Driving to the Basket: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

This episode, featuring guest Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press, previews the 2022-2023 season: season storylines to watch, projected lineups, training camp takeaways, and more!

This episode, featuring guest Jack Kelly of Detroit Bad Boys, analyzes the Bojan Bogdanovic trade: what he'll bring to the Pistons, what he won't bring, what role he may play on the roster, and how his addition could impact next season's lineups.

This listener-requested episode gives a history of the ill-fated Van Gundy era of the Pistons.

This episode previews the impressive Central Division and discusses where the Pistons are likely to finish in the standings in a very strong Eastern Conference.

This spontaneous mailbag episode answers a variety of impromptu listener-submitted questions.

This episode, featuring guest Bryce Simon of Motor City Hoops and The Pistons Pulse, recaps Cade Cunningham's 2021-2022 season.

This episode, featuring Jack Kelly of Detroit Bad Boys, recaps Isaiah Stewart's 2021-2022 season and discusses a bit about his future.

This episode reviews the 2021-2022 seasons of Hamidou Diallo, Saben Lee, and Kelly Olynyk. Next two weeks: Isaiah Stewart and Cade Cunningham.

This episode recaps the 2021-2022 seasons of Killian Hayes and (very briefly) Cory Joseph.

This episode recaps Saddiq Bey's 2021-2022 season.

This episode recaps Marvin Bagley's short 2022 season with the Pistons and discusses areas of necessary improvement.

This episode, featuring guest Jack Kelly of Detroit Bad Boys and HoopsHabit, recaps the team's Summer League and goes in-depth on potential starting lineups for next season.

This episode, recorded in the midst of Summer League, features Keith Trudeau and Mike Payton of Pistons history podcast Bad Boys & Beyond, who join to (of course!) talk some Pistons history! Summer League recap episode next week!

This episode, featuring guest Sean Corp of Detroit Bad Boys, recaps free agency, talks more about the Draft, and explores how next season's roster might come together.

This episode recaps the draft, previews free agency, and goes in-depth on last night's trade between the Pistons and the Knicks. Thank you to Chandler for guesting on the show!

This episode, featuring Bryce Simon from Motor City Hoops and The Pistons Pulse, rounds up the pre-draft process with a discussion of the three prospects most likely to be the Pistons' pick at #5 (Bennedict Mathurin, Jaden Ivey, and Keegan Murray), amongst other draft-related subjects. Thank you to Bryce for guesting on the show!

This episode provides a short profile on top-ten 2022 Draft prospect Dyson Daniels, and goes into lesser detail on Johnny Davis, Ochai Agbaji, and AJ Griffin.

This episode takes a succinct look at 2022 NBA Draft prospects Tari Eason and Jeremy Sochan.

This episode, the first of a planned series of draft prospect shorts (derailed by a case of COVID) leading up to Draft day, takes a look at Jalen Duren and Mark Williams. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-77...

This episode takes a close look at highly-ranked draft prospect Keegan Murray. Thank you to Price for guesting on the show once more. This episode will be followed up with a series of shorter evaluations of prospects likely to be selected later in the lottery, with an eye toward potential draft targets should the Pistons acquire another lottery pick in a prospective Jerami Grant trade.

This episode takes a deep dive into consensus top-five pick Jaden Ivey: strengths, weaknesses, fit, and so on. Thank you to Price for guesting again on the show.

This episode takes a deep dive into consensus lottery pick Bennedict Mathurin, who has been reported to be of interest to the Pistons. Thanks to Mathurin superfan Price for guesting on the show!

This episode recaps the draft lottery, discusses the team's options at #5, talks how the results of the lottery might impact Jerami Grant's future in Detroit and goes in-depth on DeAndre Ayton and his potential value to the Pistons.   Draft prospect cards: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h6ZaAu30Rb4ovrjY-8ifK6OXJGYvtZIEMad8DGWh9Zg/edit?usp=sharing

This episode, the third of our draft series, takes a detailed look at consensus top-three 2022 Draft prospect Chet Holmgren.   Draft player cards: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h6ZaAu30Rb4ovrjY-8ifK6OXJGYvtZIEMad8DGWh9Zg/edit?usp=sharing

This episode, the second of our draft series, takes a detailed look at top-three 2022 Draft prospect Jabari Smith Jr.   Draft player cards: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h6ZaAu30Rb4ovrjY-8ifK6OXJGYvtZIEMad8DGWh9Zg/edit?usp=sharing