Detroit Pistons didn’t win lottery, but should get quality at position
Going into Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery with the seventh best odds, the Detroit Pistons found themselves leaving New York with the 8th overall selection in the 2013 NBA draft.
The last time the Pistons had the No. 8 pick it was in 2011 and they selected guard Brandon Knight out of Kentucky. With perimeter defending and scoring being a main issue for the Pistons during the 2012-2013...
Video: ESPN SportsNation host Charissa Thompson gets posterized by DeAndre Jordan
Tweet Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre has made a habit of making highlight reels being a resident of Lob City. He’s caught numerous alley-oops, had impressive follow slams of missed shots, and who could forget his posterization of Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Knight. During a recent trip to ESPN Jordan added SportsNation host Charissa [...]
Well, that settles it. Brian Shaw to be next Pistons coach
Late on Thursday, news came out from Detroit Pistons that they hired Phil Jackson. Pistons fans were ready to rejoice, but then they found out that it was only as a consultant in their hiring search. Jackson is good friends with Pistons owner Tom Gores, going back to the Zen Masters’ days as the Lakers coach. Gores’ Platinum Equity home office is in California. Phil is a vast...
Detroit Pistons: Regular Season Review and Awards
Detroit Pistons: Regular Season Review and Awards
By Mike Elworth: Publisher and Owner at Hoopstuff
Record: 29-53- 12th in West- 23th in NBA
Review: Yes, the Pistons had another poor season, but not much was to be expected, as they simply wanted to develop their talent this season. It worked in most regards, as Greg Monroe has become one of the best big men in the NBA and has to...
Brandon Knight: Worst Year Ever?
Brandon Knight has always been successful. Whether he has been on the basketball court, or in the classroom, Knight has excelled to get where he is today. After leading Kentucky to the Final Four in 2010, Knight was drafted by the Detroit Pistons with the 8th overall pick. Even though his stay in the NBA has been short, he’s already emerging as one of the game’s best young point...
Detroit Pistons get 3rd straight win
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan– The Detroit Pistons and the Charlotte Bobcats matched up at the Palace on Friday night looking to find any positives. Detroit would use a balanced attack to rout the Bobcats. Brandon Knight started out on fire. Knight had eight of Detroit’s first 10 points. Kemba Walker put Charlotte up 14-10, but Rodney [...]
Brandon Knight Plans To Take It Easy This Offseason
Pistons guard Brandon Knight plans to take it easy this offseason instead of pushing his body too hard as he has in the past.
Pistons 99, Bulls 85
Brandon Knight scored 20 points Sunday night to help the Detroit Pistons snap an 18-game losing streak against the Chicago Bulls with a 99-85 victory Sunday night.
Jonas Jerebko added 17 points and a season-high nine rebounds for the Pistons, who ended an eight-game home skid.
The Bulls led by as many as 11 points in the first quarter but Detroit gradually caught up and took the...
Pistons finally beat Bulls
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Brandon Knight scored 20 points Sunday night to help the Detroit Pistons snap an 18-game losing streak against the Chicago Bulls with a 99-85 victory Sunday night. Jonas Jerebko added 17 points and a season-high nine rebounds for the Pistons, who ended an eight-game home skid. The Bulls led by as many as 11 points in the first quarter but Detroit...
Brittney Griner photo shops herself dunking on Pistons Brandon Knight
There’s been a lot of talk over the past week as to whether Baylor’s Brittney Griner could make it in the NBA. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban even went so far as to say if she were on the board he’d draft her or at the very least extend a summer camp invite to her. Brittney even responded on Twitter saying, “Let’s do it.” Some believe because of her slight frame, standing...
Griner sends message about playing in NBA
No, Brandon Knight, this is not your year.
After being the face on the receiving end of the most epic dunk of the NBA season, thanks to DeAndre Jordan, then blowing an uncontested layup this week in a game, Knight now finds himself the butt of a funny Brittney Griner Instagram photo.
After the world this week debated if Griner could play in the NBA after Dallas Mavericks owner...
Brandon Knight misses wide open layup at crucial moment against Celtics
Brandon Knight is having himself a rough second half-stretch. He got crossed by Kyrie Irving at the Risings Stars game and absolutely posterized by DeAndre Jordan in the beginning of March. Knight missed a crucial uncontested layup down three points against the Celtics on Wednesday. Although his Pistons aren’t at the bottom of the NBA standings (they lost by five to Boston),...
Brandon Knight blows easy lay-up against Boston Celtics (Video)
Back on Wednesday night, Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Knight (who hasn't had the greatest of months) appeared to have an easy breakaway lay-up against the Boston Celtics in the fourth quarter.The bucket would have cut Boston's lead to only one but Brandon somehow lost control of the ball on the way up and caused him to miss it with no one even close to him:(Courtesy of Larry Brown Sports)
Video: Brandon Knight blown layup encapsulates the Pistons season
This play by Brandon Knight of the epitomizes the Detroit Pistons. This is a team that has jumped out ahead in some many games, only to falter in the end. Just as Knight did here off this steal against the Celtics. Way ahead, and then… Trey Burke or Victor Oladipo can’t come soon enough H/T LBS
Video: Brandon Knight misses wide open layup
Tweet Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Knight has had it rough over the last month or so. Remember in the rookie-sophomore game Kyrie Irving did this to him? Or when DeAndre Jordan immortalized Knight with this dunk? To top it off, Knight suffered a severely sprained ankle the very next game. Tough break, kid. Wednesday evening, [...]
Brandon Knight blows the most embarrassing layup of the season (Video)
Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Knight has been straight up owning the lowlight reels this year. When the 2012-2013 NBA season comes to a close, the 21-year-old could very well see himself as a repeat offender on lists of the most humiliating plays of the season.
As you can see, Knight had himself a wide open layup late in the fourth quarter of his team’s loss to the Boston Celtics...
HEARD FOOTSTEPS?
Brandon Knight whiffs on uncontested layup
Poor Brandon Knight. When he’s not playing the role of punching bag in other players’ highlight reels, the equally cruel blooper reel is just waiting to swoop in. Thanks to two posters — one of the ankle-breaking variety, one of the Lob City variety — which have garnered countless millions of YouTube views, the Detroit Pistons guard was already having a nightmarish sophomore...
Brandon Knight suffers broken nose and more
Detroit Pistons' guard Brandon Knight cannot seem to escape injury. After suffering ankle injuries earlier on which kept him off the court, Knight returned to the court hoping to help the Pistons. Not long after, he managed to both break his nose and tweak one of his previous ankle injuries. The broken nose should not keep him out of games but the tweaked ankle might, according...
Pistons' Brandon Knight Not Expected to Return Soon
Detroit Pistons' guard Brandon Knight is likely to miss more than a couple of games as he recovers from a sprained left ankle which he suffered in the same game he got posterized on by DeAndre Jordan. Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press reports that assistant coach Brian Hill thinks Knight's ankle will take some time to recover."He's got pretty good swelling...
Regarding getting posterized, Pistons' Knight says he'll do it again
It was the dunk heard around the world when Clippers' DeAndre Jordan absolutely, positively crushed Pistons' Brandon Knight. It might end up the dunk of the year and when it happened, many thought why on Earth would Knight even think about challenging Jordan at the rim.
For Jordan and Knight it up them on the map for this 2012-13 NBA season but for different reasons. However...
Regarding getting posterized, Pistons' Knight says he'll do it again
It was the dunk heard around the world when Clippers' DeAndre Jordan absolutely, positively crushed Pistons' Brandon Knight. It might end up the dunk of the year and when it happened, many thought why on Earth would Knight even think about challenging Jordan at the rim.
For Jordan and Knight it up them on the map for this 2012-13 NBA season but for different reasons....
DeAndre Jordan’s after dunk face is a shirt now
Let’s all keep piling on Brandon Knight while we can. I mean, all he was trying to do was what the Pistons big men should have been doing. The lateset reminder of the Los Angeles Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan death dunk on Knight is a shirt that is being sold on Under Armour’s website. It is a cartoon image of Jordan’s face after he put Knight on the floor: For reference, he makes...
'SHOW ME YOUR DUNK FACE'
Under Armour holding DeAndre Jordan contest
As we continue to deal with the fallout out of the DeAndre Jordan dunk on Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Knight, the fine folks at Under Armour have decided to use the face that DeAndre made after the jam for a contest.They have called it "Show Us Your Dunk Face" which gives fans a chance to post a photo on Instagram of their "dunk face" for a chance to meet DeAndre...
One-minute song about DeAndre Jordan pulverizing Brandon Knight (AWFUL VIDEO)
This song is on here because it’s irrelevant in that people are still talking about DeAndre Jordan dunking on, all over and through Pistons guard Brandon Knight on Sunday. Now, that doesn’t mean that I recommend that you watch this video. In fact, this is the first non-injury video ever posted on IASID that I recommend you don’t watch.
But hey, I’ll still place it right...
Brandon Knight Pokes Fun at Himself After Getting Dunked on by DeAndre Jordan, Blames Scouting Report
Brandon Knight was the victim of one of the dunks of the year on Sunday, when he was in the unfortunate position of trying to break up an alley-oop dunk by DeAndre Jordan. The result was about what you would expect when a 6-foot-3 point guard tries to get in the way of a 6-foot-11, freaky athletic center with a reputation as one of the top dunkers in the NBA.
It was not pretty.
Knight...
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