The Detroit Pistons lose their 2025 first-round NBA draft pick if they reach the playoffs because of the trade to acquire Isaiah Stewart in 2020.

The NBA All-Star reserves will be revealed Thursday, and Cunningham should be the first Pistons player to be selected since Blake Griffin earned the honor in 2019. He’d also be the first Detroit guard to earn an All-Star bid since Hall of Famer Allen Iverson in 2009. So what makes Cunningham an All-Star?

As of right now, the Pistons would keep their pick, as it would likely fall in the top-12, but those odds change with each win or loss and Detroit is just 1.5 games back from the 6th seed with games against the Hawks, Magic and Pacers coming up.

The Detroit Pistons are the NBA’s surprise team ... They still owe a first-round pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves thanks to their trade for Isaiah Stewart in 2020, and the new collective bargaining agreement restricts teams above the second tax ...

On Wednesday, the Pistons were flattened by their rivals from the Hickory State as they were beaten 133-119 during a game that saw Pistons center Isaiah Stewart throw a hard forearm into Pacers big man Thomas Bryant's chest.

Jordan had to deal with something similar to Edwards early in his career when he faced the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons were super physical with him and made sure to put a body on him anytime he went to the rim. Jordan came back the following season and found a way to combat that physical play, and was able to dominate them for years.

Bill Simmons proposed a trade scenario between the Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks, and Detroit Pistons that could benefit all parties. Though some Timberwolves fans may worry about Middleton's recent injuries and decline in production, Simmons believes this deal could benefit Minnesota in other ways.

Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns is questionable to face his former team Friday with a sprained right thumb, while Minnesota’s Donte DiVincenzo will miss his return to Madison Square Garden with a toe injury.

The Minnesota Timberwolves traded Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks before the season, and so far, it looks like New York won the trade. KAT has been excellent for the Knicks; he was just named an All-Star starter in the Eastern Conference alongside Jalen Brunson.

The Dallas Mavericks opened a five-game Eastern Conference road trip with a Wednesday night game against the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center.

While Alexander-Walker hasn't been productive enough to merit being rostered in many fantasy leagues, things change when the Timberwolves are as shorthanded as they were on Wednesday. Keep an eye on the injury report for Thursday's game against Utah;

The NBA has come a long way from the Malice in the Palace, as 20 years have passed since the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons took to the stands in 2005. However, Wednesday saw a violent display of a non-basketball physicality. The Pacers vs. Pistons game became dirty with a brutal foul.