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NBA Rumors: New York Knicks Want to Make it Easier for Carmelo Anthony
The New York Knicks still see Carmelo Anthony as their best player, but they know things need to be easier for him next season. Derrick Rose, Brandon Jennings and Kristaps Porzingis are supposed to help with that.
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NBA Rumors: Detroit Pistons Planning on a Reggie Jackson-Brandon Jennings Backcourt?
The signing of restricted free agent Reggie Jackson to a maximum deal isn’t the step before trading Brandon Jennings. Instead, the Detroit Pistons plan on playing the both of them together.
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NBA Rumors – Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks in Potential Tim Hardaway Jr. & Brandon Jennings Trade
The Detroit Pistons are one of the teams heading into this NBA season looking for immediate, not long term improvement. One way, in their opinion, is trading for Tim Hardaway Jr. of the New York Knicks, maybe even with Brandon Jennings involved in the trade.
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Detroit Pistons – The Improbable Streak Doesn’t End
Every time it’s a different player, but the Josh Smith effect keeps pushing the Detroit Pistons forward, beating the Dallas Mavericks 108-95 behind a big night for both Greg Monroe and D.J. Augustin, making it seven in a row since waiving their troublesome forward.
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Detroit Pistons – Josh Smith Effect Still Working
Since cutting Josh Smith something has happened to the Detroit Pistons, looking hotter and better than anyone in the NBA, picking up their sixth consecutive win since the change, 105-104 over the San Antonio Spurs as Brandon Jennings scores the game winner with a buzzer beating floater.
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Miami Heat – Finally Something Easy
This hasn’t been the easiest of seasons for the Miami Heat. The expectations of a three-peat with a squad that’s growing older, and more for LeBron James to burden than before. The team needed an easy win for a change, and got just that from the Detroit Pistons, winning 110-78 with James pulling off his first triple double of the season.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Knocking the Pistons Out of the Playoffs
Theoretically, there’s still hope for the Detroit Pistons to make the postseason, but that light is dimming after a 112-103 loss against the Los Angeles Clippers, as Chris Paul and Blake Griffin put in another superstar duo performance, which should worry any team that might encounter them in the Western conference.
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Spurs vs Pistons – Brandon Jennings Looks Like a Different Player
One game doesn’t mean anything, but the Detroit Pistons put on what was probably their best performance of the season with the switch from Maurice Cheeks to interim coach John Loyer happening in the background and abruptly making Brandon Jennings into a superstar point guard overnight, while the rest of the team started playing defense like it should be.
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Detroit Pistons – Can’t Beat Them at Their Own Game
This is what the Detroit Pistons, with their heavy frontcourt of Josh Smith, Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe, have been waiting for; a team that puts on the same limited lineup, without a real small forward. The Chicago Bulls, because of yet another injury to a key player, were forced into it, resulting in a 92-75 win for the Pistons, who lost to the Bulls by 20 points just over a week ago.
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Detroit Pistons – Beating the NBA Champions Despite the Same Old Problems
When the Detroit Pistons signed Brandon Jennings and Josh Smith over the summer, they knew two very talented players were coming, but also flawed in ways that could really hurt their desire to finally make it back to the NBA playoffs. Despite the both of them making the same mistakes they always do, a lethargic Miami Heat team enabled them to come away with a rare road win in the AmericanAirlines Arena.