The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

In this week’s episode, I’m joined by Detroit Bad Boys’ own Shameek Mohile! We’ll discuss what Detroit should do with a winnable schedule approaching. They’re only 3.5 games back of the eight seed in the East, and will face off against 13 teams with losing records, in their next 17 games. We’ll also break down the Blake Griffin situation, and discuss why it’s almost a guarantee that he’ll be shut...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 13-23 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about the elevation of Sekou Doumbouya, Tom Gores' comments about rebuilding, and what the Pistons can expect from any Andre Drummond trades to the Atlanta Hawks. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 12-21 Detroit Pistons. I fly solo this week, talking about the impact Luke Kennard's tendinitis has for this team in the short-term, how wise the Pistons' rumored interest in Fred VanVleet is, and then going through your fake trades before the deadline - with an assist from Steve Hinson's co...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson, of Detroit Bad Boys, and we are talking about your 11-19 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about the return of Thon Maker to the rotation, how this team's youth is affecting it's play, and the most frustrating elements of this season to date.  As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do that is to share, subscribe,...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 11-15 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about the impact Blake Griffin's ailing knee will have on this team, we discuss our comfort level with Derrick Rose closing games, and then we do some quick trade discussion - I tell you which Pistons expiring contract has there already been rumor...

In this week's episode of Inside The Cylinder, we discuss the Pistons recent "surge". They've won four of their last six games: is this a sign that the season may turnaround? Or is it more reflective on their quality of opponent? We'll also discuss Reggie Jackson's impending return - he'll be re-evaluated in the next couple of days, and could get back on court as early as next week. How will this...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 9-14 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker makes his triumphant, healthy return to the podcast, and he and I talk about the Pistons finding their footing on both ends of the floor, who the team should operate through down the stretch of close games, and how the Pistons got suckered into a home game 22...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 7-13 Detroit Pistons. I fly solo this week to talk about why I believe rebuilding isn't necessarily the path forward for this team, why I'd be comfortable trading this year's first-round pick to get a certain type of player on this team, and what kind of an owner Tom Gores is. As always, we...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 5-11 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about the most recent Andre Drummond trade rumor, note the team's improvement defensively this past week, and whether or not this is the best version of Blake Griffin the Pistons will get this season. As always, we appreciate your continued support...

In this week's episode of Inside The Cylinder, we discuss Detroit's 4-10 start to the season. Detroit's lost a ton of "winnable" games, and are coming off a twenty point blowout loss to the Chicago Bulls - who many had predicted would miss the playoffs this season. It's their second loss of the season to the Bulls, and their fifth loss to expected lottery teams. Where do they go from here? Detroit...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 4-9 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I give our DEFCON code levels for this team through 13 games, bat around ways this team can fix it's perimeter defense, and then we talk about what happens if the season doesn't turn around - is a Blake Griffin trade in the cards for Detroit? As always, we...

Blake Griffin is back in the lineup (on a minutes restriction) and the Pistons dropped three winnable games in a row. Team leaders have sensed frustration regarding overall effort and Dwane Casey continues to struggle with a makeshift rotation. We make sense of this familiar mess and answer your questions in these week's mailbag. Do we need to hit the panic button at the point guard position? Shou...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 4-6 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Blake Griffin's return, what that means for some of the other players that have found success in his absence... and then we talk about Michael Pina's Andre Drummond piece. At length. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podca...

In this week's episode, we discuss the Pistons first couple of weeks of the season. We'll also discuss six positive, and a couple negative takeaways that we've noticed so far. 2:15 - schedule recap 5:20 - injury updates 11:00 - six positive takeaways 45:25 - negative takeaways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 3-4 Detroit Pistons. Joseph Sinke AKA Joe_Truck joins Ben and I to talk about how well Andre Drummond has opened the season, the ripple effects of the Reggie Jackson injury, and what the Pistons need to do to escape the bottom third of the league defensively. As always, we appreciate your co...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about your 1-2 Detroit Pistons. I missed the Philly game, so I call in DBB's own Ku Khalil to help Ben and I break down the Pistons' first week of the season - we talk about the starting lineup's woes, Derrick Rose's (over)use, and Ben and Ku express frustration with Dwane Casey's lack of offensive cre...

The roster is set and Christian Wood is officially a Piston! We take a deeper look at the intricacies of finalizing our roster spots and share our thoughts on Wood. Several other key players were either off the court for a large portion of preseason or didn't show us much. Blake Griffin has been sidelined with hamstring soreness - cause for concern? Also, did Reggie regress or is that a symptom of...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we answer your burning Twitter questions! Ben Gulker and I talk about Detroit Pistons potential trade targets, how bad things would have to get to tear down the season, and the possibility of a Bruce Brown - Luke Kennard backcourt.  As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and we're still talking preseason basketball on the DBB Podcast. Ben Gulker soothes my fears around Blake Griffin's health, we discuss the Detroit Pistons' rumored interest in Frank Ntilikina, and I play devil's advocate on Detroit keeping Christian Wood. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do th...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and we have something a little different for you today - an actual interview. DJ Bakker, Player Development coach for the Detroit Pistons, came on to talk about, well, player development. I learned about lot about the ins and outs of the work the players and coaches do during the summer from this interview, and I hope you do too. As always, we...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're back! And so are the Pistons! Ben Gulker and I discuss the Joe Johnson addition (and our concern over his role on this team), what we're looking forward to seeing in the preseason, and what we expect from the Pistons this year. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking doldrums - the offseason is out in full force. Ben and I talk about the Pistons signing Christian Wood, Andre Drummond practicing his threes in Vegas, and then we have an announcement for our listeners. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do that is to sh...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking summer league results and big names on the trade market. Ben and I discuss the Pistons' first two games of the Las Vegas Summer League, and then we get into the pros and cons of trading for Russell Westbrook - the biggest name the Pistons have been attached to since Blake Griffin. As always, we appreci...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about the opening of the Silly Season - NBA Free Agency. Ben and I go over the good and the bad (and there IS bad to be had) of the Derrick Rose signing, run through our list of potential backup big men the Pistons could pursue, and talk about some of the moves the Pistons' competitors in the Eastern c...

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about the second round, and summer league. Ben Gulker and I go over the selections the Pistons made in the second round of Thursday's NBA draft (after the podcast we recorded), and then we go into what we should expect from the Pistons' youth movement in Vegas. As always, we appreciate your continued s...