Ben Wallace News

Bismack Biyombo is the youngest active player in the NBA. He also seems to be one of its oldest souls.

When Michael Jordan emerged in the National Basketball Association as an executive, it was proven early on that his talents on the court meant absolutely nothing about his perception of an athlete’s ability during recruitment.

The Pistons might be worse than their record indicates. And now their record is 4-18. After the first quarter, the Bucks up 30-16, that was the lede of this story.

Monday started the first three-games-in-three-nights stretch for the Pistons, but nobody was really worried about the physical toll it could take.

In a Detroit Free Press article published yesterday, Drew Sharp suggests that ” Big-time NBA free agents don’t consider Detroit an option.

The rankings are after the jump. Not much of an intro this time so Oh well actually, there is a new member of the top 3 teams.

And as a result, there have been plenty of empty seats this season in the team’s home arena, the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Andre Iguodala soars for a lay-up between the Pistons’ Greg Monroe and Ben Wallace.

Philadelphia 76ers’ Andre Iguodala goes up for a shot between Detroit Pistons’ Greg Monroe and Ben Wallace in the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan.

Bismack Biyombo is the youngest active player in the NBA. He also seems to be one of its oldest souls.

JANUARY 15: Jonas Jerebko #33 of the Detroit Pistons goes to the basket during the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Golden State Warriors on January 15, 2012 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

The 2012 NBA regular season is already a quarter of the way finished, and the Detroit Pistons have quickly staked their claim to last place in the Eastern Conference’s Central Division.

That’s why it was not shocking to see rookie Brandon Knight miss two crucial free throws down the stretch of a close game.

The Detroit Pistons’ time for salving wounds elapsed quickly. A visit from the Miami Heat will do that to a team.

With the Blazers up 98-86 and one minute, nine seconds remaining in the game, Luke Babbitt entered the game for Jamal Crawford .

He is best known for his years with the Detroit Pistons, Richard Hamilton made NBA history on Monday as he hit the 15,000th mile mark.

With the game at its worst, and the Detroit Pistons’ season arguably at the lowest of many dismal points, Kevin Durant threw an alley-oop to Russell Westbrook, which the latter slammed into the side of the rim on an unsuccessful dunk attempt, dumping him onto his rump.

Detroit Pistons fans would rather see the team prepare for the future than try and make a playoff run this season Apparently not many MLive.com readers are counting on the Detroit Pistons to rebound from a 4-13 start and make a run at the NBA playoffs.

Over the last couple of weeks, the Thunder have had a “break period” of sorts. All of our opponents have had records under .500, and there’s been only one back to back.

Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey played with fresh legs and a fresh spirit Saturday night.

Detroit’s Ben Wallace , shown here blocking a shot by Orlando’s Hedo Turkoglu, faces a defensive challenge tonight from Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge.

In the offseason, Greg Monroe mentioned that he was working hard to improve his offense .

The Detroit Pistons have one of the worst offenses in the N.B.A.; the ball never seems to get to the players it should, the shots seem to go up before a quality opening is actually created, and the team as a whole stumbles into an alarming number of miscues.

A maze of gauze, tape and neoprene gives Detroit Pistons forward Tayshaun Prince confidence in his right knee’s stability.

They may have done it in a different way, but the Missouri Tigers looked every bit the part of a… Houston Rockets’ Samuel Dalembert goes up for a shot as Detroit Pistons’ Ben Wallace defends in Houston.

Monroe went scoreless until the fourth quarter as the Pistons didn’t have enough offense to catch up to the Rockets, 97-80 Tuesday night at the Toyota Center.

Ben Wallace will start at power forward for the Detroit Pistons tonight, with Jonas Jerebko coming off the bench, in an 8 p.m. game against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center.

When the league says that it takes a big man to win it all, the Pistons win not once, not twice, but three times without one.

Oh yes, and it can all be ours with a win tonight in Houston. The Pistons are 3-10 to start the season, and are 29th in points per game and 30th in rebounding.

The Detroit Pistons couldn’t contain Golden State’s one-two punch, Monta Ellis and David Lee, and lost 99-91 to the Warriors Sunday night.