For episode 56 of the Motor City Hoops podcast I had the pleasure of being joined by James Edwards III for the 2nd time. Of course, James is Pistons beat writer for The Athletic and one half of the BunxCardigan Show. James and I wrap up the pre-season and take a look at the regular season with the wing position battle and injury updates. We also talk about the veteran impact on the younger players and the roles he has seen from Ben Wallace and John Beilein. We finish off the Pistons portion of the episode talking about James' experience as a beat writer and find our way into the SI article and Killian Hayes. James had to leave the episode a little early due to a move up in Pistons practice time so Wes Davenport jumped on with me to finish it off with the Around the NBA segment. We talked about the team we are most intrigued by outside of Detroit, surprise and disappointing teams and under the radar MVP candidates.