PHILADELPHIA -- The Detroit Pistons are making a move for a third point guard this week, but after saying that would happen today, president of basketball operations and head coach Stan Van Gundy amended that Wednesday to say today "would be the earliest" the Pistons would make a move and Sunday the latest.

The Pistons are scouring trade and free-agent possibilities in the aftermath of Brandon Jennings' season-ending injury, Van Gundy said.

"We've got a few balls in the air right now, so as much as we'd like to get it done really soon, we'd also like to make what we think is the best decision," he said. "We sort of know Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, but Plan A has to sort itself out first before we go on to the others. So it could be a couple days still."

The Pistons have talked about trades for point guards but Van Gundy has said the team generally is unwilling to give up draft picks.

Jennings suffered a torn left Achilles tendon in a loss Saturday at Milwaukee and underwent surgery Monday in New York.

The Pistons are 0-3 since his injury, including an 89-69 loss Wednesday to the Philadelphia 76ers, with D.J. Augustin and Spencer Dinwiddie as their only point guards.

Whether the Pistons execute a trade or pick up a free agent or NBA Development League player, they have a plan for each contingency as they sort options, Van Gundy said.

"It has to be on our terms," if the Pistons trade, he said. "We've already decided what we would and wouldn't give up, and right now, people obviously want more than we're willing to give up."

PISTONS NOTES

A freight train to the chest: Caldwell-Pope raised some eyebrows by taking a gutsy open-court transition charge against LeBron James Tuesday at Cleveland. A lesser defender -- or a smarter veteran -- might have let that two points go. Not Caldwell-Pope, who called it "probably the hardest charge I ever took." Same situation, he'd do it again, he said. "I'd do it any time. I'm pretty tough so I can take a hit," he said. Asked what flashed through his mind as he was lining up James, who shimmied and drove left, only to get beaten to the spot, Caldwell-Pope said, "I just kind of anticipated on which way he was going, so I kind of like just jumped in front of him, and he ran me over. Just don't think about it. Just do it. And it was a great play." Van Gundy hailed the play. "We need more of that, more people willing to step in and give up their bodies -- not just on taking charges but on blocking people out, setting screens, we're not as physical as we need to be. We've talked about that a little bit and it was nice to see him step in and take that," Van Gundy said.

Masked man no more: Kyle Singler was held scoreless in 19 minutes, the second time in 143 career starts he has been shut out, then said he no longer would wear the protective mask for his broken nose, suffered in a Jan. 21 win over Orlando. The only other time Singler did not score in an NBA game he started was Dec. 26, 2012, as a rookie, in a 126-119, two-overtime loss at Atlanta.

It's a very ugly number: The Pistons scored their fewest points in three seasons and shot their worst field-goal percentage in five seasons Wednesday, and a big part of it was 8-of-44 shooting by perimeter players D.J. Augustin (0 of 7), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (2 of 9), Singler (0 of 2), Jodie Meeks (4 of 16), Caron Butler (1 of 4) and Spencer Dinwiddie (1 of 6). Not that it was the worst of the Pistons' problems in Van Gundy's eyes. "I can live that," Van Gundy said. "It's terrible, we probably can't win with that, but I can live with it. The lack of effort -- the lack of effort, the lack of force to take care of the ball, the lack of screening to execute, the lack of speed up and down the floor, just the total lack of force and effort, I can't live with that." Singler is one of several Pistons in a recent 3-point-shooting slump, which has hurt a team whose midseason turnaround largely was constructed on long-distance shots. "You can start getting down, getting discouraged, but we're in the NBA for a reason," Singler said. "You can't focus on that. There are good shooters in this locker room but our shooters have to make shots."

Lineup change possible?: Van Gundy starts Caldwell-Pope in part because he liked the guard's defensive presence as a backcourt complement to Brandon Jennings. But with Jennings injured and Augustin starting, is there any chance Van Gundy might press another lineup change on the perimeter, perhaps Meeks for Caldwell-Pope or Butler for Singler? Van Gundy was cool to the idea earlier this week, then a little less so Wednesday, which is not to say he's pining to make a move. "It's possible," he said. "We have talked about it. But again, right now, we're not thinking of making any move with that. But it's certainly possible."

Getting to the line: Meeks is in a shooting slump but he is a scorer, not just a shooter, with his 10-of-11 free-throw shooting as proof. Only Greg Monroe has made more free throws in a game this season for the Pistons, 11, Dec. 3 against Boston.

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