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Detroit Pistons Fire Off Reaction After NBA’s Big Announcement

Multiple Pistons players have been suspended by the NBA.
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Mar 21, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart (28) warms up before the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Detroit Pistons at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images
Mar 21, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart (28) warms up before the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Detroit Pistons at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

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On Tuesday, the NBA made an expected announcement. Multiple Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves players have been punished for their involvement in Sunday’s skirmish.

According to the NBA, Minnesota’s Donte DiVincenzo and Naz Reid have been suspended one game without pay. On Detroit’s side, Marcus Sasser and Ron Holland have been hit with a one-game suspension, while the veteran center Isaiah Stewart collected a two-game suspension.

“The length of Stewart’s suspension is based in part on his repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts,” NBA Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations wrote in the release.

After the big suspension announcement was made, the Pistons’ X account fired off a fitting post.

via @DetroitPistons: Detroit vs. Everybody

Throughout the 2024-2025 NBA season, the Pistons have embraced their “you’re with us or against us” mentality throughout the year. Being a young and scrappy team, playing for an organization that once had a “Bad Boys” reputation in the NBA, the Pistons have been bringing that identity back.

Three suspensions ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder battle on Wednesday is certainly not ideal. Since the Pistons have an opportunity to continue building on their stance in the Eastern Conference’s fifth seed, every game matters, as the Milwaukee Bucks are still competing for that spot.

Going into Wednesday’s matchup, the Pistons will be without Holland, Sasser, Stewart, and the injured Jaden Ivey. The statuses of Cade Cunningham and Tobias Harris remain in question, too, as they were both ruled out ahead of the loss against the Timberwolves on Sunday.

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Justin Grasso was a credentialed writer and publisher covering the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated’s 76ers On SI Network. Grasso got his start in sports media in 2016 with FantasyPros, working the news desk, providing game-by-game player analysis and updates on the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. By 2017, he joined FanSided’s Philadelphia Eagles site as a staff writer. After spending one season covering the Eagles as a staff writer, Grasso was promoted to become the site’s Co-Editor. For the next two NFL seasons, he covered the Eagles closely before broadening his NFL coverage. For a brief stint, Grasso covered the NFL on a national basis after joining Heavy.com as an NFL news desk writer. In 2019, Grasso joined the 76ers' beat on a part-time basis, stepping into a role with South Jersey’s 97.3 ESPN. Ahead of the 2019-2020 NBA season, he concluded a three-year stint covering the Eagles and joined the Sixers beat full-time. Grasso has covered the 76ers exclusively since then for Sports Illustrated. He is a member of the Pro Basketball Writers Association. Twitter: @JGrasso_ Instagram: @JGrassoMedia

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