Jason Maxiell News

Quick Stats: Jason Maxiell, Detroit Pistons forward Daily Driver: 2009 Ford F-450 Other cars: See below Favorite road trip: Dallas to Detroit Car he learned to drive in: 1990 Chevrolet Blazer First car bought: 2002 GMC Denali Enthusiasts often see their cars as an outward reflection of themselves.

Add prophet to the list of many words to describe Ben Gordon. After the Pistons' surprisingly easy 98-75 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night, someone asked him about the two highlight-reel dunks of diminutive point guard Will Bynum.

A blowout in every sense. That's what this was, with the Pistons easily defeating the Charlotte Bobcats, 98-75, on Wednesday night.

In the spring, Detroit's new head coach, John Kuester, was rumored to be a possible candidate for the Sixers' head coaching vacancy.

Now in his second stint with the Detroit Pistons, some observers might think that center Ben Wallace is simply riding out the rest of his career with the team he won a championship with in 2004.

ORLANDO -- Pistons coach John Kuester knew something was up when the team bus, headed to Friday morning's shoot-around, was delayed by slow-moving traffic and sirens.

Jonas Jerebko made some hustle plays in his first-ever start. Well, that was a relief .

Toronto's Marco Belinelli passes the ball as he runs into stiff defence from the Detroit Pistons during a game Wednesday.

Top story : Mickael Pietrus is still out, but Vince Carter is expected to return after missing Sunday's game with a sprained ankle.

How badly are the Pistons missing Rip Hamilton? Young, Black and Fabulous : You probably heard Jason Maxiell got married over the summer.

Ben Gordon's been better than advertised so far. The Pistons dropped to 0-2 without Rip Hamilton in a game where his scoring certainly would've made a difference.

After the Pistons lost their home opener, new coach John Kuester said his team "didn't have any ball movement and we didn't execute" and struggled with "ball reversals and spacing" and said "we were looking to get quick attacks" instead of running the offense.

Richard Hamilton and Ben Gordon may have silenced any questions about whether they can coexist on the Detroit Pistons.

Memphis -- Rip Hamilton and Ben Gordon gave doubters their first answer as to whether they could coexist.

The Pistons can activate 12 players for games. Here's a closer look at each player's role on the 14-man roster: Chucky Atkins Point guard Won't be called on most nights, but will provide experience as third point guard in second stint with the Pistons.

In years past when Elden Campbell and Dale Davis were brought to the Pistons by Joe Dumars as veteran backups their roles were clearly defined: sit on the bench, be ready and don't make waves.

Chris Wilcox got his first start Thursday. Alright, so looking at the 122 points allowed and 53 percent shooting , it's quite obvious not much defense was played in last night's preseason loss to Minnesota, but come on Detroit News ... Pistons Defense Disappoints in Loss ? Did you see the injury report? The team's two best defenders, Ben Wallace ...

There was a lot of things Pistons coach John Kuester liked about Thursday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Has Jonas Jerebko passed Jason Maxiell and Chris Wilcox on the depth chart? PistonsNation : Tayshaun Prince and Ben Gordon, actors.

Pistons president Joe Dumars is coming off a disastrous year in which he jettisoned underrated coach Flip Saunders for the untested and unproven Michael Curry and compounded that mistake with the ill-conceived Chauncey Billups for Allen Iverson trade.