The Pindown: A Detroit Pistons Podcast

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Detroit Bad Boys Podcast: Number One Overall Jun 28, 2021

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Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about your #1 overall pick-having Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I run through our immediate emotions after winning the lottery, Cade Cunningham's star potential, Jerami Grant playing in the Olympics, and more. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do that is to share, subscribe, and leave comments - please leave comments on the discussion post on Detroit Bad Boys, that's the best way for us to have the conversation we want to have around the podcast. In order to do that, though, you have to follow DetroitBadBoys.com, the best place on the internet for Pistons' news and analysis this season. Thanks for listening, you all. Enjoy the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Detroit Bad Boys Podcast: John Beilein in, Gregg Polinsky out Jun 07, 2021

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Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we're talking about the Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about the hiring of John Beilein, the firing? parting of ways? with Gregg Polinsky, and a hypothetical trade scenario at the top of this year's draft. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do that is to share, subscribe, and leave comments - please leave comments on the discussion post on Detroit Bad Boys, that's the best way for us to have the conversation we want to have around the podcast. In order to do that, though, you have to follow DetroitBadBoys.com, the best place on the internet for Pistons' news and analysis this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Detroit Bad Boys Podcast: Grading the 2020-21 Detroit Pistons May 24, 2021

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Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we talk about your 2020-21 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I give out our letter grades for each of the guys on the roster; I think you can guess who fared well, but I'll be curious to see if you agree with our evaluations of some of the fill-in pieces on this team. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do that is to share, subscribe, and leave comments - please leave comments on the discussion post on Detroit Bad Boys, that's the best way for us to have the conversation we want to have around the podcast. In order to do that, though, you have to follow DetroitBadBoys.com, the best place on the internet for Pistons' news and analysis this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside The Cylinder ep. 115: Pistons Post Mortem and Ben Wallace HOF! May 19, 2021

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With the 2020-2021 season in the rearview mirror, Matt and I discuss the Pistons end to the regular season, and their draft lottery odds. Speaking of the lottery, we both go over who we'd select in the top five of the draft (one through five). From there we move on a Detroit LEGEND in Ben Wallace. We'll take more about his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, his legacy as a player and just what made him so special. I'll also go on a bit of a rant against a certain Ringer personality and their gripe with Wallace being selected into the Hall of Fame. Lastly we talk about Troy Weaver and the Pistons free agents - who stays, who goes? All that and more in this week's episode! And as always, make sure to subscribe to the Detroit Bad Boys podcast, where you’ll find new episodes of Inside The Cylinder. And if you’re on Twitter-dot-com, feel free to give us all a follow @InsideTheCylndr, @waymatth and @THE_FERNANTULA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Detroit Bad Boys Podcast: Ben Wallace, Basketball Hall of Famer May 17, 2021

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Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we talk only a little bit about your 20-and-hopefully-52 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I spend more time on Ben Wallace making the Basketball Hall of Fame, Dwane Casey's extension, and what non-Pistons team we'll be paying attention to in this year's playoff picture. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do that is to share, subscribe, and leave comments - please leave comments on the discussion post on Detroit Bad Boys, that's the best way for us to have the conversation we want to have around the podcast. In order to do that, though, you have to follow DetroitBadBoys.com, the best place on the internet for Pistons' news and analysis this offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside The Cylinder ep. 114: Pistons inch towards bottom two finish May 12, 2021

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In this week's episode of Inside The Cylinder, Matt and David discuss the Pistons 119-100 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. While there wasn't much to be excited about from an on-court perspective, this loss means Detroit is only two more Ls away from securing a bottom two record for the 2020-21 season. We'll take a look at their upcoming schedule, the lottery odds, and try our best to break down how the NBA settles a tie-breaker situation, should two or three teams finish with the same record. We also discuss Sekou Doumbouya's improved play Killian Hayes' career game against the Chicago Bulls The play-in tournament All that and much more! And as always, make sure to subscribe to the Detroit Bad Boys podcast, where you’ll find new episodes of Inside The Cylinder. And if you’re on Twitter-dot-com, feel free to give us all a follow @InsideTheCylndr, @waymatth and @THE_FERNANTULA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Detroit Bad Boys Podcast: Sekou SZN May 10, 2021

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Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we talk about your 20-48 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Sekou Doumbouya's pick-sixes, how glad we are Dwane Casey is coaching the team in the wake of the report about Indiana Pacers coach Nate Bjorkgren, and Deividas Sirvydis proving he can ball a lil bit. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do that is to share, subscribe, and leave comments - please leave comments on the discussion post on Detroit Bad Boys, that's the best way for us to have the conversation we want to have around the podcast. In order to do that, though, you have to follow DetroitBadBoys.com, the best place on the internet for Pistons' news and analysis this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside The Cylinder ep. 113: Hamidou Diallo's career night, and TANK updates! May 05, 2021

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In this week's episode of Inside The Cylinder, David and Matt take a look at the race to the bottom of the NBA standings. Your Pistons surprisingly have sole possession of the second worst record in entire Association, but we're a bit surprised that Detroit decided to go full-on tank mode. We'll take a look at Detroit's remaining schedule, and how their losses affect the lottery odds. We also break down Hamidou Diallo's career night, Sekou Doumbouya's 20 point outburst, and Killian Hayes' performance against the Charlotte Hornets. Other topics include The youngsters getting serious run as we close out the season The Hoop Collective's 2020 NBA re-draft What we'd like to see from Killian Hayes' in the team's final games All that and more! And as always, make sure to subscribe to the Detroit Bad Boys podcast, where you’ll find new episodes of Inside The Cylinder. And if you’re on Twitter-dot-com, feel free to give us all a follow @InsideTheCylndr, @waymatth and @THE_FERNANTULA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Detroit Bad Boys Podcast: Kid Week May 03, 2021

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Hey everyone. This is Laz Jackson of Detroit Bad Boys, and on this week's episode we talk about your 19-45 Detroit Pistons. Ben Gulker and I talk about Kid Week, what we would do differently if we were Terminator Troy Weaver, and look around the league at matchups between tanking teams. The Pistons played their kids, the kids played well, they lost (mostly) and other teams at the bottom of the standings won... it might have been the perfect week of Detroit Basketball this late in the season. Now, the Pistons will need another week just like it as they look to lose winnable games against the Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls this week. As always, we appreciate your continued support of the podcast, and the best way to do that is to share, subscribe, and leave comments - please leave comments on the discussion post on Detroit Bad Boys, that's the best way for us to have the conversation we want to have around the podcast. In order to do that, though, you have to follow DetroitBadBoys.com, the best place on the internet for Pistons' news and analysis this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside the Cylinder ep 112: Talking the Rebuild Apr 28, 2021

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After last week's mailbag episode, we talked everything relevant to the Detroit Pistons rebuild. Matt is joined by Duncan Smith to break everything down for you. Highlights include: How we were wrong about Troy Weaver's offseason What the new timeline looks like Where the Pistons should go from here A breakdown of what next year's roster might look like All of that and more in this week's episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices