Locked On Pistons - Daily Podcast On The Detroit Pistons

Locked On Lions host Matt Dery joins the show to talk about the state of the Pistons, the University of Detroit basketball program after the firing of coach Bacari Alexander and what's new with the Detroit Lions as the NFL Draft approaches.

Locked On Pistons host Matt Schoch also looks ahead to John Wall's possible return tonight for the Washington Wizards and a beef he has with Kevin Durant.

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We have part 2 of our interview with Nancy Lieberman, where she talks specifically about her time with the Detroit Shock, the most successful expansion team in pro sports history.

She talks about a chat with late owner Bill Davidson about what he considered a "success" to start the franchise and the pride that he and Lieberman felt when goals were reached.

We also talk about how the Los Angeles Clippers helped keep the Detroit Pistons season alive on Tuesday night, and looked ahead to Friday night's G League playoff game for the Grand Rapids Drive against the Raptors 905.

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Former Detroit Shock coach Nancy Lieberman joins us to talk about women's sports during these challenging times, as well as how her career took her to the NBA and now, the Big3.

Part two of the interview will air on Wednesday with more on her time building the Shock and whether a WNBA franchise will ever return to Detroit.

Host Matt Schoch also details Monday's Pistons victory against the Los Angeles Lakers, the U-D Titans firing of coach Bacari Alexander and we remember Grand Rapids Drive player Zeke Upshaw, who passed away on Monday.

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Grand Rapids Drive player Zeke Upshaw collapsed on the court and suffered cardiac arrest on Saturday night as his team closed out the regular season with a playoff clinching win.

We talk to Joe Sinke of Palace of Pistons and the Hashtag Pistons podcast about what it was like at the Deltaplex on Saturday during the bizarre scene, as well as passing along the latest condition updates about Upshaw. A former teammate was among those tweeting condolences on the news of his death Sunday, which was later announced as premature by the Drive and Upshaw's mother through media reports.

Host Matt Schoch also talks about the Detroit Pistons win Saturday against the Bulls and looks ahead to tonight's home game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Reggie Jackson is back and so is a competitive Detroit Pistons team, which fell in overtime to one of the NBA title favorites.

But Jackson's woeful offensive performance brings back the questions about the team's point guard that they'll have to figure out going forward, especially considering how he'll co-exist as a clear No. 2 scoring option in the clutch to Blake Griffin.

Host Matt Schoch breaks down the loss, including the lackluster 3-point shooting, Blake's strong game and some questionable calls from the officials.

We also look ahead to the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night and some things Matt heard in a must-listen podcast episode recently that got him thinking about Stan Van Gundy's future with the Pistons.

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It's hard to be an optimist about the Detroit Pistons playoff hopes these days, but if you're looking for hope, look no further than Milwaukee's loss Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Clippers.

There, a big injury could be the light that lets the Pistons back into the Eastern Conference playoff race.

But first, the Pistons must deal with the league's best team in the Houston Rockets.

Also, Grand Rapids Drive point guard Kay Felder, a Detroiter who starred at Oakland collegiately, joins host Matt Schoch to talk about how the Drive are, a-hem, driving toward the G League playoffs and what he's trying to do in his quest to become a regular NBA player.

We also have an excerpt from NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who joined David Locke on the Locked On NBA podcast on Thursday.

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Reggie Jackson returns to the lineup and the Pistons win, Chauncey Billups floated by Marc Stein as a front-office addition, Blake Griffin flames the Clippers, Adam Silver talks about gambling and tanking to Locked ON NBA Network, and we've got an interview with Grand Rapids Drive coach Ryan Krueger.

Host Matt Schoch has thoughts on all this and more.

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The Detroit Pistons won a road game on Monday night for the first time during the Blake Griffin era.

They could also win another one tonight in Phoenix.

Host Matt Schoch has the breakdown of those games, along with an interview with former Detroit Free Press reporter Keith Gave, whose is releasing a book today.

"The Russian Five: A story of espionage, defection, bribery and courage" is available today and the documentary on the group - Sergei Federov, Slava Fetisov, Igor Larionov, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Vladimir Konstantinov - will premiere on April 11.

Check out Keith Gave's website for information about the book and film.

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Detroit Pistons in-game host Lauren Jbara joins us to talk about the media friendly players and what the franchise is doing to keep fans entertained throughout the night during home games, including an amazing human interest story from Detroit.

The Oakland University men's basketball sideline reporter also gives us the low down on coach Greg Kampe's Golden Grizzlies.

Host Matt Schoch also breaks down Saturday's loss to Portland, Evan Turner's tough-guy Twitter fame and Stan Van Gundy whining once again.

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The Detroit Pistons got throttled again on Thursday night, this time at the hands of the Denver Nuggets.

The contrast of coach Mike Malone's team against the Pistons showed some glaring holes in Detroit's game, namely their lack of passing.

Nikola Jokic exposed the Pistons early with his shooting and passing, showing the need for Detroit to improve in both of those areas.

Also, Aaron Johnson of PalaceofPistons.com joined the show to talk about how the site got started, the emergence of Stanley Johnson, his high school team Warren De La Salle's run in the state playoffs and the Thomas Kithier controversy at Macomb Dakota and Clarkston.

Follow Aaron on Twitter at @AJohnsonNBA.

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