Detroit Pistons Research Papers

Surprisingly, it was the Mavericks that met the injured players monetary demands and agreed to a four year, $70 million contract in July. This is a risky move for a player that just suffered such a serious injury, but the Maverick's feel that Matthew's upside and history of toughness makes the deal worth the risk.

Westbrook, the league’s second leading player in assists, finished with 15 points, 10 boards and 11 assists for

Marcus Morris is coming into his first season with the Pistons after previously playing for the Phoenix Suns. This Detroit team is young and has played well together overall. So far in two games, Morris has averaged 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. He’s also shot a solid 89 percent from the charity stripe and averages 36.5 minutes per contest. Morris is only owned in 34.9 percent of ESPN fantasy basketball leagues, so he is one player who I plan on picking up going forward. It already seems as if Marcus Morris has firmly planted himself within the starting five on this Pistons team, so he will be a great fantasy option going forward.

Tony Wroten averaged 17 points per game and 5.2 assists per game, but only played in 30 games. He should be healthy this upcoming season and ready to contribute. He has a bright future in the NBA as he is only 22 years old and has a lot of time to develop. Look for him to take a big leap this

Markieff Morris vs PHX ($5,300) - We know Markieff wasn’t happy with the Suns last season until they traded him, so expect plenty of emotion from him. Which, can go one of two ways, I’m hoping for the positive one.

Cousins is averaging 25.5 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.0 block per game after eight games this season. Despite putting up big numbers, Cousins and the Kings could only collect three wins with five losses (3-5) placing them at the 11th spot in the Western Conference. The poor record could lead to Cousins disappointment again and might precede his plan to leave the team.

With second-year coach Frank Vogel at the helm, the Magic are expected to push the tempo and play a faster pace of basketball, something that fits Gordon skill set. Last season Gordon mostly played small forward while averaging 12.7 points. This year he’s expected to play more power forward, this will allow him to have a speed advantage over slower defenders.

In the Sixers' first three preseason games, Embiid has been on a 12-minute restriction but has shown flashes of potential and athleticism that many analysts predicted when he first came out of Kansas.

His career highs so far are with the Timberwolves. He played in 57 games, his field goal (2-point shots) percentage is at .421, his 3-point percentage is at .304, his free throw percentage is at .641, and he has his high in rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks also. The only record he has broke since then was his free throw percentage that changed to .900 with the Raptors. In his whole career so far he has played in 151 games, has 472 rebounds, given 77 assists, has 58 steals, has 27 blocks, and 658 points. He has only played in four seasons, so this is impressive. Although he hasn’t won any championships, he has great achievements and who knows how his future will

He developed his outside shooting when his team competed in the Big 12. He hit more shots from beyond the arc than any other basketball player out there, except for Buddy Hield of Oklahoma. Not only he developed his outside shooting, but his defensive abilities as well. It happened during his career after a couple of years of being with the team. He's a pretty solid defender which is a plus and an advantage for the team. He believes that defense is one of the big keys to the team's success. Not only that, he believes that defense wins games and it's the best offense that you've got. No matter how many points you scored, you can't win without playing defense at all.

As much as I do like Hayward, he just isn’t my favorite fantasy shooting guard. I see much more upside in both Butler and Thompson overall, but he is very worthy of a roster spot on my fantasy teams. I will say you won’t be dissatisfied if you draft him this season, roster him with 20 points and 5 rebounds per game expectations.

Drummond had recently turned 22, he averages 13 points and 13 rebounds each game, and shot 51 percent from the field. Drummond became the first Piston player to have recorded three double-doubles over the Pistons' first three games of the 2016 season. He is young

Skilled big men are a highly sought-after commodity in the NBA. And there's no escaping the fact that the current Nets roster is awfully short on those, with only Lopez and Hamilton being able to play big minutes at the five. That's the biggest reason Sean Marks decided to take a flier on Egidijus Mockevicius, an undrafted 23-year-old Evansville graduate. Mockevicius was the NCAA's leading rebounder last season, averaging 14 rebounds per game for the Purple Aces. He also projects to be a decent rim protector, which is another thing NBA teams are high on. Like Ferrell and Beech before him, the Nets signed Mockevicius to a partially guaranteed one-year deal.

• Chandler Diekvoss has led the Lions in non-conference action this season with 18.0 points a game. He is shooting 57.6 percent from the field in those games. Diekvoss has also led the team in those games with 7.6 rebounds a contest.

Last season, he averaged 10.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1. 6 assists per game. Coach Van Gundy has said that Morris has been impressive this off-season and really showed that he can beat defenders off the dribble. He will be inserted into the Pistons’ starting lineup in 2015-16, so there will be plenty of opportunities for him to get us all fantasy points.