Gentlemen, Start Your Pistons: Stewart Opens Against Pacers
The rookie from the University of Washington plays sound in loss to Indiana.
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Which prompted this question: Why such a long wait?
The 6-foot-9, 250-pound rookie from the University of Washington took the floor on Thursday night as the Pistons starting center against the Indiana Pacers, replacing 6-11 Mason Plumlee, who was inactive for undisclosed reasons.
Stewart looked comfortable enough in his new if only temporary role, though the Pistons lost 111-95.
He made his first 6 field-goal attempts before missing a lay-in, and finished shooting an exemplary 8-for-9 from the floor.
When These Brothers Get Together, It s No NBA Holiday â But It Should Be
The basketball siblings from the UW and UCLA have shared the court three times now.
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Or a paid NBA Holiday.
Certainly it s all about family.
For the third time in 14 months, the three Holiday siblings Justin, Jrue and Aaron have played together in an NBA game, a feat performed only by this particular strain of hoops DNA.
When they re all on the floor, it s like one big backyard pick-up game.
In their most recent family reunion in Milwaukee played last Wednesday, Jrue and the Bucks roughed up the Indiana Pacers and his bros Justin and Aaron to the tune of 130-110.