Driving to the Basket: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

Episode 176: Evaluating Monty Williams, Recent Developments, and the Zach LaVine Question

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. 

Episode 175: What’s Gone Wrong? An In-Depth Analysis of the Rebuild

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. 

Episode 174: The State of the Team - Where We Stand

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

Episode 173: Contextualizing a Frustrating Start to the Season (and Troy Weaver’s Job Security)

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

Episode 172: Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and the Pitfalls of Early-Season Conclusions (Plus the Return of Kevin Knox)

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.

Episode 171: Very Early Regular Season Takeaways

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

Episode 170: More Preseason Takeaways

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! 

Episode 169: Early Preseason Takeaways

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

Episode 168: Preseason Previews #2: Previewing the Youth

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. 

Episode 167: Preseason Preview #1: Predicting the Rotation & Previewing the Veterans

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.