Jeff Bower: 'We are for the better' after Cavs sweep: When looking at the group the Pistons have assembled, general manager Jeff Bower said the gulf between the Detroit Pistons and the powers in the Eastern Conference is shrinking because of new ideas the organization has used in scouting players already in the league. Despite being swept by Cleveland in the first-round, ending the franchise’s six-year playoff drought was worth it. -- Detroit Free Press

Tobias Harris, NBA player, urges kids to ‘work like a pro’: Detroit Pistons forward Tobias Harris told dozens of student athletes Wednesday that his path from classrooms and basketball courts on Long Island to NBA stardom was carved by goal-setting, sheer will and persistence. Harris, speaking to students at Hempstead’s Alverta B. Gray Schultz Middle School, stressed that they too can achieve great things if they set their minds to it. -- Newsday