In David Aldridge's NBA.com article chronicleing the 'Melo saga he threw in this line. "A league source said Denver had made a recent attempt to pry Detroit guard Rip Hamilton from the Pistons without success to show Anthony that the organization could still put...
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Free Agency
Joe reaching out to Will Bynum, Ben Wallace and Matt Barnes. "97.1 The Ticket’s Matt Dery has confirmed a Yahoo sports report that Joe Dumars did contact free agent Brendan Haywood after midnight. Also contacted were Ben Wallace, Will Bynum and Matt Barnes." Via 97.1...
Charlie Villanueva misses Team Flight
Matt Dery of 97.1 The Ticket is reporting A source at the airport has confirmed to 97.1 The Ticket’s Matt Dery that Charlie Villenueva also missed the team plane yesterday to Philadelphia and had to fly commercial. Villenueva would not elaborate on his tweets from...
Heated Argument During Practice the Reason for The Villanueva – Daye Tweets
Matt Dery of 97.1 The Ticket I spoke to one Pistons source who tells me that practice yesterday turned in to a bit of a bickering-fest, with players and coaches involved (not unusual) and John Kuester even got some frustrated that he allegedly punted a basketball....
The Pistons vs. The Bucks
The Pistons would like to keep the pre-season perfect as they take on The Bucks tonight at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Tip off is at 7:30, but unfortunately this one won't be broadcast on television. If you want to catch the game you will have to tune into 97.1 The...
Rip Hamilton and Charlie Villanueva Media Day Interviews
From the desk of Matt Dery over at 97.1 The Ticket who covered The Pistons Media day on Monday. Matt asks the questions we want to hear from Rip...are you happy to be back? Iverson.... How unhappy were you last year....Great interview from Matt, Listen UP! Richard...
Chucky Atkins is Back
Well....sort of. From our Pistons Insider Matt Dery at 97.1 The Ticket "97.1 The Ticket has learned that the Pistons are bringing back guard Chucky Atkins. The veteran point man, recently released by Minnesota, will receive a non-guaranteed tryout with Detroit. Atkins...
The Rumor Mill
Plenty of things have been swirling when it comes to Detroit's offseason, but this comes from Yahoo Sport's Adrian Wojnarowski, who's been on point and breaking stories left and right. "Detroit is still exploring ways to make a deal for Utah Jazz forward Carlos...
Could Doug Collins be the one?
Our personal Pistons insider Matt Dery of 97.1 The Ticket talks Doug Collins on Fox News.
Matt Dery talks to Joe Dumars about the Rondo-Allen Rumor
We have audio with Joe Dumars from Matt Dery of 97.1 The Ticket. Diesel asks the burning question... Head over to 97.1 The Ticket and listen to the embedded audio under top headlines. Thanks to Matt for always keep us up to speed.