Driving to the Basket: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

Episode 85: Bagley First Impressions, Saddiq Bey’s Progress, Cade Lineups, and More

This episode shares impressions on Marvin Bagley's debut, discusses Saddiq Bey's continued progress, explores some oddities about Cade Cunningham's common lineups, and says yet more nice things about Hamidou Diallo. 

Episode 84: Trade Deadline Special - Bagley, Grant, and the Rest of the NBA

This episode recaps the trade deadline: the Marvin Bagley trade, Jerami Grant remaining in Detroit, and major moves elsewhere in the league. 

Episode 83: Rising (and Falling) Stars

This episode discusses the three Pistons named to the Rising Stars Game---Cade Cunningham, Saddiq Bey, and Isaiah Stewart---Killian Hayes' move to the bench, and the early consequences of Jerami Grant's return to the lineup. 

Episode 82: Cade is ready to compete - but is the organization?

This episode discusses the organization's prospective timeline in building around Cade Cunningham and revisits the Jerami Grant situation. (Recorded prior to Cade's big game against the Nuggets.)

Episode 81: Where Things Stand Halfway Through the Season

This episode discusses the performances of Cade Cunningham, Saddiq Bey, Hamidou Diallo, and Isaiah Stewart at the halfway mark of the season, with some miscellaneous discussion besides. 

Episode 80: Is the Season Going as Planned?

This episode discusses Inside the NBA's shots at the Pistons, debates whether or not the season is going according to plan in any capacity, talks Killian Hayes's struggles and the recent successes of Saddiq Bey and Hamidou Diallo, and briefly recaps the trade which brought Bol Bol to Detroit. 

Episode 78: Early NBA Draft Preview

This episode changes course to review some of the current top prospects for the 2022 NBA Draft: Paolo Banchero, Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren, Jaden Ivey, Jaden Hardy, and Jalen Duren. 

Episode 77: Jerami Grant Trade Scenarios

This episode picks up where the last left off, exploring more potential Jerami Grant trade scenarios. 

Episode 76: Nobody Hands These Pistons a 15th Straight Loss

This episode discusses the team's streak-breaking win against the Heat, the resurgence of Saddiq Bey, and the manner in which the team has functioned differently without the recently-injured Jerami Grant, and gets started on hypothetical Grant trade scenarios.

Episode 75: On Various Pistons-Related Subjects

This episode meanders through such topics as potential adjustments to the starting lineup, projections on the ceiling of the Cunningham-Hayes pairing, favorite things about Cade so far, feelings about the course of the season thus far (just how bad was the roster meant to be?) and so on. Recorded prior to news of Jerami Grant's injury.