Detroit Pistons News

Tattoos have never been more popular, however despite how many people have tattoos Allen Iversons tattoos are getting the young star a lot of unnecessary attention. A lot of people state that the young basketball star has gone too far with all the ink that he has over his body, but who are we to judge? The fact of the matter is Allen Iverson tattoos are on his body, ...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) _ The Detroit Pistons signed first-round draft picks Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo to contracts Friday. Stuckey, the 15th selection in last month's NBA draft, played two seasons at Eastern Washington. His 24.2 points per game as a freshman and 24.6 the following season led the Big Sky Conference. He's fourth on the school's career scoring list. Afflalo was drafted 27th and averaged 16.9 points as a junior last season at UCLA. He ...

In what might have been a glimpse at the future of this year's NBA final, the top teams from the Eastern and Western conferences squared off on a night Richard Hamilton would like to soon forget. Hamilton has played a lot of basketball in his life, and almost all of it has gone better than Sunday. In a game televised across the U.S. and Canada, Hamilton missed five fourth-quarter free ...

A federal jury on Thursday dismissed a civil lawsuit by a man who claimed Indiana forward Jermaine O'Neal permanently injured him during the notorious 2004 brawl between Pacers players and Detroit Pistons fans at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Charles Haddad, 23, alleged O'Neal's punch to his head caused him to suffer migraine, memory loss, trouble sleeping, inability to socialize, and aversion to bright lights and loud noises. The defence presented evidence that Haddad flew to Las Vegas ...

Reserve Flip Murray scored 19 points Monday night to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 90-85 exhibition win over the Utah Jazz. Jason Maxiell added 14 points and seven rebounds for Detroit, which won its third pre-season game in four tries. The Jazz got 15 points apiece from Carlos Boozer and Ronnie Brewer. Utah (1-2) never led in the second half but got as close as 84-81 when Jarron Collins ...

Memphis rookie Rudy Gay scored 21 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter Saturday night, to lead the Grizzlies to a 101-89 win over the Detroit Pistons. Detroit had taken a 78-77 lead with 8:34 left, but Memphis put together a 20-6 run to go up 97-84 with 2:33 left. Gay scored nine in the stretch. Dahntay Jones added 17 for Memphis, going 6-of-8 from the floor, while Hakim Warrick scored 13 and had eight rebounds. For ...

Backup point guard Lindsey Hunter sparked an 11-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 101-96 pre-season victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. The 13-year veteran broke an 82-82 tie with a three-pointer with 6:30 remaining, then added a layup, steal and assist during the run. The steal occurred on the possession following his tie-breaking shot and led to a score by Ronald Murray. Hunter, who scored 11 of his ...

Nazr Mohammed had 16 points and eight rebounds to lead the Detroit Pistons to an 84-64 victory over Miami on Tuesday night as the Heat's Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade watched most of the exhibition game from the bench. The two came out of the game with the defending NBA champions leading 13-12 in the first quarter, and the Pistons quickly took a lead they never relinquished in the pre-season ...

Dave Cowens joined the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday as an assistant coach, leaving his job as coach and general manager of the WNBA's Chicago Sky. A Hall of Fame centre with the Boston Celtics in the 1970s, Cowens' last NBA coaching job was with the Golden State Warriors from 2000 to 2002. ``We are pleased to add Dave Cowens to our coaching staff,'' said Joe Dumars, Pistons president of basketball ...

DETROIT (AP) _ The Detroit Pistons reached an agreement with free-agent centre Nazr Mohammed on Tuesday, a day after losing Ben Wallace to the Chicago Bulls, according to a league source. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because NBA free agents can't officially sign contracts until July 12, said the team and Mohammed made an oral agreement on a five-year contract _ with the final year being an ...

DETROIT (AP) _ Free-agent centre Ben Wallace is leaving the Detroit Pistons to sign with the Chicago Bulls, a person within the NBA said Monday. The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because NBA free agents can't officially sign contracts until July 12, said the Pistons offered Wallace a four-year contract worth about $50 million US. That would have made him the highest-paid player on ...