The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

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 on Twitter; we really appreciate when you all part...

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't, give our belated thoughts on Saddiq Bey's 51-po...

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 looking like a real rotation player.  As always,...

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 Cunningham on the Detroit Pistons. As always, we appr...

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, and Jumpy-Jump Guy Marvin Bagley III.  As the seas...

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 detroitbadboys.com enough for everything they hav...

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 start off the episode with a special emphasis on...

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 the opponent and a look ahead to what comes nex...

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 as we will get him to shed some light on Marvin Bag...

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, fortunately for him, joining up from the States!...

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 and more will be discussed! You can now find Motor...

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 the Pistons game vs the Grizzlies on Thursday night...

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 think will happen. We also look at other members of t...

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 2022 NBA Draft, and the plan for this offseason. Ja...

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 thoughts on the opponent and a look ahead to what come...

On episode 87 of the Motor City Hoops Podcast I am joined by Mark Schindler, NBA Writer for basketballnews.com, 137pm, & FearTheSword AND podcaster for TagtheRoll & IndyCornrows. We start off the episode giving our quick analysis on the Sunday night Pistons game vs the Cavs before diving into Mark’s recent article on Cade Cunningham at basketballnews.com. Mark also does an incredible job looking i...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 11-37 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I discuss Cade Cunningham's up-and-down week, Jerami Grant trade rumors, Killian Hayes' new role off the bench, and Frank Jackson's return to the rotation.  As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do that is to...

On episode 86 of the Motor City Hoops podcast I bring you my instant recap and reactions to the Pistons Tuesday night game vs the Nuggets. 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 the opponent and a look ahead to what comes next...

On episode 85 of the Motor City Hoops Podcast I am joined by Nick Willis, a University of Michigan alum and Detroit Pistons fan. We ask Nick about his thoughts on the possible Jerami Grant trade, what he has seen from Cade Cunningham, and all the other storylines around this team. As a fan, we also take the chance to get his perspective on Dwane Casey and the confidence level he has in Troy Weaver...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 11-34 Detroit Pistons. This week is Vet Week on the pod; Ben Gulker and I talk about all the veteran players who have propelled the team through the month of January, if Jerami Grant's return from injury is a good chance to shake up the starting lineup, and what to do about Killian Hayes' ina...

On episode 84 of the Motor City Hoops podcast I bring you my instant recap and reactions to the Pistons Wednesday night game vs the Kings. 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 the opponent and a look ahead to what comes next...

I am joined by Jared to discuss the NBA’s perspective on the Pistons trade pieces and “restoration” at large On episode 83 of the Motor City Hoops Podcast I am joined by Jared Greenberg of NBAonTNT & NBATV. We ask Jared what he thinks Jerami Grant’s true value is and what the Pistons may get in return. We also find out what the trade value could be for multiple other members of the Pistons roster,...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 10-32 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker returns to talk about whether the Pistons are a good bad team or a bad good team, Jerami Grant trade interest, the struggles of Isaiah Stewart, and the Bol Bol trade that wasn't. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way...

On episode 82 of the Motor City Hoops Podcast I am joined by Mat Issa, creator of The Quest for the Best and The Rise Network, Mat is also a NBA writer and content creator for basketballnews.com and 137pm. Mat and I took a deep dive into Cade Cunningham’s game after we worked on an article together breaking down his game over at Basketball News. We also give our Instant Recap and Analysis to the P...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your 8-30 Detroit Pistons. Jack Kelly makes his Detroit Bad Boys podcast debut, and we talk about the Pistons' 2-2 week, Hamidou Diallo's effectiveness as a cutter, and why Jack is now a Trey Lyles stan.  Jack's one of the newest writers at Detroit Bad Boys, from all the way down in Melbourne, Aus...