Extended benching of veterans on lottery teams, like Corey Maggette on the Pistons, indicates ...
The veteran Maggette hasn't played since December for Lawrence Frank and the Pistons, a fact that has confused the offensively-talented small forward
At this point in the NBA season, with roughly half a month remaining until the playoffs, there are a bunch of teams so far back in the standings that it appears they are getting more ready for June's draft...
Pistons’ Maggette Benched For 45 Consecutive Games, Handling It Like A Pro
Pistons’ Corey Maggette hasn’t played since December 15th despite being being able and ready to play all season, and he’s handling it like a pro. The thirteen-year-veteran, who averaged 15 points and 4 rebounds (28 minutes) with Charlotte last season, says he “had no idea” that the franchise not viewing him as apart of the future is the reason he’s been benched for 45...
Corey Maggette Handling Benching With Professionalism
Corey Maggette believes sitting on the bench night after night has been difficult.
Corey Maggette hopes for one more chance
This season has been a "body-saving" one for Corey Maggette.
The veteran guard has bounced around the league for more than a decade now, haunted perhaps by his penchant for taking a lot of shots to score his points and various injuries. This summer he, and his expiring contract, were traded from Charlotte to Detroit in the Ben Gordon deal.
It seemed when that deal was...
Corey Maggette hopes for one more chance
This season has been a "body-saving" one for Corey Maggette.
The veteran guard has bounced around the league for more than a decade now, haunted perhaps by his penchant for taking a lot of shots to score his points and various injuries. This summer he, and his expiring contract, were traded from Charlotte to Detroit in the Ben Gordon deal.
It seemed when that deal...
Maggette Will Not Seek Buyout From Pistons
Corey Maggette is not interested in joining a playoff contending team.
Clippers Set Franchise Record With 12th Straight Win Friday Night Over Kings
LOS ANGELES — After the Los Angeles Clippers set a record for the longest winning streak in franchise history, Chris Paul was thinking about Ron Harper, Corey Maggette and other former players who endured all that losing.
Paul had 24 points and 13 assists to help the Clippers, for decades synonymous with long losing streaks, break a 38-year-old club mark with their 12th consecutive...
Nothing Says Christmas...
...quite like this photo of former Duke Blue Devil Luol Deng looking not-so-pleased about being photographed wearing a Santa hat.Deng played one year at Duke and, like Corey Maggette, many thought he left school too early.Evidently...we were wrong on both counts.Deng was drafted by the Chicago Bulls and has been there ever since. During his now nine year career he has played in 3...
Maggette Interested In NBA Front Office Position
Corey Maggette played one season at Duke before entering the NBA, but expects to graduate from Arizona State next year with a degree in business administration and technology.
Three-Ball: Rodney Stuckey’s Bench Presence Helps Detroit Pistons Upset Boston Celtics
Six Pistons scored in double figures, led by 20 from Greg Monroe, while Rodney Stuckey and Corey Maggette combined for 25 points. Continue reading →
Buy Tickets To Tonight’s Pistons-76ers Game For 25¢ On StubHub!
Just when we figured 76ers tickets couldn’t go any lower on StubHub, someone has lowered his/her tickets to 25¢ per seat in section 207, row 9 for tonight’s game against the lowly Pistons. That’s a .20 drop in price for tickets this week. Tickets to Monday’s game were going for 45¢ and those were four rows higher.
Sure, you get to see the hopeless 0-8 Pistons, but this...
Heat getting preseason praise from all corners
MIAMI Everywhere you turn these days, there is genuflecting toward the Miami Heat.
Detroit forward Corey Maggette, a 14-year veteran, believes they could win 70 games this season.
If theyre just zoomed in, focused, I think they could, Maggette said.
The NBA general manager survey came out Monday, and it looked to have been put out by the Heat PR staff. Miami was the pick to again...
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I.Last Season In Review
Somehow the Pistons went .500 down the stretch last year, winning 21 of their last 42. Consider this the first jaw-dropping reality of these previews from yours truly. I watched all of three Detroit games last year and could easily glean their ineptitude. The stats certainly support it...
Detroit Pistons’ Off-Season Reviews and Grade
Detroit Pistons Off-Season Review and Grades
Added: Vyacheslav Kravtsov, Corey Maggette (Trade)
Lost: Ben Gordon
Drafted: Andre Drummond (1st Round, 9th Overall), Khris Middleton (2nd Round, 39th Overall) and Kim English (2nd Round, 44th Overall)
Free Agency Analysis: The Pistons were very quiet in free agency only signing Kravtsov who will in all likelihood not make any difference...
Maggette can help Pistons
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Corey Maggette is preparing to play for his sixth NBA team after an offseason trade. He was limited to only 32 games in 2011-12 because of injuries, and it wasn't long ago he was wondering if he would even keep playing after this coming season.
That was before he had a chance to settle in with the Detroit Pistons and work with conditioning coach Arnie...
Now with Pistons, Maggette hoping to fit in
Corey Maggette is preparing to play for his sixth NBA team after an offseason trade. He was limited to only 32 games in 2011-12 because of injuries, and it wasn't long ago he was wondering if he would even keep playing after this coming season.
That was before he had a chance to settle in with the Detroit Pistons and work with conditioning coach Arnie Kander. Now, with a new...
Grading the Detroit Pistons Off-Season
The Detroit Pistons have become meh-ish as of late, but with a top 10 pick in the draft, how did they do this off-season? Additions and Subtractions: Drafted Andre Drummond, Khris Middleton, Kim English; Signed/Traded Corey Maggette, Terrence Williams, Kyle Singler, Slava Kravtsov; Lost Ben Gordon The major news in Detroit is their draft [...]
Breaking down the Charlotte Bobcats’ Off-Season/Summer
Added: Ben Gordon (Trade), Ramon Sessions (FA), Brendan Haywood (FA)
Lost: DJ Augustin, Corey Maggette, Jamario Moon, DJ White
Draft: Michael Kidd Gilchrist (1st Round 2nd Overall), Jeff Taylor (2nd Round 31st Overall)
Free Agency Analysis: Coming off the worst season in NBA history the Bobcats had to improve, but they seem to be building through the draft and did not spend big on...
Breaking Down The Ben Gordon Trade
As the draft was approaching last week, everyone had their eye on the Bobcats. Trade rumors swirled about us trading down to get 2 picks from Cleveland or some other combination of a pick and a player or a pick and a Tyrus Thomas salary dump. Lo and behold, the Bobcats did pull the trigger on a substantial trade but it didn't happen to revolve around the draft. A few nights...
Getting Corey Maggette for Ben Gordon, future pick wasn’t a horrible deal for Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons dealt guard Ben Gordon, and a protected future first-round pick last week to the Charlotte Bobcats in exchange for Corey Maggette, a 12-year veteran forward. This Tweet from David Aldridge details the “protected” part of the deal: Protection on ’13 first-rounder from Detroit to Charlotte: thru Lottery in ’13, top 8 in [...]
2012 NBA Draft Rumors: Charlotte Bobcats Willing to Trade Down If Teams Takes Tyrus Thomas
After already getting rid of Corey Maggette to get their needed shooter in Ben Gordon, the Charlotte Bobcats plan to do some more trades as the draft approaches on Thursday.
The Bobcats still have the No. 2 pick in mind to trade, as teams like the Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers plan to get their hands on the No. 2 pick to get their man in Bradley Beal or Michael Kidd...
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Pistons Trade Ben Gordon, Future First-Round Pick to Bobcats for Corey Maggette
DETROIT -- The Detroit Pistons traded guard Ben Gordon and a future first-round draft choice to the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday for swingman Corey Maggette, shedding about $15 million in salary. Gordon averaged 12.5 points last season, including a 45-point outing at Denver in which he tied his own NBA record by making nine 3-pointers without a miss. The NBA's Sixth Man of the...
Pistons send Ben Gordon and a future first round draft pick to Charlotte for Corey Maggette
About 48 hours before the NBA Draft is scheduled to begin the Detroit Pistons made their first significant move in the Tom Gores era sending guard Ben Gordon and a future first round draft pick to the Charlotte Bobcats for forward Corey Maggette.
The first round pick going to Charlotte is reportedly lottery-protected in 2013, top-eight protected in 2014, top-one protected in 2015...
Bobcats Trade Corey Maggette to Pistons for Ben Gordon
The Charlotte Bobcats have agreed to trade forward Corey Maggette to the Detroit Pistons for guard Ben Gordon and protected first-round pick for the 2013 NBA Draft, according to Chad Ford of ESPN.com.
Personally, I think this deal definitely helps both sides.
Charlotte will have a lottery-protected pick in 2013, top-eight protected in 2014, top-one protected in 2015 and an unprotected...
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