Van Gundy shoots down Brandon Jennings trade rumor: With the NBA trade deadline approaching in two weeks, the rumor mill is churning. One of the latest rumors, according to a Thursday report by Chris Sheridan of SheridanHoops.com, has the Nets and Pistons in discussions about a potential trade featuring Detroit backup point guard Brandon Jennings and Brooklyn power forward Thaddeus Young, along with other players. -- The Detroit News
Inconsistent Pistons need trade to make playoff run: There was no concealing Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy’s contempt. It’s rumor season in the NBA, just two weeks before the trade deadline. And it’s an indication of how much the Pistons have progressed in the national basketball discussion that their name gets tossed around with the rampant speculation. -- Detroit Free Press
Detroit 111, N.Y. 105: Pistons hold off Knicks' comeback: The Detroit Pistons showed national TV audience that they have problems playing a full 48 minutes. Up 27 points at one point in the first half, they surrendered the lead in the fourth only to be rescued by threes from Anthony Tolliver and Reggie Jackson to survive, 111-105, Thursday night at the Palace. -- Detroit Free Press
Pistons rookies Johnson, Hilliard step up with KCP out: The news for the Detroit Pistons’ shooting guards isn’t good. A couple of days after Jodie Meeks suffered a setback with his broken right foot, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, one of the team’s best defenders, sustained a right groin strain in the loss at Boston on Wednesday and was unavailable for Thursday night’s 111-105 win over the New York Knicks at the Palace. -- Detroit Free Press
Pistons start strong, hold off Knicks: Less than two minutes into Thursday night’s nationally televised game against the New York Knicks, the Pistons opened the scoring with three consecutive 3-pointers. The Pistons continued to pummel the Knicks in the second quarter and cruised into halftime with a 24-point lead. -- The Detroit News
Pistons’ Drummond earns spot in dunk contest: It’s official. Andre Drummond will take part in the Slam Dunk Contest on Feb. 13 at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre during All-Star weekend. The NBA announced the participants for each All-Star event prior to the Pistons nationally televised game. -- The Detroit News
Injury ends consecutive games streak for Pistons’ KCP: Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s run of 208 consecutive games played, the second-longest active streak behind Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson’s 336, came to an end Thursday. -- The Detroit News
Pistons' SVG refutes 'made up' Brandon Jennings-to-Brooklyn trade report: Stan Van Gundy saw the report earlier today and considers it baloney. The Detroit Pistons coach, speaking to reporters Thursday night before Detroit's nationally televised game vs. the New York Knicks (7 p.m., TNT), refuted a report from earlier in the day that has the Brooklyn Nets interested in backup point guard Brandon Jennings. -- MLive.com
Reggie Jackson has seen both sides of trade-deadline wishes: Last year, Detroit Pistons point guard Reggie Jackson was the expiring-contract player pining for a trade to escape a backup role in Oklahoma City, and got it. This year, with the NBA trade deadline two weeks away, his three backups are the ones without contracts next season, Brandon Jennings, Steve Blake and Spencer Dinwiddie. -- MLive.com
Detroit Pistons melt down, then pull it back together for gripping triumph: A Detroit Pistons team laden with first-half problems altered that script Thursday, in nearly devastating fashion, until their affinity for the 3-point shot saved them. -- MLive.com
Pistons' SVG, Reggie Jackson on guard's clutch 4th quarter vs. New York: Reggie Jackson was less than productive in the first three quarters, and he only shook his head at 6 for 16 shooting night, but once again he came up big when his team needed him most. -- MLive.com
Stanley Johnson steps up with 'money on the line' as Pistons get news on KCP: The Detroit Pistons got some comforting news Thursday night on the Kentavious Caldwell-Pope front. An MRI showed a strain on the shooting guard's core muscle, and while the team plans to shut him down for the next four games and re-evaluate him after the All-Star break, there were no tears, no breaks, and Caldwell-Pope could be seen prior to Detroit's 111-105 win over the New York Knicks walking under his own power. -- MLive.com