All Episodes
Driving to the Basket: A Detroit Pistons Podcast — 245 episodes
Episode 245: Farewell, Isaiah
Episode 244: Season Recap & Looking Forward
Episode 243: A Higher Degree of Difficulty
Episode 242: Waiting for Data!
Episode 241: A Hot Start
Episode 240: Trending Upward?
Episode 239: A Deep Dive into Week One
Episode 238: Recent Events & Player Previews
Episode 237: Season Storylines & Media Day Recap
Episode 236: Eastern Conference Preview
Episode 235: Summer League Recap, Free Agency, and Cam Thomas
Episode 234: Free Agency Recap (with Zariq of RealBullyBall)
Episode 233: Draft Recap + More
Episode 232: The Desmond Bane Trade (or: do the Pistons need to make a move themselves?) & Jalen Duren Season Review
Episode 231: A Random Mix of Topics
Episode 230: Trade Chatter
Episode 229: Run it Back or Take a Swing?
Episode 228: A Worthy Season Ends -- Postseason Takeaways
Episode 227: Postseason Preview (redux)
Episode 226: Analyzing the Ceiling
Episode 225: Taking Stock (a somewhat concise review of the last two months)
Episode 224: Trade Deadline Recap (with Zariq of Bullyball)
Episode 223: On the Bright Side...
Episode 222: The Jalen Duren Conundrum (mini-episode)
Episode 221: Player Grades at the Quarter Mark (with Anthony of Pistons Talk)
Episode 219: The Season So Far
Episode 218: Pistons Omnibus (with Bryce Simon of Motor City Hoops)
Episode 217: Player Vibes, Surprises, and Areas of Improvement (with Zariq of Bullyball)
Episode 216: Sweet Victory
Episode 215: Thoughts on the Season Opener
Episode 214: Final Before-the-Season Review + Q&A
Episode 213: Early Preseason Thoughts
Episode 212: Season Hypotheticals and Eastern Conference Preview
Episode 211: 2024-2025 Season Preview - Players, Lineups, and Expectations
Episode 210: 2023-2024 Season Awards & Cade Cunningham Season Review
Episode 209: The (Potential) Benefits of Competent Coach & Ausar Thompson Season Review
Episode 208: Why Next Season Will Be Better & Jaden Ivey Season Review
Episode 207: Best/Worst Pistons Player Seasons Since 2014 & Isaiah Stewart Season Review
Episode 206: Win Total Over/Under & Jalen Duren Season Review
Episode 205: More Summer League Takeaways + Marcus Sasser Season Retrospective
Episode 204: Summer League So Far
Episode 203: Summer League Preview, Malik Beasley, and Paul Reed
Episode 202: The Offseason So Far -- Tim Hardaway Jr., Free Agency, and JB Bickerstaff,
Episode 201: 2024 NBA Draft Recap & Free Agency Preview
Episode 200: Final 2024 NBA Draft Previews: Stephon Castle, Ron Holland, and Tidjane Salaun
Episode 199: End of an Error: Adios, Monty
Episode 198: The Endless Wait for News + Dalton Knecht Draft Profile
Episode 197: Troy Weaver's Departure + Reed Sheppard Draft Profile
Episode 196: 2024 NBA Draft Deep Dives - Matas Buzelis
Episode 195: The Trajan Langdon Hire & Donovan Clingan Draft Profile
Episode 194: The Implications of Pick #5 (Again)
Episode 193: An (Extremely Meager) Defense of Tom Gores
Episode 192: Two Paths Forward
Episode 191: President of Basketball Ops
Episode 190: Evaluating Positives
Episode 189: Comparing Rebuilds - Detroit, Houston, Orlando, and OKC
Episode 188: Duren, Wiseman, Fontecchio, Cade + Ivey, etc.
Episode 187: The Unevaluable Rebuild
Episode 186: February Review (sort of)
Episode 185: The Coaching Calamity & Early Free Agency Preview
Episode 184: 2024 NBA Trade Deadline Recap
Episode 183: Pre-Trade Deadline Mini-Episode
Episode 182: The Killian Hayes News, Cade + Ivey, and More Trade Deadline Talk
Episode 181: The Trade, an Early Trade Deadline Preview, and Some Game Recaps
Episode 180: Mailbag!
Episode 179: The Monty Conundrum
Episode 178: History Has Been Made... the History Nobody Wanted to Make
Episode 177: Where to Go From Here
Episode 176: Evaluating Monty Williams, Recent Developments, and the Zach LaVine Question
Episode 175: What’s Gone Wrong? An In-Depth Analysis of the Rebuild
Episode 174: The State of the Team - Where We Stand
Episode 173: Contextualizing a Frustrating Start to the Season (and Troy Weaver’s Job Security)
Episode 172: Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and the Pitfalls of Early-Season Conclusions (Plus the Return of Kevin Knox)
Episode 171: Very Early Regular Season Takeaways
Episode 170: More Preseason Takeaways
Episode 169: Early Preseason Takeaways
Episode 168: Preseason Previews #2: Previewing the Youth
Episode 167: Preseason Preview #1: Predicting the Rotation & Previewing the Veterans
Episode 166: Offseason Mailbag #2
Episode 165: All about Jalen Duren’s Rookie Season
Episode 164: All About Jaden Ivey’s 2022-2023 Season
Episode 163: 2022-2023 Player Reviews - Isaiah Stewart & Alec Burks
Episode 162: 2022-2023 Player Reviews - Bojan Bogdanovic
Episode 161: 2022-2023 Player Reviews - Isaiah Livers, James Wiseman, and Marvin Bagley
Episode 160: Mailbag (sort of)
Episode 159: About Killian Hayes...
Episode 158: Summer League 2023 Final Recap
Episode 157: Isaiah Stewart’s Extension & Mid-Summer League Review
Episode 156: Free Agency Recap & Summer League Preview
Episode 155: Draft Recap & Free Agency Preview
Episode 154: 2023 Draft Profiles - A (Newer) In-Depth Look at Ausar Thompson
Episode 153: On the Eve of the 2023 NBA Draft
Episode 152: 2023 Pre-Draft Roundup
Episode 151: 2023 Draft Profiles - An In-Depth Look at Taylor Hendricks
Episode 150: Thoughts on Monty Williams
Episode 149: 2023 Draft Profiles - An In-Depth Look at Jarace Walker
Episode 148: Former Pistons, the Heat’s Formula, and More
Episode 147: 2023 Draft Profiles - An In-Depth Look at Cam Whitmore
Episode 146: Draft Lottery Reaction
Episode 145: The Coaching Search, the Postseason, & Answering Some Questions
Episode 144: 2023 Draft Profiles - An In-Depth Look at Victor Wembanyama
Episode 143: 2023 Draft Profiles - An In-Depth Look at Scoot Henderson
Episode 142: 2023 Draft Profiles - An In-Depth Look at Brandon Miller
Episode 141: 2023 Draft Profiles - An In-Depth Look at Amen Thompson
Episode 140: 2022-2023 Season Recap - The Good and the Bad (with Brady Fredricksen of Detroit Bad Boys)
Episode 139: Ivey’s Big Night, Where Things Stand, and the New CBA
Episode 138: Almost There
Episode 137: Jaden Ivey’s First-Team All-Rookie Case
Episode 136: The Qualities of an NBA Postseason Rotation Player
Episode 135: Recapping the Troy Weaver’s Regime Thus Far
Episode 134: Was That Trade Wise, Man?
Episode 133: The Trade Deadline & the Rest of the Season (with Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press & The Pistons Pulse)
Episode 132: Playoffs?!
Episode 131: Mailbag!
Episode 130: Midseason Review! (with Jack Kelly of Detroit Bad Boys)
Episode 129: Where the Rebuild Stands
Episode 128: Areas of Improvement
Episode 127: Something Positive
Episode 126: Recent Developments
Episode 125: Lineup Changes, the Rookies, and Killian Hayes (with Jack Kelly of Detroit Bad Boys)
Episode 124: Signs of Progress!
Episode 123: A Calm Take on the Early Struggles
Episode 122: On the Eve of the Regular Season
Episode 121: Preseason-so-Far Takeaways
Episode 120: Season Preview, Storylines, and Training Camp Takeaways (with Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press)
Episode 119: Bojan Bojan Bojan (with Jack Kelly of Detroit Bad Boys)
Episode 118: Unfortunate Pistons History: the Van Gundy Era
Episode 117: Meanwhile, at the Central Division of Doom! (A Central Division Preview)
Episode 116: Impromptu Mailbag Episode!
Episode 115: 2021-2022 Season-in-Review - Cade Cunningham (with Bryce Simon of Motor City Hoops and The Pistons Pulse)
Episode 114: 2021-2022 Season-in-Review - Isaiah Stewart (With Jack Kelly of Detroit Bad Boys)
Episode 113: 2021-2022 Seasons in Review - Hamidou Diallo, Saben Lee, and Kelly Olynyk
Episode 112: 2021-2022 Season in Review - Killian Hayes and (very briefly) Cory Joseph
Episode 111: 2021-2022 Season in Review - Saddiq Bey
Episode 110: 2021-2022 Season in Review - Marvin Bagley
Episode 109: Summer League Recap & Next Season’s Potential Lineups (With Jack Kelly of Detroit Bad Boys and HoopsHabit)
Episode 108: Change of Pace - Let’s Talk Pistons History (with Keith Trudeau and Mike Payton of Bad Boys & Beyond)
Episode 107: Free Agency Recap, More on the Draft, and Roster Outlook (with Sean Corp of Detroit Bad Boys)
Episode 106: Draft Recap and Free Agency Preview
Episode 105: 2022 Pre-NBA Draft Roundup (with Bryce Simon of Motor City Hoops and The Pistons Pulse)
Episode 104: 2022 NBA Draft Prospect Shorts - Dyson Daniels (and more!)
Episode 103: 2022 NBA Draft Prospect Shorts - Tari Eason and Jeremy Sohan
Episode 102: 2022 NBA Draft Prospect Shorts - Jalen Duren and Mark Williams
Episode 101: 2022 NBA Draft Prospects - An In-Depth Look at Keegan Murray
Episode 100: 2022 NBA Draft Prospects - An In-Depth Look at Jaden Ivey
Episode 99: 2022 NBA Draft Prospects - An In-Depth Look at Bennedict Mathurin
Episode 98: The Pistons Will Have Good Options at #5 (Plus the DeAndre Ayton Question)
Episode 97: 2022 NBA Draft Prospects - An In-Depth Look at Chet Holmgren
Episode 96: 2022 NBA Draft Prospects - An In-Depth Look at Jabari Smith Jr.
Episode 95: 2022 NBA Draft Prospects - An In-Depth Look at Paolo Banchero
Episode 94: Troy Weaver Sticking to the Plan & Top Seven Prospects
Episode 93: End-of-Season Retrospective - Storylines and Takeaways
Episode 92: The Pistons are Building the Right Way
Episode 91: Cade Cunningham is the Best Player in His Draft Class, But You Already Knew That
Episode 90: Should the Pistons Trade Jerami Grant for Another Lottery Pick? Plus March Madness Check-in
Episode 89: March Madness Prospect Preview Extravaganza & the Resting Players Question
Episode 88: Cade, the Rookie of the Year Race, and More (featuring Bryce of Motor City Hoops & The Pistons Pulse)
Episode 87: Winning While Tanking, Kelly Olynyk’s Positive Impact, & Saddiq Bey Doing the Right Things
Episode 86: The Stretch Run, the Draft, and the Offseason (featuring James Edwards of The Athletic)
Episode 85: Bagley First Impressions, Saddiq Bey’s Progress, Cade Lineups, and More
Episode 84: Trade Deadline Special - Bagley, Grant, and the Rest of the NBA
Episode 83: Rising (and Falling) Stars
Episode 82: Cade is ready to compete - but is the organization?
Episode 81: Where Things Stand Halfway Through the Season
Episode 80: Is the Season Going as Planned?
Episode 78: Early NBA Draft Preview
Episode 77: Jerami Grant Trade Scenarios
Episode 76: Nobody Hands These Pistons a 15th Straight Loss
Episode 75: On Various Pistons-Related Subjects
Episode 74: Pain.
Episode 73: Big Trouble at Little Caesars: Making Sense of Detroit’s Tough Season (so far) - Part Two
Episode 72: Big Trouble at Little Caesars: Making Sense of Detroit’s Tough Season (so far) - Part One
Episode 71: Are the Pistons Developing? Cade and Frank’s Big Night, Jerami’s Struggles, and More
Episode 70: The Good, the bad, and the Casey
Episode 69: The emergence of Cade Cunningham & the struggles of Jerami Grant
Episode 68: How can the Pistons give Cade Cunningham and the offense the best chance to succeed?
Episode 67: Season opener - analysis & takeaways
Episode 66: Final preseason observations & regular season storylines to watch
Episode 65: Early preseason takeaways
Episode 64: Pistons ad-libs and prop bets, part two
Episode 63: Pistons ad-libs and prop bets, part one
Episode 62: Ghosts of Pistons past
Episode 61: Reviewing/previewing Jerami Grant, Saddiq Bey, and Isaiah Stewart, plus discussing the Sekou trade
Episode 60: Reviewing/previewing Killian Hayes, Cory Joseph and Saben Lee
Episode 59: Reviewing/previewing Hamidou Diallo, Josh Jackson and Frank Jackson
Episode 58: An interview with Frank Garza
Episode 57: Mid-Summer League thoughts
Episode 56: Returning free agents & Summer League preview
Episode 55: Draft analysis & Kelly Olynyk’s fit
Episode 54: Live draft banter (featuring guest host Matt Schoch)
Episode 53: Final draft thoughts & the bigger picture (featuring guest host 6Man)
Episode 52: The roster needs of a contender
Episode 51: Draft trade chatter & Cade’s fit with the Pistons
Episode 50: Fiftieth episode mega-mailbag
Episode 49: The implications of the first-overall pick (featuring guest host Matt Schoch, former host of Locked On Pistons)
Episode 48: Instant draft lottery reaction
Episode 47: 2021 Draft Previews - An in-depth look at Cade Cunningham
Episode 46: 2021 Draft Previews - An in-depth look at Jalen Green
Episode 45: 2021 Draft Previews - An in-depth look at Evan Mobley
Episode 44: 2021 Draft Previews - An in-depth look at Jalen Suggs
Episode 43: Reflections on the season, Dwane Casey’s extension and Troy Weaver’s vision
Episode 42: The home stretch and random hypotheticals
Episode 41: Frank Jackson’s impact, Killian Hayes’ return, and Saddiq Bey’s ceiling
Episode 40: Rookies redefining their ceilings, Killian returns, & checking in on Josh Jackson and Jerami Grant
Episode 39: Trade deadline recap
Episode 38: Mailbag
Episode 37: Midseason Review, Part Two - Player grades continued & Jonathan Kuminga draft profile
Episode 37: Midseason Review, Part One - Blake Griffin’s legacy, the Diallo trade, Sekou’s future, player grades
Episode 36: The point guard situation, early trade deadline preview, and a check-in on the standings
Episode 35: Moving on from Blake Griffin, and the importance of team culture
Episode 34: The Rose trade, Saddiq Bey’s progress, and Mason Plumlee’s value
Episode 33: Pistons Tankathon
Episode 32: Wayne Ellington and Isaiah Stewart, plus new co-host
Episode 31: Checking up on the Youth
Episode 30: Coaching? What Coaching?
Episode 29: The Problems at Power Forward and the Value of Jerami Grant
Episode 28: Thus-far season takeaways, Killian’s injury, and why Dwane Casey is the wrong man for the job
Episode 27: Dwane Casey’s Coaching, Troy Weaver’s Plan, and the Christian Wood Situation
Episode 26: Things to Look for From the Pistons’ Young Talent (Hayes, Doumbouya, Jackson, and Grant), Plus Season Preview
Episode 25: Preseason First Impressions
Episode 24: Recapping Free Agency
Episode 23: Recapping the Draft
Episode 22: The Final Four - Hayes, Williams, Haliburton, and Ball
Episode 21: Rebuild News, Patrick Williams, and LaMelo Ball
Episode 20: The Possible Market for Blake Griffin, Draft-Day Trade Scenarios, and Christian Wood’s Future
Episode 19: Podcast Mock Draft and Finals Talk
Episode 18: Drafting for the Pistons, Part 3: Killian Hayes, LaMelo Ball, Tyrese Haliburton, and Cole Anthony
Episode 17: Drafting for the Pistons, Part 2: Anthony Edwards, Deni Avdija, Isaac Okoro, Devin Vassell, and the importance of the wing positions
Episode 16: Drafting for the Pistons: James Wiseman, Onyeka Okongwu, and Obi Toppin, plus Christian Wood and the future of bigs
Episode 15: 2019-2020 Season Recap and Player Reviews, Part Two
Episode 15: 2019-2020 Season Recap and Player Reviews, Part One
Episode 14: Back in Business
Episode 13: Doumbouya, Wood, and more on the rebuild
Episode 12: Looking Backwards and Forwards
Episode 11: Trade Deadline Talk
Episode 10: Train to Rebuildtown
Episode 9: Grading the roster at the season’s one-quarter mark
Episode 8: Odds and Ends
Episode 7: What’s wrong with the Pistons and what can be done? Plus new podcast name and co-host.
Episode 6: Preseason Takeaways
Episode 5: Summer League Recap (Reupload)
Episode 4B: The Trade, the Draft, and More Free Agency Talk
Episode 3: Free agency, trades, and what to expect from the offseason
Episode 2: Electric Boogaloo
Episode 1: Getting Started