News about Detroit Pistons (page 2)
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NBA market
Detroit Pistons center Aron Baynes has declined his $6.5 million player option with the team to become a free agent. Baynes averaged 4.9 points last season.
Suspensions & fines
Monta Ellis of the Indiana Pacers and Reggie Bullock of the Detroit Pistons have been suspended five games under the NBA's anti-drug program.
Obituaries
Jack McCloskey, the general manager who built the Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boys" championship teams, died Thursday at age 91.
Coaches
Stan Van Gundy of the Detroit Pistons has won the Rudy Tomjanovich Award, which honors an NBA coach for his cooperation with media and fans.
Obituaries
George Irvine, who coached nearly 200 games for the Indiana Pacers in the 1980s before working in the front office, has died after battling cancer. He was 69.
NBA games
The Portland Trail Blazers' game against the Detroit Pistons was among several sporting events postponed because of a winter storm that blew into Oregon.
NBA awards
The Detroit Pistons will honor and retire the jersey for Richard Hamilton during the 2016-17 season. Hamilton spent nine seasons with Detroit (2002-2011).
Injuries
Detroit Pistons swingman Reggie Bullock underwent surgery Saturday on a left knee meniscus tear. His timetable will be 4-6 weeks.
Suspensions & fines
The NBA fined Andre Drummond $15,000 for his flagrant-2 foul on Hornets center Roy Hibbert in the second quarter of Tuesday’s victory at Charlotte.
Injuries
Pistons guard Reggie Bullock will undergo surgery for a meniscus tear in his left knee and will miss two to four months.