Tayshaun

Prince

Per the report, no interview has taken place yet, but if Prince is interested in an assistant GM job and available to interview, he’ll be a candidate for it. Prince is the VP of Basketball Affairs with the Grizzlies, so it would likely be a promotion on a team got him to an NBA title.

Ronald Dupree did a good job filling in, with nine points and eight rebounds.

“I don’t want to get caught up in starting lineups,” Brown said. “Memo is going to start some and Tayshaun is going to start some. I’ve never don’t that before. I like to keep it consistent. But for the time being, this is the way we’re going to go.” Prince doesn’t have much fantasy value with Wallace taking playing time away from him.

“I am going to start treating Tayshaun like a young guy instead of him thinking he’s a vet,” Brown said. “He’s going to start coming over on the first bus and be treated like a rookie now. I think we’ve taken for granted that he’s played a lot and I don’t want to do that. We can’t have him just being out there.” Prince and Brown had an animated discussion on the bench Monday. Brown yelled at Prince to start demanding the ball. Prince yelled back, saying that it wasn’t his job to tell veteran players to pass him the ball. With Richard Hamilton out, Prince is expected to start at shooting guard with Corliss Williamson entering the lineup at small forward.

Apparently both sides want Prince to stay in Detroit and they expect a deal to be in place by training camp.

Prince, the former Piston great, first accepted a front office role with the Grizzlies back in 2017.

He led the Pistons with 20 points and added seven boards, three assists and a three-pointer in the win, and was the best player for the Pistons in this series. This game was close until the third quarter, which saw LeBron James score just one point. The Pistons outshot the Cavs 43% to 31% in the win, and shut down the Cavaliers’ offense in the second half.

Prince is playing like an all-star right now, but the Pistons are just hopeful he doesn’t tire out for the Finals, like he did last year. “The one guy that didn’t make the All-Star team is the one guy that’s definitely playing like an All-Star,” coach Flip Saunders said. Prince has scored at least 20 points in six straight playoff games.

This was much better than his 1-of-7 performance in Game 3, but the Pistons allowed the Heat to shoot nearly 60% and now have their backs up against the wall, down 3-1. Game 5 is Wednesday in Detroit, and many analysts are saying the Heat will wrap up the series in that game. While it’s too early to count the Pistons out, this doesn’t look good for Detroit.

This series is not over, as they’ll play Game 6 Friday in Miami. The Pistons looked like the Pistons of old tonight, contesting nearly every shot the Heat put up and blocking seven shots, the most swats they’ve had in the playoffs this year. Prince also had seven boards, three assists, a steal and a block in the win and hit a clutch three-pointer off a Shaquille O’Neal block with just over four minutes left to put the Pistons up by six points.