Isaiah Stewart Rumors

Anthony Slater: Jalen Duren is questionable for the Pistons tonight vs Warriors. Second night of back-to-back for Detroit. Cade Cunningham and Isaiah Stewart already out. Warriors playing their healthy vets (Draymond, Porzingis, Melton) on front side of back-to-back (at Atlanta tomorrow).

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Chris Haynes: Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart will be sidelined at least a week with a Grade 1 left calf strain.

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Omari Sankofa II: Isaiah Stewart (left calf strain) remains out tomorrow @ Wizards

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Omari Sankofa II: JB Bickerstaff said there's no timeline for Isaiah Stewart, who's out with a left calf strain. "It’s something he’s been dealing with. It just had been getting worse. He gutted it out last game and I think you could see he was favoring it late … it’s something we’re going to take time with."

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Omari Sankofa II: Ausar Thompson (right ankle sprain) is probable to play vs the Raptors tomorrow after missing five games. Isaiah Stewart (left calf strain) is out. Tobias Harris isn't listed after missing one game, which means he's returning.

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Coincidentally, Robinson’s history as a player who was not appreciated to the full extent of his talent gives him a unique insight to a PR struggle that Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart has dealt with after picking up a seven-game suspension for fighting last month. “One thing about Stew that really bothers me when I hear it publicly is that people try to boil him down to certain moments,” Robinson said on the Young Man and the Three podcast. “Stew does so much more than just being like a physical force or intimidator. Obviously, the protecting the rim thing is talked about, but passing, spacing the floor, there’s so much more to his game. People that actually watch Pistons games know that.”

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Now that Robinson’s had an opportunity to play with Stewart for 65 games, the full depth of Beef Stew’s game has finally crystallized for his first-year teammate. “I think people like national media or people that are tuning in and out might see the moments where he’s trying to be an enforcer the way that he is,” Robinson said. “I don’t know how you feel about that because we’ve actually never spoken about it, but when people try to boil you down to one thing, I think it just minimizes everything you do on the court, honestly.”

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NBA Courtside: Duncan Robinson on the Charlotte vs. Detroit incident: “It looked and I could see how there could be a narrative outwardly of like, oh, I like left my guy hanging or I didn’t care about Stew or whatever. Like, and that was actually the only aspect of it that like I wanted to make sure Stew and I were cool, not like publicly, but like and I do think Stew and my teammates know that I like ride for them. Obviously, it’s going to be a little different than how Stew rides for his teammates. Like I’m also goin to be authentically me, right? And in that moment, I got captured. It looked bad, it did to be honest. Like it didn’t look like I was down for the cause. You know, I learned my lesson. Next I’m going to grab someone, at least make it, you know, kind of get in the middle.” (Via @OldManAndThree)

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Omari Sankofa II: Stew on Wemby: "He’s a tall guy, man. He takes up a lot of space. We have to do a better job of moving him around and playing straight through his chest. That helps us and that’s where he struggles at, when he’s got defenders going at his chest."

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“That’s part of this job, figuring out when you can get a guy a game and you can look at the schedule — we try to do that the best we can,” Atkinson said. “You always look back on it like, ‘Man, should we have (given a player more rest)?’ This is more of a contact thing (with Allen). The soft tissue is one of the ones where you’re like, ‘That’s overuse.’” Jarrett Allen loves to play in the regular season — he didn’t miss a single game last year — and has no interest in sitting out now, especially after injuries to his fingers forced him out during the early months. Still, he seemed to be toughing out a difficult night Tuesday, battling not only behemoth center Jaren Duren but also backup big man Isaiah Stewart, who returned from his seven-game suspension for fighting with the Charlotte Hornets.

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Omari Sankofa II: Donovan Mitchell (right groin strain) is out tomorrow vs the Pistons. James Harden isn't on the injury report. Neither is Isaiah Stewart, who has completed his seven-game suspension and will be available.

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The comparisons between Ben Wallace and Isaiah Stewart are natural, irresistible even. "I definitely see it," Wallace told ESPN. Both are underestimated, undersized big men who played well above their listed height. Both carry a clear edge in every aspect of their games. And both happen to play large roles in turnarounds for a city uniquely equipped to appreciate them. "He paved the way for us undersized guys," Stewart said. "I'm trying to live up to that and put my name somewhere positive in this organization."

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But Wallace loves to watch Stewart carrying on the gritty big man tradition in Detroit. And Stewart, for his part, cherishes the example Wallace set in the early 2000s. The big men's bond is unspoken but telling. Stewart, coming to the free throw line in the second quarter of a Jan. 15 game against the Phoenix Suns, spotted the 6-9 Wallace sitting courtside. The two made eye contact, and between deep breaths, Stewart pounded his chest twice. Wallace nodded in receipt. Seeing the respectful exchange, a source who knows Wallace well summed it up: "Ben looks at Stewart like a proud father."

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Giannis to Booker: "You make everything look cool, man, but you wear a different jersey than me, you could wear the same jersey as me, I’m like Isaiah Stewart, I’ll fight for you."

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