It has been a long time since the Detroit Pistons received any sort of national recognition or spotlight. You can’t blame the league for not wanting to feature them, even on the lowly NBATV. They’ve been one of the more hopeless franchises for years now.
Last year, however, the Pistons truly did turn things around with an amazing season, and it looks like the league and its broadcast partners are taking notice.
Two games of Detroit’s upcoming 82-game schedule have been released, and it looks as if the Pistons will be featured during the exclusive Monday night opening slate of games on Peacock, and capping the annual MLK Jr. slate of games, which will air on Peacock and on NBC.
The Pistons will host the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7 p.m. ET on Oct. 27, which will be the first night of games exclusive to Peacock. The Pistons will also host the Boston Celtics as the concluding game of a four-game slight on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 19 at 8 p.m.
The full Pistons schedule should be released on Wednesday or Thursday this week, and we will break down everything, from the games that will require you to subscribe to a streaming service (luckily I have Peacock thanks to a moderate Traitors obsession), the number of back-to-backs, identifying the most brutal part of the schedule, and more.
Detroit’s season will kick off in pretend fashion with four preseason games that have already been announced, starting with a road game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Oct. 6.