The Detroit Pistons will be without both Bojan Bogdanovic and Monte Morris for several weeks.

Bogdanovic will be out at least four weeks with a right calf strain.

Morris will be out at least three weeks after suffering a right quad strain.

The Detroit Pistons will convert wing Stanley Umude to a two-way contract. Umude is currently signed to an Exhibit 10 contract.

Umude appeared in one NBA game with Detroit last season. In 43 games with the Motor City Cruise of the G League, the 6-foot-6 wing averaged 15.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. In the 2023 NBA preseason, Umude averaged 9.3 points and shot 43.8% on three-pointers.

The Detroit Pistons completed a series of transactions, as they cut down their roster in advance of the regular season. Detroit waived Buddy Boeheim, Tosan Evbuomwan, Jontay Porter and Zavier Simpson. The Pistons also signed-and-waived Treveon Graham, David Nwaba, Nate Roberts and Ryan Turell.

All eight players are expected to join the Motor City Cruise of the G League for this season.

The Pistons roster stands at 15 players on standard contracts and two players on two-way contracts.

The Houston Rockets have held trade discussions with the Detroit Pistons on a move for Alec Burks, sources tell Jake Fischer of Yahoo.

Burks is on a $10.5 million salary that nearly matches that of Victor Oladipo, who the Rockets just acquired from the Oklahoma City Thunder as part of the Kevin Porter Jr. trade. Detroit has a crunch for available backcourt minutes. 

The Rockets have also touched base with the Utah Jazz on Talen Horton-Tucker, and with the Portland Trail Blazers on Malcolm Brogdon. Both Brogdon and the Blazers