Driving to the Basket: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

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.

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.

This episode takes a break from the nightmarish tone of the season to examine positive takeaways.

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.

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.

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 rebuild right now.

This episode reviews the month of February -- and gets very sidetracked in the process -- with a particular focus on the post-deadline roster.

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.

This episode recaps a very surprising trade deadline for the Pistons.

This mini-episode examines trade deadline scenarios.

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.

This meandering episode discusses the recent trade, does a quick preview of the fast-approaching trade deadline, and recaps the last few games.

This episode responds to a variety of listener-submitted questions. Thank you to everyone who sent in a question!

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.

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.

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.

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 the Wednesday game against the Grizzlies.

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.

This episode speaks further on the team's frustratingly slow start, the state of the rebuild, expectations, and more.

This episode discusses another frustrating early season, plus some segments on Troy Weaver's job security, Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and lineups.

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 (or not mean) about the injury situation.

This episode discusses some very, very early season takeaways: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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 the week thereafter!

This episode discusses very early preseason takeaways, insofar as any strong takeaways thus far exist.

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.

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.

This mailbag episode answers listener-submitted questions about a myriad of subjects, including the USA's recent disappointing FIBA WC run.

This episode takes a close look at Jalen Duren's rookie campaign with the Pistons. Apologies for the late upload!

This episode takes a close look at Jaden Ivey's 2022-2023 season.

This episode takes a close look at the 2022-2023 seasons of Isaiah Stewart and Alec Burks.

This episode takes a close look at the 2022-2023 season of Bojan Bogdanovic, the team's leading scorer.

This episode takes a dive into the season performances of Isaiah Livers, James Wiseman, and Marvin Bagley.

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!

In light of the recent trade rumors, this episode goes in-depth on Killian's past, present, and (possible) future with the Pistons.

This episode fully recaps Summer League 2023 and answers some questions.

This episode discusses Isaiah Stewart's new contract extension and shares some thoughts and observations of the first two games of Summer League.

This episode recaps a quiet free agency period for the Pistons and previews the organization's upcoming appearance at Las Vegas Summer League.

This episode recaps the draft and previews free agency for the Pistons (obviously).

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 ceiling.

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!

This episode rounds out the pre-draft episode by way of a discussion with an unusual format!

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!

This mini-episode discusses the Pistons' hire of Monty Williams as the team's new head coach.

This episode takes an in-depth look at Houston's Jarace Walker, a polarizing prospect where the Pistons are concerned.

This mini-episode opines on various topics: former Pistons role players, the Heat's formula for success, a Bojan Bogdanovic trade scenario, and more.

This episode, the first of the post-lottery draft profiles, takes an in-depth look at Villanova's Cam Whitmore.

This episode reacts to the draft lottery, which saw the Pistons fall to #5.

This short episode speaks about the coaching search and why the Pistons are right in going for an unknown quantity rather than a safe choice with known flaws, goes over happenings in the postseason, and answers some questions.

This episode, the fourth in the 2023 Draft series, takes an in-depth look at consensus first-overall pick Victor Wembanyama, one of the most touted prospects to enter the draft in decades.

This episode, the third in the 2023 Draft series, takes an in-depth look at the probable #2 pick in the 2023 draft, the electrifying Scoot Henderson from the G-League Ignite.