Jose Calderon, who was a part of the deal that landed Rudy Gay in Toronto, is a Detroit Piston. Before the trade, he was a Toronto Raptor. The Pistons visited the Raptors last night at the Air Canada Centre last night, and at halftime Jose Calderon walked back towards the locker room – a path separated by a barrier, one for the visitors, one for the home squad. Jose Calderon, well he chose wrong.

Not one, not two. Okay, two. Two airballs.

The Clippers steamrolled another overmatched opponent last night, easily vanquishing the Pistons 129-97. While of course the Pistons, at 23-42, aren’t a good team, the won served as a reminder of just how good the Clippers can be when they have all their pieces working… and just how freakish they can be athletically.

So now the important question becomes, Kidd-Gilchrist or Harrison Barnes? Nikola Pekovic or Greg Monroe? There’s shame and glory to be had everywhere, so assign at your disposal.

Tayshaun Prince’s 10-plus years in Detroit ended in haste. Not hasty enough for one fan, however, who found out Prince’s fate quick enough to remove his No. 22 during the game.

If you’ve ever wanted to read a British columnist write British-y things about a non-British sport, do make the jump with us.

The children of the Grace Care Orphanage in West Nairobi, Kenya, are back for another famous sports reenactment, this time taking on the final moments of game 5 of the 1987 NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Detroit Pistons and the Larry Bird-led Boston Celtics.

Near the end of the second quarter in the Pistons-Rockets game last night, that game in which James Harden put the ball in the basket more than a few times, there was a minor mishap with the fog machine. And by mishap, we mean it went on and no one could turn it off.

Welcome to “Pretty Much Screwed,” our 2012-13 guide to the upcoming NBA season, in which we identify the reasons why your favorite team might have to start looking forward to 2013-2014 — and highlight at least one reason for you to be hopeful. Today: the Detroit Pistons, who are constantly stalling.

That’s right, a double alley-oop was thrown down at the Garden. It wasn’t the And-One Mixtape Tour, and it wasn’t even showboating by J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert. Well, alright, a little bit of showboating was involved. But have you guys ever seen one of these in a real game before? Check it out, after the jump.