Isaiah Stewart out for a week as he recovers from calf injury
It's been an ongoing thing that the Pistons want to deal with before the playoffs.
Pistons center Isaiah Stewart will be out due to a Grade 1 calf strain and will be re-evaluated in a week, the team announced. The @DetroitPistons today announced the following medical update: pic. twitter.
com/0QKRcOR4GP — Pistons PR (@Pistons_PR) March 17, 2026 He may be out longer, with coach J. B. Bickerstaff refusing to put a timetable on his return, according to Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press .
"It's something he's been dealing with. It just had been getting worse. He gutted it out last game and I think you could see he was favoring it late… It's something we're going to take time with.
" Stewart has been one of the better defensive big men in the league this season and a key part of the Pistons' second-ranked defense, plus he is averaging 10 points and 5. 1 rebounds per game. He is absolutely in the mix for an All-Defensive team, but with this injury he may well not meet the 65-game threshold to qualify for a postseason award (he has played in 55 games, the Pistons have 15 games remaining).