Driving to the Basket: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

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Driving to the Basket: A Detroit Pistons Podcast episodes:

06.25.2024
Episode 200: Final 2024 NBA Draft Previews: Stephon Castle, Ron Holland, and Tidjane Salaun
This episode previews three final 2024 NBA Draft prospects: Stephon Castle of UConn, Ron Holland of the G-League Ignite, and Tidjane Salaun the LNB Pro A's Cholet. Also some talk about free agency and the draft in general.
06.20.2024
Episode 199: End of an Error: Adios, Monty
This episode recaps the firing of Monty Williams and previews 2024 NBA Draft prospect Cody Williams.
06.14.2024
Episode 198: The Endless Wait for News + Dalton Knecht Draft Profile
This episode opines briefly on the interminable wait for news on the head coach situation, then goes in-depth on prospective top-ten draft pick Dalton Knecht of the University of Tennessee.
06.06.2024
Episode 197: Troy Weaver's Departure + Reed Sheppard Draft Profile
This episode discusses Troy Weaver's departure from the organization, briefly sums up his tenure, and takes a close look at 2024 prospective top-five pick Reed Sheppard.
05.30.2024
Episode 196: 2024 NBA Draft Deep Dives - Matas Buzelis
This episode takes a close look at possible top-five pick Matas Buzelis of the G-League Ignite.
05.24.2024
Episode 195: The Trajan Langdon Hire & Donovan Clingan Draft Profile
This episode evaluates the selection of Trajan Langdon as Pistons President of Basketball Operation and profiles prospective top-ten draft pick Donovan Clingan.
05.17.2024
Episode 194: The Implications of Pick #5 (Again)
This episode recaps the draft lottery, opines on why falling to #5 has much lesser implications than it did last season, and discusses some potential picks of interest (and others of no interest).
05.09.2024
Episode 193: An (Extremely Meager) Defense of Tom Gores
This episode attempts to contextualize the few genuine positives to Pistons owner Tom Gores in the larger picture of the upcoming offseason, and also discusses the NBA postseason so far.
05.03.2024
Episode 192: Two Paths Forward
This episode builds upon the previous episode by expanding further upon the team's two potential paths forward (win now vs. development), and spends some time underlining that the Pistons are in an even more unenviable position than one might think.
04.24.2024
Episode 191: President of Basketball Ops
After a long hiatus, the show returns to discuss the organization's search for a President of Basketball Operations and how the hire might impact the team's offseason strategy.
03.28.2024
Episode 190: Evaluating Positives
This episode takes a break from the nightmarish tone of the season to examine positive takeaways.
03.21.2024
Episode 189: Comparing Rebuilds - Detroit, Houston, Orlando, and OKC
This episode discusses the recent injury news before launching into a comprehensive comparison between the rebuilds (so far) of the Pistons, Magic, Thunder, and Rockets.
03.15.2024
Episode 188: Duren, Wiseman, Fontecchio, Cade + Ivey, etc.
This episode discusses James Wiseman's recent improvements, Jalen Duren's outlook, Fontecchio's probable contract future, how Cade and Ivey can play productively together, and more.
03.06.2024
Episode 187: The Unevaluable Rebuild
This episode compares where the season stands to where the Pistons stood at this time last season, recaps the previous week of basketball, discusses rotations, and speaks on why it's hard to truly evaluate the status and future of the...
02.28.2024
Episode 186: February Review (sort of)
This episode reviews the month of February -- and gets very sidetracked in the process -- with a particular focus on the post-deadline roster.
02.16.2024
Episode 185: The Coaching Calamity & Early Free Agency Preview
This episode spends 30 minutes ranting about the new low the Pistons have reached thanks to noted incompetent Monty Williams, then speaks on free agency for awhile.
02.09.2024
Episode 184: 2024 NBA Trade Deadline Recap
This episode recaps a very surprising trade deadline for the Pistons.
02.07.2024
Episode 183: Pre-Trade Deadline Mini-Episode
This mini-episode examines trade deadline scenarios.
02.01.2024
Episode 182: The Killian Hayes News, Cade + Ivey, and More Trade Deadline Talk
This episode discusses the recent news about Killian Hayes, analyzes the fit between Cade Cunningham and Jaden Ivey, and speaks about more about the fast-approaching trade deadline.
01.18.2024
Episode 181: The Trade, an Early Trade Deadline Preview, and Some Game Recaps
This meandering episode discusses the recent trade, does a quick preview of the fast-approaching trade deadline, and recaps the last few games.
01.10.2024
Episode 180: Mailbag!
This episode responds to a variety of listener-submitted questions. Thank you to everyone who sent in a question!
01.04.2024
Episode 179: The Monty Conundrum
This episode features an impassioned loss of patience with the team's astoundingly awful head coach and opines on the very, very frustrating loss against the Jazz, the disheartening blowout loss against the Rockets, and the relieving win against the Raptors.
12.27.2023
Episode 178: History Has Been Made... the History Nobody Wanted to Make
This episode recaps the organization's record-breaking 27th straight loss in a single season, commiserates with fellow Pistons fans, and apportions blame for the disaster this season (and, to a lesser but still significant extent, the rebuild) has devolved into.
12.14.2023
Episode 177: Where to Go From Here
This angrier-than-usual episode discusses all that's gone wrong so far in the season and what can be done about it (not likely much) this season.
12.06.2023
Episode 176: Evaluating Monty Williams, Recent Developments, and the Zach LaVine Question
This episode discusses Monty Williams's performance at the quarter-season mark of his first campaign with the Pistons, evaluates recent system changes, speaks further on flawed front office strategy, and talks Zach Lavine's availability on the trade market. Recorded just prior to...
11.29.2023
Episode 175: What’s Gone Wrong? An In-Depth Analysis of the Rebuild
This feature-length episode takes a close look at the organization's poorly planned rebuild strategy and how it led the team to where it stands today.
11.22.2023
Episode 174: The State of the Team - Where We Stand
This episode speaks further on the team's frustratingly slow start, the state of the rebuild, expectations, and more.
11.16.2023
Episode 173: Contextualizing a Frustrating Start to the Season (and Troy Weaver’s Job Security)
This episode discusses another frustrating early season, plus some segments on Troy Weaver's job security, Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and lineups.
11.08.2023
Episode 172: Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and the Pitfalls of Early-Season Conclusions (Plus the Return of Kevin Knox)
This episode discusses the performance of Cade Cunningham and the Jaden Ivey situation in the context of the young 2023-2024 season, opines on Marcus Sasser and Killian Hayes, and overviews the return of Kevin Knox and what it might mean...
11.01.2023
Episode 171: Very Early Regular Season Takeaways
This episode discusses some very, very early season takeaways: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
10.18.2023
Episode 170: More Preseason Takeaways
This season discusses takeaways (such as they are) from game two of preseason... and then experiments with a section about gaming. I'll be unable to post an episode next week, but I'll be back to cover the regular season opener in...
10.11.2023
Episode 169: Early Preseason Takeaways
This episode discusses very early preseason takeaways, insofar as any strong takeaways thus far exist.
10.05.2023
Episode 168: Preseason Previews #2: Previewing the Youth
This episode previews the team's youth: Marcus Sasser, Ausar Thompson, James Wiseman, Marvin Bagley, Isaiah Stewart, Killian Hayes, Isaiah Livers, Jaden Ivey, and Cade Cunningham.
09.20.2023
Episode 167: Preseason Preview #1: Predicting the Rotation & Previewing the Veterans
This episode speculates on team rotation and minutes and who'll start the season on the outside, previews the team's veterans - Bogdanovic, Burks, Morris, and Harris - and discusses which of them is likeliest to be traded midseason.
09.13.2023
Episode 166: Offseason Mailbag #2
This mailbag episode answers listener-submitted questions about a myriad of subjects, including the USA's recent disappointing FIBA WC run.
09.06.2023
Episode 165: All about Jalen Duren’s Rookie Season
This episode takes a close look at Jalen Duren's rookie campaign with the Pistons. Apologies for the late upload!
08.30.2023
Episode 164: All About Jaden Ivey’s 2022-2023 Season
This episode takes a close look at Jaden Ivey's 2022-2023 season.
08.25.2023
Episode 163: 2022-2023 Player Reviews - Isaiah Stewart & Alec Burks
This episode takes a close look at the 2022-2023 seasons of Isaiah Stewart and Alec Burks.
08.16.2023
Episode 162: 2022-2023 Player Reviews - Bojan Bogdanovic
This episode takes a close look at the 2022-2023 season of Bojan Bogdanovic, the team's leading scorer.
08.09.2023
Episode 161: 2022-2023 Player Reviews - Isaiah Livers, James Wiseman, and Marvin Bagley
This episode takes a dive into the season performances of Isaiah Livers, James Wiseman, and Marvin Bagley.
08.04.2023
Episode 160: Mailbag (sort of)
This episode diverts briefly from the season review series to answer some listener-submitted questions. Apologies for posting a couple of days late this week!
07.26.2023
Episode 159: About Killian Hayes...
In light of the recent trade rumors, this episode goes in-depth on Killian's past, present, and (possible) future with the Pistons.
07.19.2023
Episode 158: Summer League 2023 Final Recap
This episode fully recaps Summer League 2023 and answers some questions.
07.12.2023
Episode 157: Isaiah Stewart’s Extension & Mid-Summer League Review
This episode discusses Isaiah Stewart's new contract extension and shares some thoughts and observations of the first two games of Summer League.
07.05.2023
Episode 156: Free Agency Recap & Summer League Preview
This episode recaps a quiet free agency period for the Pistons and previews the organization's upcoming appearance at Las Vegas Summer League.
06.28.2023
Episode 155: Draft Recap & Free Agency Preview
This episode recaps the draft and previews free agency for the Pistons (obviously).
06.22.2023
Episode 154: 2023 Draft Profiles - A (Newer) In-Depth Look at Ausar Thompson
This episode takes a deserved further look at Ausar Thompson, a player who does carry prominent concerns but whom a previous episode may arguably have treated too harshly in having been without sufficient reference to his positive qualities and potential...
06.21.2023
Episode 153: On the Eve of the 2023 NBA Draft
This episode recaps recent pre-draft developments (in the context of the organization's wholesale opacity about the draft), offers some mildly informed predictions about draft night, discusses the possibility of trading down, and more!
06.14.2023
Episode 152: 2023 Pre-Draft Roundup
This episode rounds out the pre-draft episode by way of a discussion with an unusual format!
06.07.2023
Episode 151: 2023 Draft Profiles - An In-Depth Look at Taylor Hendricks
This episode takes a close look at UCF's Taylor Hendricks, an intriguing three-and-D prospect who will most likely fall out of Detroit's draft range - but one never knows!

What's Driving to the Basket: A Detroit Pistons Podcast about?

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Driving to the Basket: A Detroit Pistons Podcast episodes:

Episode 200: Final 2024 NBA Draft Previews: Stephon Castle, Ron Holland, and Tidjane Salaun

Episode 199: End of an Error: Adios, Monty

Episode 198: The Endless Wait for News + Dalton Knecht Draft Profile

Episode 197: Troy Weaver's Departure + Reed Sheppard Draft Profile

Episode 196: 2024 NBA Draft Deep Dives - Matas Buzelis

Episode 195: The Trajan Langdon Hire & Donovan Clingan Draft Profile

Episode 194: The Implications of Pick #5 (Again)

Episode 193: An (Extremely Meager) Defense of Tom Gores

Episode 192: Two Paths Forward

Episode 191: President of Basketball Ops

Episode 190: Evaluating Positives

Episode 189: Comparing Rebuilds - Detroit, Houston, Orlando, and OKC

Episode 188: Duren, Wiseman, Fontecchio, Cade + Ivey, etc.

Episode 187: The Unevaluable Rebuild

Episode 186: February Review (sort of)

Episode 185: The Coaching Calamity & Early Free Agency Preview

Episode 184: 2024 NBA Trade Deadline Recap

Episode 183: Pre-Trade Deadline Mini-Episode

Episode 182: The Killian Hayes News, Cade + Ivey, and More Trade Deadline Talk

Episode 181: The Trade, an Early Trade Deadline Preview, and Some Game Recaps

Episode 180: Mailbag!

Episode 179: The Monty Conundrum

Episode 178: History Has Been Made... the History Nobody Wanted to Make

Episode 177: Where to Go From Here

Episode 176: Evaluating Monty Williams, Recent Developments, and the Zach LaVine Question

Episode 175: What’s Gone Wrong? An In-Depth Analysis of the Rebuild

Episode 174: The State of the Team - Where We Stand

Episode 173: Contextualizing a Frustrating Start to the Season (and Troy Weaver’s Job Security)

Episode 172: Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and the Pitfalls of Early-Season Conclusions (Plus the Return of Kevin Knox)

Episode 171: Very Early Regular Season Takeaways

Episode 170: More Preseason Takeaways

Episode 169: Early Preseason Takeaways

Episode 168: Preseason Previews #2: Previewing the Youth

Episode 167: Preseason Preview #1: Predicting the Rotation & Previewing the Veterans

Episode 166: Offseason Mailbag #2

Episode 165: All about Jalen Duren’s Rookie Season

Episode 164: All About Jaden Ivey’s 2022-2023 Season

Episode 163: 2022-2023 Player Reviews - Isaiah Stewart & Alec Burks

Episode 162: 2022-2023 Player Reviews - Bojan Bogdanovic

Episode 161: 2022-2023 Player Reviews - Isaiah Livers, James Wiseman, and Marvin Bagley

Episode 160: Mailbag (sort of)

Episode 159: About Killian Hayes...

Episode 158: Summer League 2023 Final Recap

Episode 157: Isaiah Stewart’s Extension & Mid-Summer League Review

Episode 156: Free Agency Recap & Summer League Preview

Episode 155: Draft Recap & Free Agency Preview

Episode 154: 2023 Draft Profiles - A (Newer) In-Depth Look at Ausar Thompson

Episode 153: On the Eve of the 2023 NBA Draft

Episode 152: 2023 Pre-Draft Roundup

Episode 151: 2023 Draft Profiles - An In-Depth Look at Taylor Hendricks

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