When J.B. Bickerstaff took over as head coach of the Detroit Pistons, among the players who saw a larger role was Jaden Ivey. After showing a lot of promise before getting injured, he is being tossed around as an under-the-radar player to keep an eye on in 2026.
The Detroit Pistons were one of the major storylines of the 2024-25 NBA season. They completed one of the biggest turnarounds in NBA history , winning 44 games following a 14-win season the year before. Everyone from owner Tom Gores, to President of Basketball Operations Trajan Langdon, J.B.
It is fair to say the Detroit Pistons are no longer a dark-horse Eastern Conference playoff contender. The switch from Monty Williams to J.B. Bickerstaff saw the Pistons improve by 30 wins.
43 different players recorded a triple-double in the 2024-25 NBA season. How many of them can you name in six minutes?
The Detroit Pistons turned things around during the 2024-25 NBA season after years of mediocrity. A key reason behind it was the likes of Cade Cunningham, Ausar Thompson, and other young stars starting to take a leap.
Which former NBA players watch today's game and think to themselves, Man, I would have been awesome in today's game? Probably all of them. But how many of them are right?
Despite only being one year into a historic deal, the Detroit Pistons decided to move on from head coach Monty Williams last offseason. Upon taking over in the front office, Trajan Langdon wanted to bring in a new voice to try to resonate with the team's young core.
When it comes to the revival of the Detroit Pistons, everybody had a hand in last year’s success. The former Pistons first-rounder Grant Hill recently spoke on the current state of the Pistons, offering up to several key members of the operation.
The Bad Boys Detroit Pistons were working on a revival in 2024-2025. JB Bickerstaff’s team fully embraced the idea that their team full of scrappers were willing to engage in dogfights nightly if it meant they could scratch and claw their way to a win.
The Detroit Pistons are adding veteran wing Caris LeVert on a two-year, $29 million contract, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The deal includes no options and runs through the 2026–27 season, reports The Detroit Free Press’ Omari Sankofa II.
JB Bickerstaff helped breathe new life into the Detroit Pistons in his first year with the team last season, but he knows exactly what it feels like to be suddenly replaced as a head coach.
Looking at the New York Knicks, JB Bickerstaff can relate to the recently fired Tom Thibodeau. After the head coach helped the Knicks develop into a legitimate playoff threat in the NBA, they parted ways with the head coach shortly after an Eastern Conference Finals loss.
The New York Knicks fired Tom Thibodeau as head coach on Tuesday despite making the conference finals this year for the first time since 2000. Detroit
Former Cleveland Cavaliers big man Kendrick Perkins called out Donovan Mitchell on the latest Road Trippin’ episode. Perkins said every team Mitchell leads is soft.
Bickerstaff was up for the NBA's Coach of the Year award, but on Monday night it was announced that the award went to Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson.
The Detroit Pistons didn’t flinch. Coming off a gut-wrenching Game 4 loss — one that saw them cough up a double-digit fourth-quarter lead and fall victim
Detroit Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff was blamed for a major mistake that seemed to have cost his team down the stretch in Sunday’s loss. However, that blame may have been misplaced.
The Pistons will need a basketball miracle now. For the second time in two games in Detroit, they lost to the Knicks. Both were incredibly close. The latest came Sunday afternoon, when New York held on for a thrilling 94-93 victory.
DETROIT — That wasn’t just a playoff game. That was a street fight in a suit and tie. The Pistons scrapped, clawed, shoved, and stared down the Knicks for 48 full minutes in Game 3 — and for 47:59, it felt like they were right there.
On Sunday, a brawl broke out early in the second quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves' 123-104 home win over the Detroit Pistons.
Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff ripped into the officiating crew on Saturday in his post-game media session following a six-point loss to the Thunder.
JB Bickerstaff is clearly not scared of any fine. The Detroit Pistons lost a hard-fought game on Saturday against the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder.
The 2024-25 NBA regular season is three-fourths of the way complete, and, surprisingly, most of the awards races are either wrapped up or lackluster. Not so, however, with Coach of the Year.
Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault and Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff have been named the NBA’s Coaches of the Month for February.
Following Thursday’s matchup between the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics, Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff spoke highly of the Celtics calling
He believes that the pressure to win NBA Cup games causes players to treat them like veritable mid-season playoff bouts.
Don’t look now, but the Pistons aren’t terrible. In fact, some may even tell you they’re a team on the rise. At least, they are compared to last year. After back-to-back seasons at the bottom of the standings, they’re finally showing signs of a legitimate turnaround under new head coach J.B.
J.B. Bickerstaff's return to Cleveland comes early on the NBA schedule. The Detroit Pistons coach will try to devise ways to defeat his former team on Friday night.
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