoming opening of free agency.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode previews three final 2024 NBA Draft prospects: Stephon Castle of UConn, Ron Holland of the G-League Ignite, and Tidjane Salaun the LNB Pro A's Cholet. Also some talk about free agency and the draft in general.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode recaps the firing of Monty Williams and previews 2024 NBA Draft prospect Cody Williams.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode opines briefly on the interminable wait for news on the head coach situation, then goes in-depth on prospective top-ten draft pick Dalton Knecht of the University of Tennessee.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode discusses Troy Weaver's departure from the organization, briefly sums up his tenure, and takes a close look at 2024 prospective top-five pick Reed Sheppard.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode takes a close look at possible top-five pick Matas Buzelis of the G-League Ignite.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode evaluates the selection of Trajan Langdon as Pistons President of Basketball Operation and profiles prospective top-ten draft pick Donovan Clingan.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode recaps the draft lottery, opines on why falling to #5 has much lesser implications than it did last season, and discusses some potential picks of interest (and others of no interest).Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode attempts to contextualize the few genuine positives to Pistons owner Tom Gores in the larger picture of the upcoming offseason, and also discusses the NBA postseason so far.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode builds upon the previous episode by expanding further upon the team's two potential paths forward (win now vs. development), and spends some time underlining that the Pistons are in an even more unenviable position than one might think.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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After a long hiatus, the show returns to discuss the organization's search for a President of Basketball Operations and how the hire might impact the team's offseason strategy.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode takes a break from the nightmarish tone of the season to examine positive takeaways.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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Episode 189: Comparing Rebuilds - Detroit, Houston, Orlando, and OKC
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This episode discusses the recent injury news before launching into a comprehensive comparison between the rebuilds (so far) of the Pistons, Magic, Thunder, and Rockets.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode discusses James Wiseman's recent improvements, Jalen Duren's outlook, Fontecchio's probable contract future, how Cade and Ivey can play productively together, and more.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode compares where the season stands to where the Pistons stood at this time last season, recaps the previous week of basketball, discusses rotations, and speaks on why it's hard to truly evaluate the status and future of the rebuild right now.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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Episode 186: February Review (sort of)
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This episode reviews the month of February -- and gets very sidetracked in the process -- with a particular focus on the post-deadline roster.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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Episode 185: The Coaching Calamity & Early Free Agency Preview
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This episode spends 30 minutes ranting about the new low the Pistons have reached thanks to noted incompetent Monty Williams, then speaks on free agency for awhile.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode recaps a very surprising trade deadline for the Pistons.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This mini-episode examines trade deadline scenarios.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode discusses the recent news about Killian Hayes, analyzes the fit between Cade Cunningham and Jaden Ivey, and speaks about more about the fast-approaching trade deadline.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This meandering episode discusses the recent trade, does a quick preview of the fast-approaching trade deadline, and recaps the last few games.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode responds to a variety of listener-submitted questions. Thank you to everyone who sent in a question!Από τον Driving to the Basket
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Episode 179: The Monty Conundrum
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This episode features an impassioned loss of patience with the team's astoundingly awful head coach and opines on the very, very frustrating loss against the Jazz, the disheartening blowout loss against the Rockets, and the relieving win against the Raptors.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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Episode 178: History Has Been Made... the History Nobody Wanted to Make
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This episode recaps the organization's record-breaking 27th straight loss in a single season, commiserates with fellow Pistons fans, and apportions blame for the disaster this season (and, to a lesser but still significant extent, the rebuild) has devolved into.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This angrier-than-usual episode discusses all that's gone wrong so far in the season and what can be done about it (not likely much) this season.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode discusses Monty Williams's performance at the quarter-season mark of his first campaign with the Pistons, evaluates recent system changes, speaks further on flawed front office strategy, and talks Zach Lavine's availability on the trade market. Recorded just prior to the Wednesday game against the Grizzlies.…
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Episode 175: What’s Gone Wrong? An In-Depth Analysis of the Rebuild
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This feature-length episode takes a close look at the organization's poorly planned rebuild strategy and how it led the team to where it stands today.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode speaks further on the team's frustratingly slow start, the state of the rebuild, expectations, and more.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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Episode 173: Contextualizing a Frustrating Start to the Season (and Troy Weaver’s Job Security)
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This episode discusses another frustrating early season, plus some segments on Troy Weaver's job security, Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and lineups.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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Episode 172: Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and the Pitfalls of Early-Season Conclusions (Plus the Return of Kevin Knox)
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This episode discusses the performance of Cade Cunningham and the Jaden Ivey situation in the context of the young 2023-2024 season, opines on Marcus Sasser and Killian Hayes, and overviews the return of Kevin Knox and what it might mean (or not mean) about the injury situation.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode discusses some very, very early season takeaways: the good, the bad, and the ugly.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This season discusses takeaways (such as they are) from game two of preseason... and then experiments with a section about gaming. I'll be unable to post an episode next week, but I'll be back to cover the regular season opener in the week thereafter!Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode discusses very early preseason takeaways, insofar as any strong takeaways thus far exist.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode previews the team's youth: Marcus Sasser, Ausar Thompson, James Wiseman, Marvin Bagley, Isaiah Stewart, Killian Hayes, Isaiah Livers, Jaden Ivey, and Cade Cunningham.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode speculates on team rotation and minutes and who'll start the season on the outside, previews the team's veterans - Bogdanovic, Burks, Morris, and Harris - and discusses which of them is likeliest to be traded midseason.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This mailbag episode answers listener-submitted questions about a myriad of subjects, including the USA's recent disappointing FIBA WC run.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode takes a close look at Jalen Duren's rookie campaign with the Pistons. Apologies for the late upload!Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode takes a close look at Jaden Ivey's 2022-2023 season.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode takes a close look at the 2022-2023 seasons of Isaiah Stewart and Alec Burks.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode takes a close look at the 2022-2023 season of Bojan Bogdanovic, the team's leading scorer.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode takes a dive into the season performances of Isaiah Livers, James Wiseman, and Marvin Bagley.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode diverts briefly from the season review series to answer some listener-submitted questions. Apologies for posting a couple of days late this week!Από τον Driving to the Basket
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In light of the recent trade rumors, this episode goes in-depth on Killian's past, present, and (possible) future with the Pistons.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode fully recaps Summer League 2023 and answers some questions.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode discusses Isaiah Stewart's new contract extension and shares some thoughts and observations of the first two games of Summer League.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode recaps a quiet free agency period for the Pistons and previews the organization's upcoming appearance at Las Vegas Summer League.Από τον Driving to the Basket
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This episode recaps the draft and previews free agency for the Pistons (obviously).Από τον Driving to the Basket
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