Austin Daye News

This is not about revisionism. It's not about defending or attacking previous moves with the benefit of hindsight.

Last offseason Austin Daye worked out with Kevin Durant , which was encouraging to hear mostly because Durant is pretty good at basketball.

After finishing up their 2012 campaign with a dismal record 25-41, the Pistons held an invitation-only 'State of the Pistons' town hall-style meeting last week at The Palace of Auburn Hills.

The Detroit Pistons' season ended almost a month ago, focused more on next week's NBA draft lottery than the playoffs which excluded them, but some NBA key summer dates will keep the Pistons busy this offseason.

Key Stats : 18 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists per game while shooting 51 percent from the field and 35 percent from three Like all Pistons fans, I'm an advocate of Detroit finding an impact big in the first round.

Many NBA players have reached the end of the road and should retire at the end of the 2011-2012 NBA season.

For those of you following along at home, I have been publishing articles highlighting potential draft targets for the Detroit Pistons since early in the NCAA season.

Joe Dumars was the catalyst of the turnaround for the Detroit Pistons in the early 2000s.

APRIL 23: Austin Daye #5 of the Detroit Pistons grabs a rebound against the Indiana Pacers on April 23, 2012 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

There was no greater contrast from a player's expectations to his actual production than with Austin Daye, the third-year Pistons forward.

Detroit Pistons standout center Greg Monroe placed fourth in the voting for the NBA's Most Improved Player award.

The 2012 NBA Draft is a less than two months away and the Detroit Pistons find themselves in a unique position.

After the way Kyle Singler played on Thursday night, Joe Dumars might be reconsidering being initially upset about the Detroit Pistons draftee opting to finish out the season in Spain.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER The Pistons are still thanking the heavens and six other teams for passing on Greg Monroe during the 2010 draft.

The Pistons are in a lurch at the bigs, where they need to get front-court help for Greg Monroe.

Austin Daye lost his game for extended stretches of the Detroit Pistons' season.

Pistons coach Lawrence Frank talks to reporters Friday. Frank said he'll concentrate on improving the team's existing talent during the off-season. / Kirthmon F. Dozier / DFP Dumars took most of the questions, since the attention turned to obtaining talent in the off-season. With the team missing the playoffs for three consecutive seasons, he ... (more)