Driving to the Basket: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

Episode 196: 2024 NBA Draft Deep Dives - Matas Buzelis

This episode takes a close look at possible top-five pick Matas Buzelis of the G-League Ignite.

Episode 195: The Trajan Langdon Hire & Donovan Clingan Draft Profile

This episode evaluates the selection of Trajan Langdon as Pistons President of Basketball Operation and profiles prospective top-ten draft pick Donovan Clingan.

Episode 194: The Implications of Pick #5 (Again)

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).

Episode 193: An (Extremely Meager) Defense of Tom Gores

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.

Episode 192: Two Paths Forward

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.

Episode 191: President of Basketball Ops

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.

Episode 190: Evaluating Positives

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

Episode 189: Comparing Rebuilds - Detroit, Houston, Orlando, and OKC

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.

Episode 188: Duren, Wiseman, Fontecchio, Cade + Ivey, etc.

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.

Episode 187: The Unevaluable Rebuild

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.