Locked On Pistons - Daily Podcast On The Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons couldn't get any luck on Tuesday night at the NBA Draft Lottery in Chicago, losing their first-round pick to the Los Angeles Clippers from the Blake Griffin trade.

We talk about what's next, with host Matt Schoch talking about the five prospects he'll be looking at this week as it pertains to the Pistons second-round pick.

We also break down the conference finals, including LeBron's 0-2 deficit and Houston's must-win Game 2.

We also go back to 2003 for a big series clincher in Pistons Playoff Playback and share some nice things the Pistons have been doing in the community since becoming Detroit residents.

Check out the write-up on these 5 prospects here.

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Monday's big Supreme Court decision paves the way for states to approve sports gambling, but where is Michigan at in a timeline of bringing it to the state.

We also take a look at the Golden State Warriors continuing their run through the NBA playoffs and what to expect in tonight's Boston/Cleveland Game 2.

We also do the official Locked On Pistons NBA Draft Lottery simulation, and update the coaching search.

For today's Pistons Playoff Playback, we go back to 1988, when the Pistons took down Michael Jordan 30 years ago today.

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Two days after being named Coach of the Year by his NBA peers, Dwane Casey was fired by the Toronto Raptors last week.

With Toronto and Milwaukee over Detroit in the pecking order of good head coaching jobs on the market, is Casey enough to turn the Pistons around?

What went wrong in Toronto? We hear from Sean Woodley of Locked On Raptors, in addition to Locked On Hawks host Brad Rowland on Atlanta hire Lloyd Pierce.

We also look back to 2004 as an unlikely hero for New Jersey stops Mr. Big Shot dead in his tracks.

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With the ousting of Stan Van Gundy, the Detroit Pistons are out of a front office leader, in addition to coach.

Names have already surfaced and will be debated going forward for the future.

We break down David Griffin, Chauncey Billups and a handful of other candidates to take over the team.

Host Matt Schoch also talks about the 1985 playoffs in today's Pistons Playoff Playback.

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The Detroit Pistons are in full panic mode as their late divorce from Stan Van Gundy has them behind schedule on an offseason with suddenly huge ramifications.

The best head coaching candidate out there right now is former Atlanta Hawks coach and San Antonio Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer.

Host Matt Schoch tells you why the Pistons should covet Coach Bud as their man.

We also look back to the 2006 NBA playoffs and the first playoff series loss for LeBron James, who turned into a pretty good ballplayer.

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We have lots more on the big move Monday by the Detroit Pistons, who parted ways with coach and team president Stan Van Gundy.

We have reactions from Van Gundy and all over the Detroit media, as host Matt Schoch reacts to some of the reactions on topics such as Isiah Thomas, the revisionist history about the one-man coach/president set-ups, owner Tom Gores in the hot-seat and possible trades the Pistons could make to dump Blake Griffin, Andre Drummond or Reggie Jackson.

We also have Walker Mehl of Locked On Hornets to talk about the new coach in Charlotte and how it could impact the Pistons thinking on their coaching search.

Today's Pistons Playoff Playback takes us to 1988 and the first of many groups of Hall of Famers the Bad Boys needed to go through to make their first-ever NBA Finals appearance. Some amazing names here that all fell victim to the Pistons in one of their first runs.

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After four seasons, Stan Van Gundy was fired on Monday as coach and president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons.

We break down the initial reactions of the move, including the embarrassing way it played out for owner Tom Gores.

We'll also talk about some of the coaching and front office candidates out there and start grouping them into tiers.

Finally, some news!

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The Toronto Raptors will face an identity crisis after LeBron James finishes them off soon in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

LeBron obviously owns the Raptors, but what does Toronto do going forward? Host Matt Schoch explains how it reminds Pistons fans of the inability to make moves to freshen the Goin' To Work ear sufficiently after the 2004 championship run.

Matt also is LIVE from Las Vegas for this podcast and has some recommendations on what to do in Sin City, as well as how not to bet on NBA games.

James Marceda of Locked On Knicks breaks down the David Fizdale hiring and we look back on a playoff run as the Pistons Flip Saunders era crawled toward its close.

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Kris Dellarciprete of the PistonsGT team joins the show to talk about the historic performance Tuesday in the NBA 2K League, along with a look ahead to Saturday's playoffs, life in Detroit so far, and what's it's like to be part of the team.

We also have a look at Donovan Mitchell and the big win for the Utah Jazz, as well as the big NBA news about Wednesday about a former Pistons assistant coach breaking some coaching barriers.

We also look back 14 years ago to a momentous Going To Work era game, which set some records. There are also some very notable players in that game, including four former Pistons bench players who might be available to coach the team.

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Well, we finally have some details on what is going on after two weeks of California meetings between Stan Van Gundy and Pistons owner Tom Gores.

Host Matt Schoch has some thoughts on what the WojBomb about the meeting entailed, what Gores might be weighing, and what Van Gundy's secret motivation in the negotiations could be.

We also run down wins for the Cavs and Warriors, along with the Pistons GT e-sports team, and take a look back in Pistons Playoff Playback at the wins that maybe have saved the Goin' To Work era before it even started.

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