Antonio McDyess News

It was no surprise that Spurs guard Roger Mason Jr. was singled out for praise from coach Gregg Popovich after he helped the Spurs get past the pesky Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night at the AT&T Center.

By Zach Lowe , CelticsHub.com @ November 13th, 9:55 am Jeremy Lundblad of ESPN Research has dug up some fun numbers at ESPNBoston on the dominance of the C's starting five:A In the past three seasons, the Celtics' primary starting five - Allen, Pierce, Garnett,A Rajon Rondo ,A Kendrick Perkins A - has started more games as a unit than any other in ...

With the way Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva are fitting in, did Joe Dumars make the right move by trading Chauncey Billups last season? At the beginning of last season, Detroit Pistons general manager Joe Dumars made a controversial trade, sending fan favorites Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess, along with developmental talent Cheikh Samb, to ...

Is it Magic center Dwight Howard's size that makes him a difficult matchup for opposing NBA centers? Howard is 6-foot-11, 265 pounds and he isn't nicknamed Superman for nothing, what with his broad shoulders.

Ted Kulfan of The Detroit News picks the winners and losers in each conference, and identifies players, coaches and rookies to watch.

Kevin Durant scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 91-83 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.

Can Will Bynum win Most Improved this year? A few ESPN writers think so. Ball Don't Lie : The Pistons have 20-to-1 odds in Vegas to win the Eastern Conference.

Few are surprised this season's Detroit Pistons will look radically different from last year's group.

Nobody associated with the Pistons liked the way last season ended. Getting swept by the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs and watching them celebrate was an ugly end to the rough season.

The possibilities were plentiful for Antonio McDyess over the summer. With a 13-year NBA resume as a smart player, a good teammate, a guy who can still look smoother than satin sheets and be as unforgiving as a sledgehammer, he could have punched his ticket to any contender.

I'll admit it, I used to be a Bill Simmons fan, but at some point the over-the-top Boston love got to be too much.

The "D" was always the critical part of Deee-troit basketball, and that's not the forte of pickups Gordon and Villanueva.

Antonio McDyess might be the best signing of the offseason. Once a Piston, always a Piston, right? I'm not sure that's always the case, but there are certainly a fair number of guys around the league who still feel like Pistons.

Which player on the Pistons' training camp roster has the third-longest uninterrupted tenure with the team? Power forward Jason Maxiell, who stands behind Rip Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince.

The basketball coverage crew at the Orlando Sentinel has put together its preseason NBA power rankings.

Detroit Pistons forward Jason Maxiell, left, is coming off a season in which his numbers fell in just about every major statistical category.

In one corner of the Spurs practice facility, two players reunited with an exchange of handshakes and man hugs.

Pistons coach John Kuester told Pistons.com that there is no predetermined starting five heading into training camp, which starts next week.

Came across two stories today that weren't very warm nor fuzzy about Deee-troit Bas-ket-ball. The first was from si.com writer Phil Miller, who identified six holes on teams' rosters that will be problematic in 2009-10. The Pistons' center position was one of them.

The trade with New Jersey, a bold move for a team coming off an NBA Finals appearance, grabbed headlines the day before the June draft.