On Wednesday, Dick Vitale, my mentor, a longtime ESPN college basketball broadcaster and a Hall of Famer, will be the recipient of the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at this year's ESPY Awards.
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Three quick observations for Friday night’s 110-104 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder at Little Caesars Arena
KIDS NIGHT – Somebody will check the records, but the Pistons and Oklahoma City Thunder might have sent out the youngest collective group of starters in NBA history on Friday night. The Pistons – starting Saddiq Bey, who turned 22 last week; Sekou Doumbouya, 20; Isaiah Stewart, 19; Josh Jackson, 24; and Killian Hayes, 19 – averaged 21 years 2 months. Oklahoma City came in even younger by a month. The Pistons played without Wayne Ellington, Mason Plumlee, Jerami Grant, Cory Joseph, Rodney McGruder, Hamidou Diallo and Dennis Smith Jr. Josh Jackson – the oldest starter for either team – led the Pistons with 29 points. The three Pistons first-round draft picks had a big impact on the game: Saddiq Bey scored 18 points and did that despite going 2 of 12 from the 3-point arc, showing off the progress he’s made at finishing inside, where he was 6 of 8;
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