2016–17 Detroit Pistons season

2016–17 Detroit Pistons season
Head coach	Stan Van Gundy
General manager	Jeff Bower
Owner(s)	Tom Gores
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Results
Record	11–10 (.524)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Detroit WJBK
Radio	WJR

The 2016–17 Detroit Pistons season is the 76th season of the franchise, the 69th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 60th in the Detroit suburban area. It will also be the last season where the Pistons will play in The Palace of Auburn Hills in nearby Auburn Hills, Michigan; after this season, the Pistons will move to the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	18	Henry Ellenson	PF	United States	Marquette
2	49	Michael Gbinije	PG	United States	Syracuse

Roster

Detroit Pistons roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F/C 12 Baynes, Aron 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1986–12–09 Washington State F 25 Bullock, Reggie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1991–03–16 North Carolina G 5 Caldwell-Pope, Kentavious 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993–02–18 Georgia C 0 Drummond, Andre (C) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 279 lb (127 kg) 1993–08–10 Connecticut F 8 Ellenson, Henry 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1997–01–13 Marquette G/F 9 Gbinije, Michael 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–06–05 Syracuse F 34 Harris, Tobias 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1992–07–15 Tennessee G/F 6 Hilliard, Darrun 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993–04–13 Villanova G 1 Jackson, Reggie  (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1990–04–16 Boston C F 7 Johnson, Stanley 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1996–05–29 Arizona F 30 Leuer, Jon 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1989–05–14 Wisconsin C 51 Marjanović, Boban 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1988–08–15 Serbia F 13 Morris, Marcus 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–09–02 Kansas G 14 Smith, Ish 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1988–07–05 Wake Forest G 19 Udrih, Beno 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1982–07–05 Slovenia	Head coach Stan Van Gundy Assistant coach(es) Malik Allen Bob Beyer Tim Hardaway Charles Klask Brendan Malone Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2016–10–24

Standings

Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Cleveland Cavaliers	13	5	.722	0.0	9–2	4–3	0–2	18
Chicago Bulls	11	8	.579	2.5	5–2	6–6	2–1	19
Milwaukee Bucks	10	8	.556	3.0	7–4	3–4	2–1	18
Detroit Pistons	11	10	.524	3.5	7–2	4–8	1–0	21
Indiana Pacers	9	10	.474	4.5	8–4	1–6	1–2	19

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	13	5	.722	–	18
2	Toronto Raptors *	14	6	.700	0.0	20
3	Boston Celtics	12	8	.600	2.0	20
4	Chicago Bulls	11	8	.579	2.5	19
5	Milwaukee Bucks	10	8	.556	3.0	18
6	Charlotte Hornets *	11	9	.550	3.0	20
7	New York Knicks	10	9	.526	3.5	19
8	Detroit Pistons	11	10	.524	3.5	21
9	Atlanta Hawks	10	11	.476	4.5	21
10	Indiana Pacers	9	10	.474	4.5	19
11	Orlando Magic	8	12	.400	6.0	20
12	Miami Heat	7	13	.350	7.0	20
13	Washington Wizards	6	12	.333	7.0	18
14	Brooklyn Nets	5	14	.263	8.5	19
15	Philadelphia 76ers	4	16	.200	10.0	20

Pre-season

2016 pre-season game log Total: 3–3 (Home: 1–2 Road: 2–1)
Pre-season: 3–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 6 @ Brooklyn L 94–101 Morris & Drummond (17) Andre Drummond (21) Caldwell-Pope & McCallum (4) Barclays Center 8,782 0–1 2 October 10 San Antonio L 81–86 Andre Drummond (17) Andre Drummond (13) Leuer & Smith (5) Palace of Auburn Hills 12,103 0–2 3 October 13 @ Atlanta W 99–94 Harris & Smith (18) Jon Leuer (9) Ish Smith (8) Philips Arena 10,852 1–2 4 October 15 @ Philadelphia W 97–76 Tobias Harris (18) Andre Drummond (13) Ish Smith (6) Wells Fargo Center 10,891 2–2 5 October 17 Milwaukee W 102–78 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (23) Andre Drummond (13) Ish Smith (7) Palace of Auburn Hills 10,096 3–2 6 October 19 Toronto L 92–103 Andre Drummond (16) Andre Drummond (13) Lorenzo Brown (6) Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 3–3
2016–17 season schedule

Regular season

Game Log

2016–17 game log Total: 11–10 (Home: 7–2; Road: 4–8)
October: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 26 @ Toronto L 91–109 Tobias Harris (22) Morris & Leuer (9) Ish Smith (7) Air Canada Centre 19,800 0–1 2 October 28 Orlando W 108–82 Tobias Harris (18) Andre Drummond (20) Ish Smith (8) Palace of Auburn Hills 19,122 1–1 3 October 30 Milwaukee W 98–83 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (21) Andre Drummond (23) Ish Smith (7) Palace of Auburn Hills 15,161 2–1
November : 8–9 (Home: 5–2; Road: 3–7) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 1 New York W 102–89 Tobias Harris (25) Andre Drummond (13) Ish Smith (8) Palace of Auburn Hills 13,087 3–1 5 November 2 @ Brooklyn L 101–109 Harris & Morris (23) Caldwell-Pope & Leuer (7) Ish Smith (7) Barclays Center 13,650 3–2 6 November 5 Denver W 103–86 Andre Drummond (19) Andre Drummond (20) Ish Smith (8) Palace of Auburn Hills 16,218 4–2 7 November 7 @ L.A. Clippers L 82–114 Andre Drummond (15) Andre Drummond (12) Smith, Udrih & Johnson (3) Staples Center 19,060 4–3 8 November 9 @ Phoenix L 100–107 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (27) Andre Drummond (10) Ish Smith (7) Talking Stick Resort Arena 16,719 4–4 9 November 11 @ San Antonio L 86–96 Andre Drummond (20) Andre Drummond (17) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (7) AT&T Center 18,418 4–5 10 November 12 @ Denver W 106–95 Tobias Harris (19) Andre Drummond (12) Ish Smith (8) Pepsi Center 13,997 5–5 11 November 14 Oklahoma City W 104–88 Tobias Harris (22) Jon Leuer (9) Morris (5) Palace of Auburn Hills 14,172 6–5 12 November 16 @ New York L 102–105 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (21) Tobias Harris (10) Ish Smith (8) Madison Square Garden 19,812 6–6 13 November 18 @ Cleveland L 81–104 Jon Leuer (15) Andre Drummond (10) Ish Smith (6) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 6–7 14 November 19 Boston L 92–94 Marcus Morris (24) Andre Drummond (17) Ish Smith (7) Palace of Auburn Hills 16,107 6–8 15 November 21 Houston L 96–99 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (26) Andre Drummond (16) Ish Smith (8) Palace of Auburn Hills 13,632 6–9 16 November 23 Miami W 107–84 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (22) Andre Drummond (15) Marcus Morris (6) Palace of Auburn Hills 14,520 7–9 17 November 25 L.A. Clippers W 108–97 Marcus Morris (17) Jon Leuer (11) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (10) Palace of Auburn Hills 17,023 8–9 18 November 26 @ Oklahoma City L 88–106 Tobias Harris (21) Andre Drummond (8) Ish Smith (3) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 8–10 19 November 29 @ Charlotte W 112–89 Tobias Harris (24) Aron Baynes (8) Caldwell-Pope & Udrih (7) Spectrum Center 14,266 9–10 20 November 30 @ Boston W 121–114 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (25) Andre Drummond (17) Ish Smith (8) TD Garden 17,338 10–10
December: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 2 @ Atlanta W 121–85 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (23) Andre Drummond (14) Ish Smith (13) Philips Arena 15,500 11–10 22 December 4 Orlando Palace of Auburn Hills 23 December 6 Chicago Palace of Auburn Hills 24 December 7 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center 25 December 9 @ Minnesota Target Center 26 December 11 Philadelphia Palace of Auburn Hills 27 December 14 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 28 December 16 @ Washington Verizon Center 29 December 17 Indiana Palace of Auburn Hills 30 December 19 @ Chicago United Center 31 December 21 Memphis Palace of Auburn Hills 32 December 23 Golden State Palace of Auburn Hills 33 December 26 Cleveland Palace of Auburn Hills 34 December 28 Milwaukee Palace of Auburn Hills 35 December 30 @ Atlanta Philips Arena
January : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 January 1 @ Miami American Airlines Arena 37 January 3 Indiana Palace of Auburn Hills 38 January 5 Charlotte Palace of Auburn Hills 39 January 7 @ Portland Moda Center 40 January 10 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 41 January 12 @ Golden State Oracle Arena 42 January 13 @ Utah Vivint Smart Home Arena 43 January 15 @ L.A. Lakers Staples Center 44 January 18 Atlanta Palace of Auburn Hills 45 January 21 Washington Palace of Auburn Hills 46 January 23 Sacramento Palace of Auburn Hills 47 January 28 @ Miami American Airlines Arena 48 January 30 @ Boston TD Garden
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 49 February 1 New Orleans Palace of Auburn Hills 50 February 3 Minnesota Palace of Auburn Hills 51 February 4 @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse 52 February 6 Philadelphia Palace of Auburn Hills 53 February 8 L.A. Lakers Palace of Auburn Hills 54 February 10 San Antonio Palace of Auburn Hills 55 February 12 @ Toronto Air Canada Centre 56 February 13 @ Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center 57 February 15 Dallas Palace of Auburn Hills All-Star Break 58 February 23 Charlotte Palace of Auburn Hills 59 February 26 Boston Palace of Auburn Hills 60 February 28 Portland Palace of Auburn Hills
March : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 1 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 62 March 4 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 63 March 6 Chicago Palace of Auburn Hills 64 March 8 @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse 65 March 9 Cleveland Palace of Auburn Hills 66 March 11 New York Palace of Auburn Hills 67 March 14 @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 68 March 15 Utah Palace of Auburn Hills 69 March 17 Toronto Palace of Auburn Hills 70 March 19 Phoenix Palace of Auburn Hills 71 March 21 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center 72 March 22 @ Chicago United Center 73 March 24 @ Orlando Amway Center 74 March 27 @ New York Madison Square Garden 75 March 28 Miami Palace of Auburn Hills 76 March 30 Brooklyn Palace of Auburn Hills 77 March 31 @ Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 78 April 5 Toronto Palace of Auburn Hills 79 April 7 @ Houston Toyota Center 80 April 9 @ Memphis FedExForum 81 April 10 Washington Palace of Auburn Hills 82 April 12 @ Orlando Amway Center
2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Henry Ellenson Michael Gbinije Via Trade Cameron Bairstow Via free agency Jon Leuer Ish Smith Boban Marjanović

Players Lost Via trade Spencer Dinwiddie Jodie Meeks Via free agency Anthony Tolliver

Trades

June 17, 2016	To Detroit Pistons Cameron Bairstow	To Chicago Bulls Spencer Dinwiddie
June 29, 2016	To Detroit Pistons 2019 2nd Round Pick	To Orlando Magic Jodie Meeks

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former team	Ref.
July 15	Andre Drummond	5-year contract worth $130 million	Detroit Pistons	[1]

Additions

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former team	Ref.
July 8	Jon Leuer	4-year contract worth $42 million	Phoenix Suns	[2]
	Ish Smith	3-year contract worth $18 million	Philadelphia 76ers
July 12	Boban Marjanović	3-year contract worth $21 million	San Antonio Spurs	[3]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Contract terms	New team	Ref.
July 9	Anthony Tolliver	2-year contract worth $16 million	Sacramento Kings	[4]

References

1. "Detroit Pistons Re-Sign Center Andre Drummond". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
2. "Detroit Pistons Sign Free Agents Ish Smith and Jon Leuer". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
3. "Detroit Pistons Sign Free Agent Boban Marjanovic". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
4. "Kings Sign Four Free Agents". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.

External links

• Official website