Andrew Birkle
Sports Assistant Editor at Detroit Free Press
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1 week ago |
freep.com | Andrew Birkle
The Detroit Pistons are back in the NBA playoffs are a six-year drought, and if you go off salaries, J.B. Bickerstaff's team will have its work cut out against the heavily favored New York Knicks. In a league of sky-high salaries, the Knicks stick out as one of the teams shelling out the most cash for the 2024-25 season, while the Pistons are quite the opposite (for NBA standards at least).
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1 week ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Andrew Birkle
The Detroit Pistons are back in the NBA playoffs are a six-year drought, and if you go off salaries, J.B. Bickerstaff's team will have its work cut out against the heavily favored New York Knicks. In a league of sky-high salaries, the Knicks stick out as one of the teams shelling out the most cash for the 2024-25 season, while the Pistons are quite the opposite (for NBA standards at least).
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Andrew Birkle
Is it starting to feel real, Detroit Pistons fans? After being the laughing stock of the league for the 2023-24 season, going just 14-68 which included a record 28-game losing streak, the Pistons are locked into a playoff series with the New York Knicks. With the Pistons losing to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday and the Knicks locking up their spot ahead of the Indiana Pacers, the postseason picture for the top-6 teams in the Eastern Conference was set.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Andrew Birkle
Primetime Pistons? With the Detroit Pistons locked into the postseason after an incredible year-over-year turnaround that saw them go from 14-68 to comfortably in the playoffs, flipping channels to find a game has become a new reality for Pistons fans. The NBA announced on Tuesday that the Pistons' final game of the year vs. the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday has been flexed to ESPN. The move makes a lot of sense, as it could have big playoff stakes.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Andrew Birkle
It’s a day that ends in "Y," which means the Michigan basketball program has had yet another roster shakeup. Durral "Phat Phat" Brooks, a freshman guard out of Grand Rapids Catholic Central, has put his name into the transfer portal, a person in the program confirmed to the Free Press anonymously as they’re not permitted to speak on the move publicly at this time.
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