Markieff Morris has been fined $35,000 for directing inappropriate and offensive language toward a game official.

The incident occurred during the Pistons’ 117-111 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, October 26 at Little Caesars Arena.

Blake Griffin will not travel to Indiana while continuing a treatment and conditioning regimen for left hamstring and posterior knee soreness.

Griffin will be re-evaluated for a return to action the first week of November.

The Detroit Pistons have waived Joe Johnson.

Johnson was signed by the Pistons after becoming BIG3 MVP this past summer.

The Pistons are deciding to use their roster spots on Christian Wood and Khyri Thomas.

The Detroit Pistons are likely to give Christian Wood a spot on their regular season roster, league sources told Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports.

Wood played in 21 games for the Pelicans and Bucks last season.

The Detroit Pistons have signed guard Craig Sword and waived Todd Withers. 

Sword, 6-3, 196, spent the last two seasons with the Erie Bayhawks of the NBA G League. In 98 career G League games, he’s averaged 8.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists. He’s also played in the Mexican and Polish leagues over the last two seasons. Collegiately, Sword played four seasons at Mississippi State University where he averaged 12.1 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.

Withers appeared in one preseason game with the Pistons this year. Last season he averaged 6.9 points and 5.5 rebounds for the Grand Rapids Drive, the NBA’s G League affiliate of the Detroit Pistons.

The Detroit Pistons have exercised its team option for the 2020-21 season on Luke Kennard.  

Kennard, 23, was drafted 12^th overall in the 2017 NBA Draft and has averaged 8.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 136 career NBA games.  Last season, he averaged career highs in points (9.7 ppg), rebounds (2.9 rpg) and assists (1.8 apg) while shooting a team-high 39% from the 3-point range and connecting on a career-high 106 3-pointers. 

In the 2019 NBA Playoffs, Kennard averaged 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and shot 49% from the field and 60% from beyond the arc.   

The Detroit Pistons say they remain "dedicated" to Andre Drummond.

Tom Gores confirmed the two sides are “talking at a business level,” and two sources told the Free Press that the Pistons have told Drummond’s representatives the franchise would like to retain his services.

Drummond believes he remains a max contract player.

"That's the way anybody would see themselves," said Drummond.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a basketball player. With the work you put in, you should be rewarded for it — no matter who you are. If it’s me or even a rookie. Everybody feels like they should make a maximum amount of dollars.”

Drummond plans to decline his $28.75 million player option for 20-21. The Pistons could offer Drummond a five-year, $190 million deal, while rival teams could offer $140 million over four seasons.

Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores emphasized his relationship with Andre Drummond when asked whether the team would pursue a contract extension for the center. 

"We know how dedicated we are to each other. I've said it many times: He's very underrated in a lot of ways for what he does, and culturally he's been so good for this team, just in terms of his attitude, and just watching him really grow up. I met him when he was 18," said Gores.

Drummond is in the final year of his contract, with a player option for the 2020-21 season worth $28.75 million.

Gores was unveiling the Pistons new $90 million training facility and headquarters in downtown Detroit.

Gores also expressed his excitement over the upcoming season.

"Obviously, we have to succeed and win, and judge by if we're not winning. But right now we feel really good about it."

Joe Johnson is trying to win a roster spot with the Detroit Pistons after winning MVP honors in the BIG3.

"My body's feeling great. This is probably the toughest part of training camp," Johnson said following Day 3 of Pistons camp at Michigan State University. "It's a lot of running and conditioning, but if you come into camp already in shape, you can get through it. I didn't have any problems.

"It's been fun for me, but I haven't had a break in the last six months. But it's been fun. The process has been amazing for me and I'm just thankful for the opportunity."

Johnson believes even receiving a camp invite makes his situation a success from his perspective. 

"That was another reason why I thought it was very important for me to take this opportunity because those guys in the BIG3, a lot of them anyway, have hopes to at some point to be able to get back in the league," Johnson said. "So I just wanted to let everyone know that it's possible just to get to this point. I mean, I'm not even all the way on the roster, but to get to this point, get your foot in the door. Then whatever you do from that point, it's up to you."