Detroit Pistons

The New York Knicks said Friday they have decided not to pursue Iverson, the former Piston who was waived by the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday.

Stojakovic hit seven 3-pointers during a 25-point, 13-rebound performance, and the Hornets defeated the Phoenix Suns 110-103 on Thursday night.

Here's one reason why the Pistons had such a poor third quarter Wednesday in their 87-81 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. The Pistons had one assist.

SALT LAKE CITY -- In a small bit of good news, shooting guard Rip Hamilton (ankle) and small forward Tayshaun Prince (back) got in a little work at practice today as the Detroit Pistons prepare for Saturday night's game at Utah.

Whether the whistle blew is irrelevant to the play. The puck went in on the initial shot, and if the on-ice officials or the boys back in Toronto were only trying to make sure that they "got the call right", that would have been a goal for Brad May.

Those who stayed up late Wednesday night, watching the Pistons rally from a 22-point deficit only to fall by six (87-81) to the Blazers, might think the game was decided in the closing minutes. But it was lost more in the third quarter, when the Pistons only scored 12 points and entered the fourth behind by 20.

Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton is serving hot Thanksgiving meals to those in need during the 13th Annual "Thanksgiving for the Homeless and Needy" event in Pontiac.

Everybody knows what's gone wrong with the Pistons' season - injuries to Rip Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince. The list of what's gone right is longer, even if its effects are being muted by the injuries. See True Blue Pistons for the checklist of good news.

Players, Palace employees and volunteers distribute Thanksgiving supplies through Gleaners Community Food Bank

I spotted this column today from Sports Illustrated’s Jack McCallum, in which he highlights three worthwhile basketball books recently released: During an interview with the New Yorker’s Avi Zenilman a few months ago, Bill Simmons, an ESPN columnist/author and a man who doubtless dashed off 3,000 words this morning before I managed to get the brown [...]

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the infamous brawl at the Palace, one of those strange events in life that most Pistons fans (and probably NBA fans as a whole) can still remember where exactly they were when they saw it unfold. Today Dave Hogg, a writer for the Associated Press, re-published his account of [...]

Rodney Stuckey is clearly the anointed one in Detroit’s rebuilding, but Will Bynum has proven to be just as (and on some nights, far more) valuable. MLive’s Patrick Hayes does a comprehensive comparison of the two guards. On a semi-related note, Flip Saunders took note of Bynum last week, suggesting Bynum was the reason the [...]

The Pistons (5-6, 2-4 road) will be in Portland to take on the Trail Blazers (8-4) tip off from the Rose Garden will be at 10:00 pm est and can be viewed locally on Fox Sports Detroit Plus and nationally on NBA TV, and listened to on WWJ 950. Trail Blazers’ Snapshot: Home record: 3-2 Vs. East: [...]

Maxiell’s rejection of Shannon Brown. “That was nice.  You gotta give credit where credit is due” (HT: Talk Hoops)

[box score] I need some more coffee.  These late games kick my butt.  I wish the Pistons could have gotten back to their winning ways, but overall I wasn’t disappointed with their play. Not to take anything away from the Pistons, they played well, they just had the unfortunate task of catching a Lakers team at [...]

Austin Daye says he was always a natural wing player despite playing power forward at Gonzaga.

Age has been kind of former Detroit Piston Grant Hill.

The Pistons have been most effective this season when Rodney Stuckey, Ben Gordon and Will Bynum are on the court together.

7 Yankees were protected from the Rule 5 network today: Austin Jackson-OF Hector Noesi-RHP Ivan Nova-RHP Romulo Sanchez-RHP Reegie Corona-IF Eduardo Nunez-IF Kevin Russo-IF Apparently the Yankees dropped Shelly Duncan to AAA so they’ll have some time to work out a move for him with someone. This gives the Yankees 39 filled spots on the 40 man roster. So naturally this will start plenty [...]

The Milwaukee Mile saga has officially gone into the realm of the insane. An investor group led by Frank and Dominic Giuffre was set to take over promotions for the venerable racetrack, but now have pulled out of the deal according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. In a letter to the Wisconsin State Fair Park board, the Giuffres [...]

We end the week as we began the glory that was Victory Friday. And by that I of course mean Olivia Munn and her fantastic, fantastic ass. For those of you who didn’t notice it, I proclaimed in the comments here that Olivia is slowly winning me over to the point that she’s threatening to dethrone [...]