Jodie Meeks suffered a Jones fracture in his right foot in the Detroit Pistons' second game of the season.

Meeks missed the first six weeks of last season with a back injury that came after the first preseason game.

"You feel bad for the guy," Stan Van Gundy said. "Last year, it's the first exhibition game -- he plays one exhibition game and he goes out.

"And now he comes back in great shape, came off a really good last preseason game, and gets a fracture tonight. He's sort of snakebit right now, and I feel for him."

Danny Granger has been waived by the Detroit Pistons.

Granger will need approximately a month to complete rehabilitation on a plantar fasciitis injury in his left foot.

Granger was unable to participate in Pistons' training camp.

Granger played in 30 games with the Miami Heat last season before his trade to the Phoenix Suns.

The Oklahoma City Thunder led the NBA in efficiency differential during the preseason with a mark of +12.5.

During the 14-15 preseason, the Golden State Warriors had the league's best mark with +11.0, which became a first indicator of their jump as title contenders.

Here's the full rankings from the 15-16 preseason:

1. Thunder: 12.5
2. Celtics: 11.6
3. Grizzlies: 11.5
4. Wizards: 10.4
5. Hornets: 10.0
6. Pistons: 7.1
7. Raptors: 5.6
8. Pacers: 4.7
9. Knicks: 4.0
10. Suns: 3.9
11. Nuggets: 3.5
12. Kings: 3.3
13. Magic: 2.8
14. Blazers: 1.8
15. Jazz: 0.4
16. Heat: 0.0
17. Hawks: -0.7
18. Rockets: -0.7
19. Nets: -1.0
20. Warriors: -1.3
21. Spurs: -1.9
22. Lakers: -2.1
23. Bucks: -3.4
24. Bulls: -3.6
25. Pelicans: -3.6
26. Clippers: -4.2
27. Cavaliers: -6.5
28. 76ers: -8.6
29. Mavericks: -10.7
30. Wolves: -11.0

The Detroit Pistons have exercised team options on the contracts of guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and forward Reggie Bullock.

In two seasons with the Pistons, Caldwell-Pope has appeared in 162 games (123 starts) averaging 9.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 blocks in 25.7 minutes per game. He led the team in 3-pointers made (153), total minutes (2,587) and minutes per game (31.5) last season. Caldwell-Pope was named to the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge at NBA All-Star 2015. The 6-foot-5, 205-pound guard was selected by Detroit in the first round (#8 overall) of the 2013 NBA Draft.

Bullock was acquired by Detroit on July 9 from the Phoenix Suns. He appeared in six preseason games with the Pistons and averaged 10.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 19.3 minutes per game. Drafted by the Clippers with the 25th overall selection in the first round of the 2013 NBA Draft, Bullock owns career averages of 2.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 9.3 minutes in 79 games.

The Detroit Pistons have requested waivers on guard Ryan Boatright.

A 6’0”, 170-pound guard, Boatright went undrafted out of Connecticut in the 2015 NBA Draft and signed with the Pistons on October 23. In four preseason games with the Brooklyn Nets, Boatright averaged 4.3 points, 1.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 13.9 minutes per game.

The Detroit Pistons have requested waivers on forward Cartier Martin, guard/forward Adonis Thomas and center Jordan Bachynski.

Martin signed with the Pistons as a free agent on August 18, 2014. In 23 games with Detroit, he averaged 1.6 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 8.6 minutes per game. In 243 career NBA games (15 starts) with Charlotte, Golden State, Washington, Atlanta, Chicago and Detroit, Martin has averages of 5.1 points, 1.9 rebounds, 0.5 assists and 13.8 minutes per game. 

Thomas was signed on July 23, 2015 after spending last season with the Grand Rapids Drive, the Pistons’ NBA Development League affiliate. In one preseason game with the Pistons, he recorded two points and one assist in 10 minutes. Thomas spent two seasons in the D-League, where he averaged 18.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 85 games with the Grand Rapids Drive and the Springfield Armor.

Bachynski was signed to the training camp roster on September 28. In two preseason games, he totaled six points and one rebound in six minutes. The 7-foot-2, 248-pound center split time last season between the Westchester Knicks of the NBA’s Developmental League and Eskisehir Basket of the Turkish Basketball League. Bachynski played collegiately at Arizona State and went undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft.

Andre Drummond and the Detroit Pistons have agreed not to sign a long-term extension before the Nov. 2nd deadline in order to preserve cap space for the 2016 offseason.

Drummond was a strong candidate to sign up to a five-year, $120 million maximum contract extension.

The move will allow the Pistons to enter free agency with nearly $13 million in additional salary cap space next summer than if Drummond had signed a max contract extension now.

Several players on the roster have non-guaranteed contracts for next season but this move would potentially allow the Pistons to create more than $30 million to use on free agents and then still be able to sign Drummond.

"Andre wants to be here long term," Stan Van Gundy told reporters in Detroit. "He wants us to have the flexibility to continue to add people to this team." 

Drummond averaged 13.8 points and 13.5 rebounds last season. He has only missed one game in the past two seasons.

The Milwaukee Bucks have length at every position and how Jason Kidd organizes his rotations will be one of the NBA's most interesting storylines.

"It will be interesting with them on how they all come together and how Jason plans to use them all once Jabari is back," Stan Van Gundy said before the Bucks played the Detroit Pistons. "To get that combination of length and quickness defensively and keep enough shooting on the floor — it is not an easy balance."

The Bucks were one of the NBA's best defensive teams last season, but often struggled with their spacing on offense.

NBC Sports writer and founder of Detroit Pistons blog PistonPowered Dan Feldman (@DanFeldmanNBA) joins Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) to preview the Pistons season.  

Included: Whether Andre Drummond, Reggie Jackson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope can break out this year; if the Pistons defense can take the next step, whether picking Stanley Johnson over Justise Winslow was the right move; season predictions and best/worst case scenario; and grading GM Stan Van Gundy and owner Tom Gores.

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The Detroit Pistons have requested waivers on forward Eric Griffin.

Griffin was signed to the training camp roster on September 28 and played for the Texas Legends of the NBA’s Developmental League last season. In 49 games, he averaged 19.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.4 blocks in 35.2 minutes.

The Orlando native played collegiately at Campbell University and went undrafted in the 2012 NBA Draft.