The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

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 team, what Wiseman brings (and doesn't bring) to...

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 (SPOILER: very little) and a possible reunion with a high...

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, we appreciate your continued support of the podcas...

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 Paris.  As always, we appreciate your continued suppor...

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, we talk about Jaden Ivey's defensive lapses, and...

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 to do that is to share, subscribe, and leave comme...

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 it all.  As always, we appreciate your continued su...

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 your continued support of the podcast, and the bes...

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 regular young NBA player, and we talk  about how Kev...

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 probably time to fire up the tank. As always, we a...

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, we appreciate your continued support of the podca...

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 mentioned some stats about how often Cade Cunningham...

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 immediately starting Jalen Duren.  As always, we appreci...

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 your continued support of the podcast, and the b...

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 always, we appreciate your continued support of t...

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 "just" a Cade Cunningham or Jaden Ivey profile, and m...

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 share, subscribe, and leave comments - please lea...

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 league appearance. As always, we appreciate your...

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 the pod agree with, but there are still more quest...

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 Sean laugh at me for being unable to help myself wh...

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 parts into this podcast. The TRUE diehards, though,...

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 support of the podcast, and the best way to do t...

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 eyebrow-raising DeAndre Ayton situation in Phoenix. Cou...

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 will enjoy it.  As always, we appreciate your conti...

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 attention to this postseason.  As always, we appreciat...