Rodney Stuckey
Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey collapsed Friday night in the second half of a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers right by the Detroit Pistons bench.
Plenty of tests have been done on the 23-year-old since then and it is looking very possible that he may have to miss the rest of the season, according to sources.
“I’m good, everything is good,” Stuckey told the paper, but also pointed out that nobody seemed to have an explanation as to what happened on Friday.
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Rodney Stuckey
Update: Stuckey is reportedly conscious and breathing on his own in a nearby health clinic.
Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey reportedly suffered a seizure after he walked off the court for a timeout with 2:30 remaining in the third quarter of Friday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena.
Stuckey, 23, was taken from the bench on a stretcher and transported to the Cleveland Clinic, according to ESPN. The network reported that Stuckey’s eyes were closed and he was receiving oxygen as he left the court.
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Richard Hamilton
The Cavs have intensified trade talks over the past several days and have been making some progress, according to sources that spoke to Brian Windhorst of the Plain Dealer.
Several sources have said Cleveland has included the Houston Rockets and Detroit Pistons in their conversations, possibly in an attempt to set up three-team deals.
The Cavs’ major targets are still believed to be forwards Antawn Jamison and Troy Murphy. But they have been having some conversations about shooting guards and the talks with the Pistons could involve Richard Hamilton.
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Drew Sharp
The Detroit Pistons could be sold. Pittsburgh has a new arena, with a lot of dates to fill between Penguins games. Can the Pittsburgh Pistons be far behind? Do not count on it.
But that has not stopped speculation about the potential for the Pistons to move to Pittsburgh, a city littered with the carcasses of professional basketball teams that came and failed.
It started with Detroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp, who warned in a Jan. 23 column that there is a possibility that a buyer of the Pistons, the National Basketball Association franchise, could move them elsewhere.
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Glen Davis
Perhaps if you were watching last night’s Celtics-Pistons game on television or listening on the radio, you heard an expletive yelled out.
That was Boston’s Glen “Big Baby” Davis shouting at a Detroit fan who kept calling him “fat boy”’ during the first half. Davis’s graphic remark stunned fans sitting behind the Celtics’ bench.
The fan, Scott Zack, was warned by arena security about his heckling but was determined to press the issue about Davis’s remark. Zack said he filed a complaint with NBA security.
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Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars broke up the Detroit Pistons when he was convinced they were no longer an Eastern Conference power.
Now that Detroit’s record is among the worst in the league, the team’s president of basketball operations sounds like he is ready to make more moves over the next month.
“We will not be averse to being active before the trading deadline,” Dumars said.
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Tayshaun Prince
If the Pistons are going to break up their core, Marc Stein of ESPN.com writes that Tayshaun Prince is the player most likely to be traded.
Prince’s contract ends after the 2010-11 season, during which he’ll make $11.1 million.
In addition, Detroit has young guys (like Austin Daye, Jonas Jerebko and DaJuan Summer) who can handle mintues at small forward.
“I know there are a lot of conversations going on,” one source said. “I’m sure Tay’s in play.”
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Darko Milicic
Darko Milicic told SLAM Magazine recently that the Pistons wasted the second overall pick on him when they selected him back in 2003.
“They did,” Milicic said. “They did waste a pick. Why did they take me? Who knows if I really had a chance to play like these players that play like Dwyane Wade or Carmelo. Those guys are incredible players.”
Milicic struggled on the bench in Detroit for three seasons before he was traded to Orlando. He has since landed in Memphis and New York and has said repeatedly that this will be his final season in the NBA.
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Ben Gordon
Detroit’s Ben Gordon has scored the 10 millionth point in NBA history.
Gordon made a jumper with 3:51 left in the second quarter of the Pistons’ game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night for the milestone point.
The first NBA points were scored by New York’s Ossie Schectman on Nov. 1, 1946, at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens.
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Charlie Villanueva
Well, it probably did not go as far as kissing and making up between John Kuester and Charlie Villanueva.
But the Pistons coach and backup power forward did have long a discussion after Wednesday’s practice session.
Kuester gave Villanueva the key to staying on the floor after he expressed frustration over playing only 12 minutes in Tuesday night’s home blowout loss to the Knicks.
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