{"id":69363,"date":"2024-03-20T17:12:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=69363"},"modified":"2024-03-20T17:12:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:12:12","slug":"breaking-news-detroit-pistons-lose-duo-for-rest-of-season-ausar-thompson-isaiah-stewart-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/20\/breaking-news-detroit-pistons-lose-duo-for-rest-of-season-ausar-thompson-isaiah-stewart-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Detroit Pistons Lose Duo for Rest of Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to The Athletic&#8217;s Shams Charania, Detroit Pistons rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompau01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ausar Thompson<\/a> will be sidelined for the remainder of the season due to a blood clot. Thompson has not appeared in a game since Detroit&#8217;s 124-142 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on March 9. On the season, the 21-year-old played in 63 games and started 38 of them. In those games, Thompson averaged 8.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game. Furthermore, Detroit also announced center\/power forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stewais01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaiah Stewart<\/a> will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pistons_PR\/status\/1770546699359994289?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">miss the rest of the season<\/a> for the Pistons due to a right hamstring injury. The 22-year-old averaged 10.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per game in 46 games played.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pistons rookie forward Ausar Thompson will miss the remainder of the season while being treated for a blood clot.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1770545176198733932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 12-56 Pistons currently own the second-worst record in the league and are not in playoff contention.<\/p>\n<h2>Breaking News: Detroit Pistons Lose Duo for Rest of Season<\/h2>\n<h3>What Ausar Thompson&#8217;s Absence Means for the Pistons<\/h3>\n<p>The Pistons selected Thompson with the fifth pick during last year&#8217;s NBA Draft. Throughout the season, the California native showcased his potential. Most notably, Thompson&#8217;s athleticism and general defense made him effective throughout his rookie year. Although there is still room for improvement for the forward, the team clearly has high hopes for him, considering him <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/rumor\/2635789\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">untouchable<\/a> during the 2024 NBA Trade Deadline.<\/p>\n<p>For the last month of his season, Thompson had been Detroit&#8217;s starting small forward. In his absence, the Pistons have inserted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fontesi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simone Fontecchio<\/a> into the starting lineup. For the remainder of the season, it is likely Fontecchio will be utilized more heavily to replace Thompson. Furthermore, the Pistons will likely rely on wings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fournev01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Fournier<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/iveyja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaden Ivey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The Pistons Will Also Miss Isaiah Stewart<\/h3>\n<p>This season was a wild one for Stewart. In February, Stewart was arrested and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/23\/pistons-isaiah-stewart-suspended-3-games-by-the-nba\/\" target=\"_self\">received a three-game suspension<\/a> from the league for an off-court altercation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/eubandr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Eubanks<\/a> of the Phoenix Suns. Furthermore, Stewart missed multiple games just before his suspension due to an ankle injury. However, despite this, Stewart was effective for the Pistons. With Detroit this season, the New York native was a good rebounder and defender. Plus, his perimeter scoring was a career-best for Stewart this season. In his absence, Detroit may give big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wisemja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Wiseman<\/a> more minutes. Furthermore, it will be interesting to see if forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=browntr01,browntr02&amp;search=Troy+Brown&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Troy Brown Jr<\/a>. becomes a more consistent piece of the team&#8217;s rotation from here on out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Pistons say both Ausar Thompson and Isaiah Stewart will miss the final 14 games of Detroit\u2019s season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qLlYu1aIpD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qLlYu1aIpD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/1770546219741335829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word on the Detroit Pistons<\/h3>\n<p>Although the Pistons will not be in the postseason this year, losing Stewart and Thompson for the rest of the season is a big blow. However, the team should be excited for Thompson&#8217;s return next season. The forward showed lots of promise and will likely be a part of the team&#8217;s main core for the future. As for Stewart, the four-year Pistons big should have a role with Detroit once he returns from his injury. With 14 games remaining this season, it will be interesting to see if the team can finish strong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to The Athletic&#8217;s Shams Charania, Detroit Pistons rookie Ausar Thompson will be sidelined for the remainder of the season due to a blood clot. Thompson has not appeared in a game since Detroit&#8217;s 124-142 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on March 9. On the season, the 21-year-old played in 63 games and started 38 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":69392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,10,2,62,3,28],"tags":[4704,49060,131,2380,4107,2107,49053,46159],"class_list":["post-69363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-pistons","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","category-suns","tag-ausar-thompson","tag-drew-eubanks","tag-evan-fournier","tag-isaiah-stewart","tag-jaden-ivey","tag-james-wiseman","tag-simone-fontecchio","tag-troy-brown-jr"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}