With NBA All-Star weekend wrapped up it’s now back to business. The NBA trade deadline is February 18th and after all the murmuring the past couple weeks, serious talks have now begun. The first trade was just announced and it involves the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic.
NBA: Detroit Pistons Owner Tom Gores to Raise $10 Million For Flint Water Crisis
It’s really disgusting to see what’s happening to the people in Flint, Michigan but it’s nice to see people with money and influence finally stepping up to help.
(Video) NBA: Rockets Foul Andre Drummond 5 Times in 9 Secs, He Sets Record For Missed FTs & Pistons Win
There’s always been controversy surrounding the “hack-a-shaq” method where teams foul a bad free throw shooter multiple times; it’s usually a big man like DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard and the namesake of the method Shaquille O’Neal. The Houston Rockets employed that method on Wednesday night during their game against the Detroit Pistons. It lead to Andre Drummond missing an NBA record amount of free throws but the Pistons still won.
NBA: Brandon Jennings Says Reggie Jackson is the Best Point Guard in the East
If you ask who’s the best point guard in the Western Conference pretty much everybody is going to say Stephen Curry but what about the East? Well Detroit Pistons point guard Brandon Jennings thinks his teammate, Reggie Jackson, is the best point guard in the Eastern Conference. He said so on Monday, shortly after Jackson won the player of the week award in the East for the second time this season.
(Photo) That’s Gangsta: Stan Van Gundy Has The Illest Album Cover
The Motor City has a rich history in sports and music: from Berry Gordy and Motown, Isiah Thomas and the “Bad Boy” Pistons, to most recently Eminem-Detroit has contributed mightily to the culture. pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy has just left his imprint.
(Video) NBA: Reggie Jackson Vomits During Debut With Detroit Pistons
Reggie Jackson was ecstatic about being traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Detroit Pistons and on Sunday afternoon he made his debut with his new team. Jackson may have been a little too excited and fired up because he hurled all over the sideline.
