
Dwane Casey Rumors

Going into Friday’s games, the Pistons were one of six teams to have played 12 games. Their cumulative record: 24-48. Only the Los Angeles Clippers, at 7-5, had a winning record. So many games so early in the season after a training camp and preseason shortened to three weeks in recent years appears to handicap teams. “That’s why next week is going to be huge,” Casey said. “We’ve got three or four days we can practice. Before, there was one day in between. It sounds like excuses, like the other night (before their Tuesday game at Miami), getting in at 6 in the morning. Sounds like an excuse. But it’s going to take a while for our guys to jell together, work together, learn each other. With Blake (Griffin) and Derrick (Rose) back, for them to learn each other. It’s going to be a marathon. But it didn’t help with the few days off that we had between games.”

James Edwards III: Dwane Casey said #Pistons’ Bruce Brown is starting. Said his knee bothers him more when he sits and tries to get going again.

Vincent Ellis: Dwane Casey on Andre Drummond full-court rushes: “For all you analytical people, the numbers are good. We remember the one time he goes and tries to drive through the entire team – and I remember it.” #Pistons
Rod Beard: #Pistons Dwane Casey on running offense with so many starters out: “You have to improvise and try to be creative and manufacture points when we’re missing as many points as we’re missing out of our lineup.”

Rod Beard: #Pistons Dwane Casey on Derrick Rose not playing because of injury/load management: “A little bit of both. Tight hamstring, but we’re going to make sure he’s upright and going toward the end of the year. He’s playing hard and putting in hard minutes.”

Mike McGraw: Assistant Sidney Lowe meeting reporters pregame instead of Dwane Casey, who is under the weather. Pistons PR says Casey is planning to coach tonight vs #Bulls
Rod Beard: #Pistons Dwane Casey says starting Luke Kennard is mostly from necessity: “I love keeping the second unit together and they’re very productive; he and Derrick Rose have a good combo going… We have to balance that out but right now, it’s something we have to go with to make do.”