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Around the ‘net: Dwane Casey comments, Joe Johnson and season previews

By Aaron Ferguson

BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 23: A fan reads the sports page of a local newspaper prior to Game 1 of the 2018 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - OCTOBER 23: A fan reads the sports page of a local newspaper prior to Game 1 of the 2018 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB via Getty Images) /
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This week’s edition of Around the ‘net features Detroit Pistons news, including Dwane Casey’s comments, Joe Johnson and season previews.

The Detroit Pistons haven’t shied away from talking with the media, which has provided quality content for Pistons fans to read.

In this edition of Around the ‘net, we take a dive into the best of the content out there. Here at Piston Powered we produced more preview content that we’ll share our favorites. Later we’ll share the best of the rest of our weekly readings for other teams in the NBA.

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Pistons’ Casey gets first look at Johnson: ‘He’s still got it at 38’ – Detroit News, Rod Beard
-The most interesting thing I took away from this is that Casey mentioned Joe Johnson could close games. Plenty of good content in here.

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Detroit Pistons coach Dwane Casey on Year 2: ‘Our identity has to be a 3-point shooting team’ – Detroit Free Press, Vince Ellis
-We know the Pistons are adapting to being a 3-point shooting team. Casey knows it and reiterated it. Ellis also explores if Luke Kennard will start.

Dwane Casey conversation: Candid talk about Blake Griffin’s minutes, the new additions and defying expectations – The Athletic ($), James L. Edwards III
-Casey was very transparent about all of the Pistons question marks, which Edwards provides raw quotes from the interview.

Camp questions: How do the Pistons make it work with Drummond on the bench? – True Blue Pistons, Keith Langlois
-It’s evident that backup center is a big question. Andre Drummond is stable but what happens when he gets a blow? Casey hints that it could be different each night.

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How could the Pistons frontcourt minutes be allocated? – Aaron Ferguson
-I dive into what the Pistons could do with their power forward and center minutes with Thon Maker and Christian Wood as possibilities.

How the Pistons transitioned from Stan Van Gundy’s era to Dwane Casey’s new reign – Noah Stump
-Stump takes a quality look at how the SVG and Casey eras have transitioned.

Is Luke Kennard the next Manu Ginobili? – Aaron Kellerstrass
-Kellerstrass does a tremendous job of breaking down Manu Ginobili’s game and how Luke Kennard could learn from the legendary lefty.

3 reasons why this is the best Pistons team of the decade – Eli Bashi
-Bashi checks in with insights on why this year’s Pistons are going to be the best of the last 10 years.

One thing to be worried about from each Western Conference team – Aaron Kellerstrass
-Kellerstrass again checks in with why the Pistons should have concerns from more than the top of the Western Conference.

Which trade could benefit the Detroit Pistons the most? – Aaron Ferguson
-We asked Pistons Twitter to tell us what trades they’d make to improve the Pistons. Some were typical #TradeMachineSZN but others were insightful and made us think. Here are our thoughts.

Around the ‘net

James Harden is the NBA’s mad scientist – The Ringer, Danny Chau
-The lede is worth the read alone but so, too, is the look at James Harden’s offensive wizardry.

Shaquille O’Neal’s early adoption of Twitter has changed athlete relations forever – The Athletic ($), Zach Harper
-The art of reporting and how Shaquille O’Neal became a great Twitter follow after not knowing what Twitter was. This is a fascinating story that is prime NBA Twitter stuff.

Still confused about Spencer Dinwiddie turning his contract into a digital token? We talked to him and got him to explain – The Athletic ($), Shams Charania
-Last week we mentioned Spencer Dinwiddie’s new contract in Around the ‘net, so it’s only fair to run the follow up, too.

Next. Which trade benefits the Pistons the most?. dark

That’ll do it for this week’s edition. Training camp starts up next week for the Pistons, so we may be dropping the feature more frequently than once per week. Stay tuned!

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