Ben Wallace News

The NBA is headed to deadline day, with perhaps one last chance to avoid a lockout.

Listed at 6′10″ and 244 pounds, Macklin has the size to bang down low. But the Florida product wasn’t a great rebounder in college and may find himself spending time overseas.

Former Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson will interview for the Detroit Pistons’ job for a second time.

Pistons president Joe Dumars always stayed quiet about the restrictions placed on him by former owner Karen Davidson.

This weekend several of the fine analysts at the Wages of Wins Network had a fun Ultimate Fantasy Draft .

The Pistons had to draft Kyle Singler. Detroit’s personnel this season forced the Pistons’ hand.

Another NBA Draft night is in the books. While I don’t think there were any epochal shifts in the NBA landscape, there was plenty of fun and intrigue to be enjoyed, as usual.

NBA Commissioner David Stern announces that the New York Knicks selected Iman Shumpert from Georgia Tech with the #17 overall pick in the first round during the 2011 NBA Draft at the Prudential Center on June 23, 2011 in Newark, New Jersey.

One by one, the top frontcourt prospects were taken. When it was finally time for the Detroit Pistons to pick, they needed to change plans.

Most pundits are calling this NBA draft a two-player draft, meaning everybody selected after Kyrie Irving and Derrick Williams won’t shine at the next level.

Outlook: Irving has been in this spot since stepping foot on campus. He’s a franchise point guard, and the Cavaliers desperately need someone to build around.

Published: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 12:33 AM Updated: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 12:40 AM The Pistons selected Greg Monroe out of Georgetown in the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft and emerged as one of the league’s top rookies.

Senior guards Durrell Summers and Kalin Lucas embrace during a Dec. 31, 2010, game at Breslin Center.

The late Will Robinson, a former Pistons scout, used to put prospective big men in two categories: Prospects and suspects.

Some of the top prospects in the 2011 NBA Draft are international players that will soon be taking their talents to America - none bigger then Turkey’s Enes Kanter.

The Pistons’ coaching search goes on, and Mike Woodson is in town Monday to meet with team president Joe Dumars.

The Pistons are back in the game with new owner Tom Gores in place. Last year’s club embarrassed itself with unprofessional behavior fueled by am intense dislike of no-nonsense coach John Kuester, a solid basketball mind that lacked interpersonal skills.

Now thats it’s been a few weeks since “Beverly Hills Billy”, Tom Gores has taken over control of the Detroit Pistons , it’s time for Joe Dumars and company to get down to business in rebuilding this team.

There’s no mystery what kind of player the Pistons need to draft with their lottery pick.

It wasn’t all that long ago that Bismack Biyombo was the hottest name being tossed around the scouting world-and up most NBA Draft big boards.

Tristan Thompson is an athletic power forward who could bolster Detroit’s frontcourt rebounding and shot-blocking production.

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A I can recall the very moment I knew LeBron James was never going to be the man the NBA desperately wanted him to be.

Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 1:23 PM Updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 1:23 PM Ben Wallace averaged 2.9 points per game along with 6.5 rebounds per game in 54 games in 2010-11. He’s been contemplating retirement since the Pistons’ season ended, but Ben Wallace is leaning towards returning for the final season of the two-year deal he signed …

We know there will be a new coach roaming the sideline when the Pistons take the floor next season.

More than 100 NBA scouts and GMs pack into a tiny Italian gym at the adidas Eurocamp on a Saturday afternoon.

Pistons officials are said to be fond of the Congolese big man, whom they see as the next Ben Wallace, and that should be enough to inspire them to pass up on the enticing chance to choose Vesely.

Charlie Villanueva says the Pistons ‘ title=’More Stories About Detroit Pistons ‘> Detroit Pistons ‘ next coach needs to be a good communicator.

Via Noah Trister of the Associated Press : “I’m leaning more towards coming back,” Wallace said.

With their first pick in the 2011 NBA draft, the Pistons select … Bismack Biyombo.

Charlie Villanueva says the Detroit Pistons’ next coach needs to be a good communicator.