Andrew Yang proves he's pretty good at basketball while preparing for the 2020 Democratic debates

Let's forgo any jokes about the rust belt city of Detroit and get right to the point.

2020 Democratic presidential candidates poured into Michigan on Tuesday ahead of their appearances in CNN's primary debates that night and Wednesday. Here's how they prepared to take on their party rivals.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) spent the morning recounting his Monday discussion with rapper Cardi B, who has recently started feeling the Bern. Still, Sanders would not disclose his favorite Cardi B song.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sanders' progressive rival in the Tuesday debates, was spotted touring the debate stage a day after a Monday town hall in nearby Toledo, Ohio. Meanwhile, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke's stumbling poll numbers didn't stop him from taking a jog through Detroit.

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper seems to be staying inside and begging his supporters to wish him a hearty "giddy-up."

Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang isn't on the stage until Wednesday, but he is already in Detroit and proving that he'd bring basketball back to the White House.

And while he didn't make the debate stage, former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel — or at least the teens running his campaign — will be in Detroit to dunk on candidate John Delaney.