Jason Maxiell News

Thanks to a lockout-shortened season, Detroit's Jonas Jerebko had little time to develop his game beyond finding his post-injury footing.

Key Stats : 8.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, .9 blocks in 20 minutes per game while shooting 61 percent in Turkish league This year's draft isn't loaded with international prospects, but there are a lot of guys in the second round like Aldemir who are big, young and unknown.

With the regular season finally over and the NBA Playoffs in full swing, the Detroit Pistons are already in offseason mode.

The Detroit Pistons may have finished higher in the Eastern Conference standings than many expected, particularly after a slow start, but they still finished 25-41, and they are a ways away from contending for the playoffs, let alone making any noise in the postseason.

Courtesy of Piston Powered , it seems that the Detroit Pistons are hot for the services of small forward, Alonzo Gee , a restricted free agent.

One of the topics at the Detroit Pistons' season wrap-up media day was the future of forward Jason Maxiell, who has been with the team since they drafted him in 2006.

But as he put it at his season-ending media availability last month, the decision is up to Maxiell, who has until June 30 to let the team know whether he will pick up his option of $5 million.

After seeing The Avengers A earlier today, I got to thinking about the current Detroit roster and wanted to connect the two.

If you want to pluck a palatable nugget from their 25-41 season, that's it. Before anything positive started, something negative had to stop.