Driving to the Basket brings you weekly analysis of everything Detroit Pistons-related! New episodes Wednesday mornings. Follow the podcast on Twitter at @ToTheBasketPod
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This episode discusses takeaways -- to the extent that takeaways from two preseason games are valid -- from preseason so far.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 212: Season Hypotheticals and Eastern Conference Preview
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This episode speaks on the key swing factors for the upcoming season, then contextualizes potential scenarios in the context of an Eastern Conference preview.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 211: 2024-2025 Season Preview - Players, Lineups, and Expectations
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This episode outlines probable lineups, prospective roles, areas of necessary improvement, and coaching expectations.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 210: 2023-2024 Season Awards & Cade Cunningham Season Review
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This episode belatedly distributes player awards for the 2023-2024 season, then reviews Cade Cunningham's 2023-2024 season.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 209: The (Potential) Benefits of Competent Coach & Ausar Thompson Season Review
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This episode discusses how competent coaching from JB Bickerstaff could improve the performance of each returning player from last season, then reviews Ausar Thompson's 2023-2024 season.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 208: Why Next Season Will Be Better & Jaden Ivey Season Review
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This episode goes more in-depth on why next season should be very different from the disasters of seasons past, and then reviews Jaden Ivey's tumultuous sophomore season.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 207: Best/Worst Pistons Player Seasons Since 2014 & Isaiah Stewart Season Review
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This episode goes over the best and worst Pistons seasons at each position since 2014, then reviews Isaiah Stewart's 2023-2024 season.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 206: Win Total Over/Under & Jalen Duren Season Review
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This episode discusses the Vegas over/under on wins for next season's Pistons -- and why the Pistons will achieve the over -- and then recaps Jalen Duren's mixed-bag 2023-2024 season.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 205: More Summer League Takeaways + Marcus Sasser Season Retrospective
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This episode examines some further takeaways from the final two games of Summer League and recaps Marcus Sasser's rookie season.Av Driving to the Basket
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This episode recaps 2025 NBA Summer League three games in.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 203: Summer League Preview, Malik Beasley, and Paul Reed
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This episode briefly previews Summer League, then discusses JB Bickerstaff's intro press conference and the additions of Malik Beasley and Paul Reed.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 202: The Offseason So Far -- Tim Hardaway Jr., Free Agency, and JB Bickerstaff,
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This episode discusses the trade which brought Tim Hardaway Jr. to Detroit, recaps free agency so far and opines on why in the world it's gone so slowly, and speaks about the organization's hire of JB Bickerstaff as its new head coach.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 201: 2024 NBA Draft Recap & Free Agency Preview
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This feature-length episode recaps the 2024 NBA Draft and previews the fast-upcoming opening of free agency.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 200: Final 2024 NBA Draft Previews: Stephon Castle, Ron Holland, and Tidjane Salaun
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 199: End of an Error: Adios, Monty
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This episode recaps the firing of Monty Williams and previews 2024 NBA Draft prospect Cody Williams.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 198: The Endless Wait for News + Dalton Knecht Draft Profile
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 197: Troy Weaver's Departure + Reed Sheppard Draft Profile
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 196: 2024 NBA Draft Deep Dives - Matas Buzelis
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This episode takes a close look at possible top-five pick Matas Buzelis of the G-League Ignite.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 195: The Trajan Langdon Hire & Donovan Clingan Draft Profile
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This episode evaluates the selection of Trajan Langdon as Pistons President of Basketball Operation and profiles prospective top-ten draft pick Donovan Clingan.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 194: The Implications of Pick #5 (Again)
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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).Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 193: An (Extremely Meager) Defense of Tom Gores
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 191: President of Basketball Ops
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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This episode takes a break from the nightmarish tone of the season to examine positive takeaways.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 189: Comparing Rebuilds - Detroit, Houston, Orlando, and OKC
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 188: Duren, Wiseman, Fontecchio, Cade + Ivey, etc.
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 186: February Review (sort of)
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This episode reviews the month of February -- and gets very sidetracked in the process -- with a particular focus on the post-deadline roster.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 185: The Coaching Calamity & Early Free Agency Preview
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 184: 2024 NBA Trade Deadline Recap
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This episode recaps a very surprising trade deadline for the Pistons.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 183: Pre-Trade Deadline Mini-Episode
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This mini-episode examines trade deadline scenarios.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 182: The Killian Hayes News, Cade + Ivey, and More Trade Deadline Talk
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 181: The Trade, an Early Trade Deadline Preview, and Some Game Recaps
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This meandering episode discusses the recent trade, does a quick preview of the fast-approaching trade deadline, and recaps the last few games.Av Driving to the Basket
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This episode responds to a variety of listener-submitted questions. Thank you to everyone who sent in a question!Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 179: The Monty Conundrum
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 178: History Has Been Made... the History Nobody Wanted to Make
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 176: Evaluating Monty Williams, Recent Developments, and the Zach LaVine Question
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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.…
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Episode 175: What’s Gone Wrong? An In-Depth Analysis of the Rebuild
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 174: The State of the Team - Where We Stand
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This episode speaks further on the team's frustratingly slow start, the state of the rebuild, expectations, and more.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 173: Contextualizing a Frustrating Start to the Season (and Troy Weaver’s Job Security)
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This episode discusses another frustrating early season, plus some segments on Troy Weaver's job security, Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and lineups.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 172: Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and the Pitfalls of Early-Season Conclusions (Plus the Return of Kevin Knox)
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 171: Very Early Regular Season Takeaways
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This episode discusses some very, very early season takeaways: the good, the bad, and the ugly.Av Driving to the Basket
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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!Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 169: Early Preseason Takeaways
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This episode discusses very early preseason takeaways, insofar as any strong takeaways thus far exist.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 168: Preseason Previews #2: Previewing the Youth
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 167: Preseason Preview #1: Predicting the Rotation & Previewing the Veterans
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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.Av Driving to the Basket
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This mailbag episode answers listener-submitted questions about a myriad of subjects, including the USA's recent disappointing FIBA WC run.Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 165: All about Jalen Duren’s Rookie Season
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This episode takes a close look at Jalen Duren's rookie campaign with the Pistons. Apologies for the late upload!Av Driving to the Basket
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Episode 164: All About Jaden Ivey’s 2022-2023 Season
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This episode takes a close look at Jaden Ivey's 2022-2023 season.Av Driving to the Basket
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