The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and we're still talking preseason basketball on the DBB Podcast. Ben Gulker soothes my fears around Blake Griffin's health, we discuss the Detroit Pistons' rumored interest in Frank Ntilikina, and I play devil's advocate on Detroit keeping Christian Wood.

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Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and we have something a little different for you today - an actual interview. DJ Bakker, Player Development coach for the Detroit Pistons, came on to talk about, well, player development. I learned about lot about the ins and outs of the work the players and coaches do during the summer from this interview, and I hope you do too.

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Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're back! And so are the Pistons! Ben Gulker and I discuss the Joe Johnson addition (and our concern over his role on this team), what we're looking forward to seeing in the preseason, and what we expect from the Pistons this year.

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In this week's episode of Inside The Cylinder, we discuss anything and everything Pistons Media day. The biggest elephant in the room is certainly Andre Drummond's contract situation. Detroit has a few options here - extension, trade, hope he picks up his option, or watch him walk into free agency. We discuss. We also break down Blake Griffin's load management strategy, so he doesn't... well... break down again. And lastly we discuss the line-ups and roster battles- Luke Kennard off the bench?- Joe Johnson over Christian Wood?- Who's the back-up small forward? All that and more in this week's episode!Listen and subscribe to Inside The Cylinder on iTunes!Follow Inside The Cylinder on Twitter at @InsideTheCylndr!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3:00 - Pistons free agency recap30:10 - Depth chart40:35 - Over/under and post-season predictions48:20 - Throwback jerseysIn this week's episode we emerge from our Pistons' bunker and give you our thoughts on our offseason acquisitions. We discuss our excitement and concerns about Derrick Rose and Markieff Morris.We also take a look at the rotation and our analyze our semi-conflicting opinions on who should start at the two-guard. Small Forward and Center are less up for debate, but we voice our choices to round out the bench mob. Also, Vegas slotted the Pistons win-loss over/under at 37.5 - too high? too low? just right? Will Detroit make the playoffs? If so, who’s in, who’s out? And finally, we talk what matters most. Which throwback jersey should Detroit sport next? All that and more in this week’s episode!All new episode can be found on Lineups and Detroit Bad Boys!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking doldrums - the offseason is out in full force. Ben and I talk about the Pistons signing Christian Wood, Andre Drummond practicing his threes in Vegas, and then we have an announcement for our listeners.

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Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking summer league results and big names on the trade market. Ben and I discuss the Pistons' first two games of the Las Vegas Summer League, and then we get into the pros and cons of trading for Russell Westbrook - the biggest name the Pistons have been attached to since Blake Griffin.

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Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about the opening of the Silly Season - NBA Free Agency. Ben and I go over the good and the bad (and there IS bad to be had) of the Derrick Rose signing, run through our list of potential backup big men the Pistons could pursue, and talk about some of the moves the Pistons' competitors in the Eastern conference have made to open free agency.

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In this week’s episode, we welcome Detroit Bad Boys’ own, Brady Fredericksen to talk the draft and give you some names to keep an eye out for come free agency. We share our excitement for Sekou Doumbouya, who Detroit selected 15th overalll, and discuss what Sekou might bring to the table in year one, as well as project what his career might look like in Detroit. We also try to make sense of the trades involving the 30th pick - were we happy with the moves, indifferent, or still.... confused? We also discuss the Deividas Sirvydis and Jordan Bone selections in the second round - how do we see them impacting the Pistons in the near future, and down the road. Lastly, we’ll give you a few names to look out for come Free Agency, seeing how Detroit still has major gaps at the back-up point guard, center, and depending on how you feel about Thon Maker - the back-up power forward position. All that and more in this week’s episode!Listen and subscribe to Inside The Cylinder on iTunes!Follow Inside The Cylinder on Twitter at @InsideTheCylndr!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's podcast, we're talking about the second round, and summer league. Ben Gulker and I go over the selections the Pistons made in the second round of Thursday's NBA draft (after the podcast we recorded), and then we go into what we should expect from the Pistons' youth movement in Vegas.

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