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Isaiah Stewart Rumors
Omari Sankofa II: Trajan on Jaden Ivey and Isaiah Stewart's injury status: "I wouldn't say there a full go but they’re coming along. They’ll be ready for camp."
Scottie Barnes to play for Jamaica?
Daniel Blake: BREAKING: Been informed that talks are underway for @Raptors All-Star Scottie Barnes, @DetroitPistons centre Isaiah Stewart & @spurs guard Devin Vassell to join Jamaica’s growing basketball team. Twin brothers Amen & Ausar Thompson begun their passport process last week. @LAClippers star Norman Powell & @Timberwolves guard Josh Minott have already committed & will play in the FIBA World Cup Americas Pre-Qualifiers in August.
Omari Sankofa II: JB on if we could see Stewart in Game 7: "He's day-to-day ... He did more today than he did yesterday, and then it's how does he respond tomorrow. We'll have to wait and see."
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Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart will sit out his third straight game Sunday when he misses Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round series against the visiting New York Knicks due to right knee inflammation. Stewart, who originally was listed as questionable for Sunday's game, is listed as out on the NBA injury report.
Tim Bontemps: JB Bickerstaff says Isaiah Stewart will be day-to-day moving forward in the series. Stewart, a very good defensive center for Detroit, is out for Game 2 with right knee inflammation, an issue that limited him down the stretch in Game 1.
Ian Begley: Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart will not play tonight vs NYK, per the injury report.
Ian Begley: Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart had to get imaging on his leg after Game 1, per SNY sources. Stewart exited game in 4th quarter - at very start of NYK’s big run. He was laboring for most of G1. Given Stewart’s importance, this injury will clearly impact the rest of NYK-DET series.
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It will be the first playoff experience for everyone else in J.B. Bickerstaff’s normal rotation – Cunningham, Jalen Duren, Ausar Thompson, Ron Holland II, Isaiah Stewart and Simone Fontecchio. The Pistons privately talked about getting to the playoffs long before anyone thought it possible and they’ve adopted a one-day-at-a-time focus with the long-term goal of having it pay off in a playoff berth. But Bickerstaff knows enough about playoff basketball to know that no matter how long and hard his young players have thought about the experience, they won’t truly appreciate the essence until wading into the waters. “It’s a completely different basketball game,” he said. “And until you’re in it, it’s hard to understand it. We’ve been through this before. At some point in time, we were all kids and didn’t listen to our parents, either, and didn’t figure it out until we experienced it on our own. That’s what the playoffs are. We can tell guys what to expect, but until we experience it you don’t understand just how different it is from an intensity standpoint, from the execution of schemes, the importance of possession-by-possession basketball.”
Coty M. Davis: #Pistons' injury report vs. Bucks: Cade Cunningham (left knee patellar Tendinopathy, probable), Ausar Thompson (left knee patellar Tendinopathy, out), Isaiah Stewart (right knee inflammation, out), Jaden Ivey (Left fibula fracture, out)
Isaiah Stewart: "Being a dad has changed me in so many ways. I look at my son sometimes, and it still feels surreal. I’m like, 'Man, I’m somebody’s father.' Growing up, I looked at my dad like Superman. He did everything for us. He worked long hours, made sure we were good, taught us life lessons—even when I didn’t want to hear them. He’d repeat himself, and I’d be like, 'Man, you already said that.' But now, I find myself doing the same thing with my son. I’m like, 'You’re going to need this one day, so I’m going to keep feeding it to you.' It’s come full circle. Being a dad makes me appreciate my own father even more. It’s also made me more patient, more aware. It’s added another layer to who I am. I don’t just play for me anymore. I play for my family. My son’s watching me. That means everything."
Coty M. Davis: #Pistons' injury report vs. Bucks: Malik Beasley (illness, questionable); Cade Cunningham (left knee patellar Tendinopathy, probable); Isaiah Stewart (right knee, out); Jaden Ivey (Left fibula fracture, out)
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