After taking a one-year deal with Detroit and betting on himself, Pistons guard Malik Beasley is set to cash in this summer during free agency after becoming a locker room leader and finishing second in Sixth Man of the Year voting and total three-pointers made this season (319). Heading into the offseason, the Pistons and Beasley have mutual interest in agreeing to a new contract,
league sources told HoopsHype.
Source: HoopsHype
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Michael Scotto
@MikeAScotto
Story: Reporting on free agency for Pistons guards Malik Beasley and Dennis Schroder and Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome, a new potential Suns coaching candidate, David Adelman’s future as Nuggets coach, a new Pelicans hire, and NBA Draft update on @hoopshype. hoopshype.com/lists/nba-inte… – 1:45 PM
Story: Reporting on free agency for Pistons guards Malik Beasley and Dennis Schroder and Cavaliers guard Ty Jerome, a new potential Suns coaching candidate, David Adelman’s future as Nuggets coach, a new Pelicans hire, and NBA Draft update on @hoopshype. hoopshype.com/lists/nba-inte… – 1:45 PM
StatMuse
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Lowest FG% this playoffs (min. 75 FGA):
37.2 — Jalen Green
37.3 — Malik Beasley
41.5 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
41.7 — Jayson Tatum pic.x.com/x7gWS8D0my – 12:28 PM
Lowest FG% this playoffs (min. 75 FGA):
37.2 — Jalen Green
37.3 — Malik Beasley
41.5 — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
41.7 — Jayson Tatum pic.x.com/x7gWS8D0my – 12:28 PM
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Michael Scotto: Detroit Pistons free agent Malik Beasley: “In my whole 9 years in the NBA, I never had as much fun coming to the gym. I’ve been through a lot of stuff just this year alone. Every day coming in was probably the best thing that happened to me. It’s definitely a place I want to be.”
pic.x.com/hStv80DX2g -via Twitter @MikeAScotto
/ May 2, 2025
For the most part, the Knicks have been able to minimize Jalen Brunson’s weaknesses on defense by having him camp out Detroit’s least dynamic players. So far, that’s meant matching up with Tim Hardaway Jr. and, to a lesser extent, Malik Beasley
. But at the end of Game 5, Brunson rolled his ankle. I’ll be watching Game 6 to see if Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff targets Brunson by ramping up Hardaway’s role as a screener or by replacing him with someone who will make Brunson move his feet on defense. A lineup of Cade Cunningham, Dennis Schroder, Ausar Thompson, Tobias Harris, and Jalen Duren lacks shooting, but it would force Brunson to either guard the ball (Schroder) or box out someone much bigger than him (Thompson). Either way, it could work in Detroit’s favor. -via Substack
/ May 1, 2025
As the Detroit Pistons enter a new chapter with a retooled front office and fresh talent, Mahorn sees signs of real cohesion. “It seems that they have a togetherness about them,” said Mahorn. “It seems like the veteran leadership is very contagious with Tobias Harris, Malik Beasley and Tim Hardaway Jr. and then the rookies are responding with Ausar Thompson and Ron Holland.”
“You gotta credit — it starts from the top. Trajon [Langdon] did a great job coming in his first GM year to hire a guy like J.B. Bickerstaff… His record has shown. Nobody gives him that type of credit from Houston and when he took over Cleveland. He has a pedigree with his dad, Bernie Bickerstaff. I’ve known him since he was a kid. And so to see his relationship with the players is more about making sure they’re on the right page.” -via ScoopB.com
/ April 25, 2025