2016–17 Detroit Pistons season explained

Team:	Detroit Pistons
End Year:	2017
Wins:	37
Losses:	45
Division:	Central
Division Place:	5
Conf Place:	10
Coach:	Stan Van Gundy
Gm:	Jeff Bower
President:	Stan Van Gundy
Owner:	Tom Gores
Arena:	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	DET
Radio:	WMGC

The 2016–17 Detroit Pistons season was the 76th season of the franchise, the 69th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 60th in Metro Detroit. It was the Pistons' final season at The Palace of Auburn Hills in nearby Auburn Hills, Michigan, ending a 42-year history of professional sports in Oakland County. They moved to the new Little Caesars Arena in Detroit for the 2017–18 season.^[1]

Draft picks

See main article: 2016 NBA draft.

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

Standings

Conference

Game log

Pre-season

|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1 | October 6| @ Brooklyn| | Morris & Drummond (17)| Andre Drummond (21)| Caldwell-Pope & McCallum (4)| Barclays Center
8,782| 0–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2 | October 10| San Antonio| | Andre Drummond (17)| Andre Drummond (13)| Leuer & Smith (5)| Palace of Auburn Hills
12,103| 0–2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3 | October 13| @ Atlanta| | Harris & Smith (18)| Jon Leuer (9)| Ish Smith (8)| Philips Arena
10,852| 1–2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4 | October 15| @ Philadelphia| | Tobias Harris (18)| Andre Drummond (13)| Ish Smith (6)| Wells Fargo Center
10,891| 2–2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 5| October 17| Milwaukee| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (23)| Andre Drummond (13)| Ish Smith (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
10,096| 3–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 6 | October 19| Toronto| | Andre Drummond (16)| Andre Drummond (13)| Lorenzo Brown (6)| Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076| 3–3

Regular season

|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1| October 26| @ Toronto| | Tobias Harris (22)| Morris & Leuer (9)| Ish Smith (7)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 0–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2| October 28| Orlando| | Tobias Harris (18)| Andre Drummond (20)| Ish Smith (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
19,122| 1–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3| October 30| Milwaukee| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (21)| Andre Drummond (23)| Ish Smith (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
15,161| 2–1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4| November 1| New York| | Tobias Harris (25)| Andre Drummond (13)| Ish Smith (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
13,087| 3–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 5| November 2| @ Brooklyn| | Harris & Morris (23)| Caldwell-Pope & Leuer (7)| Ish Smith (7) | Barclays Center
13,650| 3–2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 6| November 5| Denver| | Andre Drummond (19)| Andre Drummond (20)| Ish Smith (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
16,218| 4–2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 7| November 7| @ L.A. Clippers| | Andre Drummond (15)| Andre Drummond (12)| Smith, Udrih & Johnson (3)| Staples Center
19,060| 4–3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 8| November 9| @ Phoenix| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (27)| Andre Drummond (10)| Ish Smith (7)| Talking Stick Resort Arena
16,719| 4–4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 9| November 11| @ San Antonio| | Andre Drummond (20)| Andre Drummond (17)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (7)| AT&T Center
18,418| 4–5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 10| November 12| @ Denver| | Tobias Harris (19)| Andre Drummond (12)| Ish Smith (8)| Pepsi Center
13,997| 5–5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 11| November 14| Oklahoma City| | Tobias Harris (22)| Jon Leuer (9)| Morris (5)| Palace of Auburn Hills
14,172| 6–5|- style="background:#fbb;"| 12| November 16| @ New York| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (21)| Tobias Harris (10)| Ish Smith (8)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 6–6|- style="background:#fbb;"| 13| November 18| @ Cleveland| | Jon Leuer (15)| Andre Drummond (10)| Ish Smith (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 6–7|- style="background:#fbb;"| 14| November 19| Boston| | Marcus Morris (24)| Andre Drummond (17)| Ish Smith (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
16,107| 6–8|- style="background:#fbb;"| 15| November 21| Houston| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (26)| Andre Drummond (16)| Ish Smith (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
13,632| 6–9|- style="background:#bfb;"| 16| November 23| Miami| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (22)| Andre Drummond (15)| Marcus Morris (6)| Palace of Auburn Hills
14,520| 7–9|- style="background:#bfb;"| 17| November 25| L.A. Clippers| | Marcus Morris (17)| Jon Leuer (11)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (10)| Palace of Auburn Hills
17,023| 8–9|- style="background:#fbb;"| 18| November 26| @ Oklahoma City| | Tobias Harris (21)| Andre Drummond (8)| Ish Smith (3)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 8–10|- style="background:#bfb;"| 19| November 29| @ Charlotte| | Tobias Harris (24)| Aron Baynes (8)| Caldwell-Pope & Udrih (7)| Spectrum Center
14,266| 9–10|- style="background:#bfb;"| 20| November 30| @ Boston| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (25)| Andre Drummond (17)| Ish Smith (8)| TD Garden
17,338| 10–10|- style="background:#bfb;"| 21| December 2| @ Atlanta| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (23)| Andre Drummond (14)| Ish Smith (13)| Philips Arena
15,500| 11–10|- style="background:#fbb;"| 22| December 4| Orlando| | Marcus Morris (21)| Andre Drummond (10)| Caldwell-Pope & Jackson (4)| Palace of Auburn Hills
15,206| 11–11|- style="background:#bfb;"| 23| December 6| Chicago| | Tobias Harris (22)| Andre Drummond (10)| Reggie Jackson (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
14,305| 12–11|- style="background:#fbb;"| 24| December 7| @ Charlotte| | Andre Drummond (26)| Andre Drummond (20)| Caldwell-Pope & Leuer (6)| Spectrum Center
15,141| 12–12|- style="background:#bfb;"| 25| December 9| @ Minnesota| | Andre Drummond (22)| Andre Drummond (22)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (7)| Target Center
14,109| 13–12|- style="background:#fbb;"| 26| December 11| Philadelphia| | Marcus Morris (28)| Andre Drummond (14)| Stanley Johnson (4)| Palace of Auburn Hills
7,244| 13–13|- style="background:#bfb;"| 27| December 14| @ Dallas| | Reggie Jackson (20)| Andre Drummond (17)| Jackson & Smith (6)| American Airlines Center
19,687| 14–13|- style="background:#fbb;"| 28| December 16| @ Washington| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (24)| Andre Drummond (12)| Jon Leuer (5)| Verizon Center
15,573| 14–14|- style="background:#fbb;"| 29| December 17| Indiana| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20)| Andre Drummond (15)| Reggie Jackson (10)| Palace of Auburn Hills
15,231| 14–15|- style="background:#fbb;"| 30| December 19| @ Chicago| | Jon Leuer (16)| Jon Leuer (5)| Ish Smith (7)| United Center
21,400| 14–16|- style="background:#fbb;"| 31| December 21| Memphis| | Jackson & Leuer (18)| Andre Drummond (19)| Reggie Jackson (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
16,033| 14–17|- style="background:#fbb;"| 32| December 23| Golden State| | Tobias Harris (26)| Andre Drummond (9)| Reggie Jackson (6)| Palace of Auburn Hills
21,012| 14–18|- style="background:#bfb;"| 33| December 26| Cleveland| | Tobias Harris (21)| Andre Drummond (17)| Reggie Jackson (6)| Palace of Auburn Hills
18,123| 15–18|- style="background:#fbb;"| 34| December 28| Milwaukee| | Tobias Harris (23)| Tobias Harris (12)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
17,222| 15–19|- style="background:#fbb;"| 35| December 30| @ Atlanta| | Jon Leuer (22)| Andre Drummond (15)| Reggie Jackson (8)| Philips Arena
19,009| 15–20|- style="background:#bfb;"| 36| January 1| @ Miami| | Reggie Jackson (27)| Andre Drummond (18)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (5)| American Airlines Arena
19,844| 16–20|- style="background:#fbb;"| 37| January 3| Indiana| | Tobias Harris (22)| Andre Drummond (14)| Reggie Jackson (12)| Palace of Auburn Hills
13,435| 16–21|- style="background:#bfb;"| 38| January 5| Charlotte| | Tobias Harris (25)| Boban Marjanović (19)| Reggie Jackson (11)| Palace of Auburn Hills
13,723| 17–21|- style="background:#bfb;"| 39| January 8| @ Portland| | Reggie Jackson (31)| Andre Drummond (14)| Marcus Morris (5)| Moda Center
13,506| 18–21|- style="background:#fbb;"| 40| January 10| @ Sacramento| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (21)| Andre Drummond (12)| Jackson & Johnson (3)| Golden 1 Center
17,608| 18–22|- style="background:#fbb;"| 41| January 12| @ Golden State| | Marcus Morris (21)| Boban Marjanović (11)| Beno Udrih (4)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 18–23|- style="background:#fbb;"| 42| January 13| @ Utah| | Tobias Harris (13)| Andre Drummond (19)| Beno Udrih (7)| Vivint Smart Home Arena
18,564| 18–24|- style="background:#bfb;"| 43| January 15| @ L.A. Lakers| | Morris & Harris (23)| Andre Drummond (17)| Johnson & Smith (6)| Staples Center
18,997| 19–24|- style="background:#bfb;"| 44| January 18| Atlanta| | Reggie Jackson (26)| Andre Drummond (17)| Marcus Morris (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
15,159| 20–24|- style="background:#bfb;"| 45| January 21| Washington| | Marcus Morris (25)| Marcus Morris (11)| Reggie Jackson (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
18,231| 21–24|- style="background:#fbb;"| 46| January 23| Sacramento| | Reggie Jackson (18)| Andre Drummond (12)| Reggie Jackson (11)| Palace of Auburn Hills
14,017| 21–25|- style="background:#fbb;"| 47| January 28| @ Miami| | Reggie Jackson (24)| Andre Drummond (20)| Reggie Jackson (3)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 21–26|- style="background:#fbb;"| 48| January 30| @ Boston| | Andre Drummond (28)| Andre Drummond (22)| Reggie Jackson (6)| TD Garden
18,188| 21–27|- style="background:#bfb;"| 49| February 1| New Orleans| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (38)| Tobias Harris (8)| Ish Smith (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
14,262| 22–27|- style="background:#bfb;"| 50| February 3| Minnesota| | Marcus Morris (36)| Andre Drummond (18)| Reggie Jackson (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
16,934| 23–27|- style="background:#fbb;"| 51| February 4| @ Indiana| | Marcus Morris (19)| Andre Drummond (9)| Ish Smith (6)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
17,660| 23–28|- style="background:#bfb;"| 52| February 6| Philadelphia| | Marcus Morris (19)| Andre Drummond (17)| Reggie Jackson (6)| Palace of Auburn Hills
14,731| 24–28|- style="background:#bfb;"| 53| February 8| L.A. Lakers| | Andre Drummond (24)| Andre Drummond (17)| Reggie Jackson (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
15,121| 25–28|- style="background:#fbb;"| 54| February 10| San Antonio| | Tobias Harris (16)| Andre Drummond (15)| Reggie Jackson (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
17,222| 25–29|- style="background:#bfb;"| 55| February 12| @ Toronto| | Tobias Harris (24)| Andre Drummond (18)| Ish Smith (5)| Air Canada Centre
19,800| 26–29|- style="background:#fbb;"| 56| February 13| @ Milwaukee| | Marcus Morris (26)| Andre Drummond (12)| Reggie Jackson (9)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
13,397| 26–30|- style="background:#bfb;"| 57| February 15| Dallas| | Reggie Jackson (22)| Marcus Morris (14)| Reggie Jackson (4)| Palace of Auburn Hills
13,549| 27–30|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#bfb;"| 58| February 23| Charlotte| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (33)| Andre Drummond (13)| Ish Smith (16)| Palace of Auburn Hills
14,913| 28–30|- style="background:#fbb;"| 59| February 26| Boston| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (18)| Andre Drummond (15)| Reggie Jackson (6)| Palace of Auburn Hills
20,141| 28–31|- style="background:#bfb;"| 60| February 28| Portland| | Marcus Morris (37)| Andre Drummond (15)| Ish Smith (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
13,502| 29–31|- style="background:#fbb;"| 61| March 1| @ New Orleans| | Jon Leuer (22)| Andre Drummond (17)| Reggie Jackson (4)| Smoothie King Center
14,406| 29–32|- style="background:#bfb;"| 62| March 4| @ Philadelphia| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (26)| Andre Drummond (14)| Ish Smith (13)| Wells Fargo Center
19,523| 30–32|- style="background:#bfb;"| 63| March 6| Chicago| | Reggie Jackson (26)| Drummond, Harris (8)| Ish Smith (7)| Palace of Auburn Hills
16,039| 31–32|- style="background:#fbb;"| 64| March 8| @ Indiana| | Tobias Harris (22)| Andre Drummond (15)| Ish Smith (6)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
14,353| 31–33|- style="background:#bfb;"| 65| March 9| Cleveland| | Reggie Jackson (21)| Andre Drummond (16)| Reggie Jackson (5)| Palace of Auburn Hills
19,421| 32–33|- style="background:#bfb;"| 66| March 11| New York| | Tobias Harris (28)| Andre Drummond (15)| Reggie Jackson (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
19,607| 33–33|- style="background:#fbb;"| 67| March 14| @ Cleveland| | Tobias Harris (17)| Andre Drummond (14)| Reggie Jackson (6)| Quicken Loans Arena
20,562| 33–34|- style="background:#fbb;"| 68| March 15| Utah| | Ish Smith (16)| Aron Baynes (12)| Ish Smith (3)| Palace of Auburn Hills
14,033| 33–35|- style="background:#fbb;"| 69| March 17| Toronto| | Reggie Jackson (20)| Andre Drummond (22)| Reggie Jackson (6)| Palace of Auburn Hills
16,541| 33–36|- style="background:#bfb;"| 70| March 19| Phoenix| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (23)| Andre Drummond (18)| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
19,588| 34–36|- style="background:#fbb;"| 71| March 21| @ Brooklyn| | Tobias Harris (24)| Andre Drummond (17)| Ish Smith (4)| Barclays Center
14,343| 34–37|- style="background:#fbb;"| 72| March 22| @ Chicago| | Harris & Morris (14)| Andre Drummond (17)| Ish Smith (7)| United Center
21,503| 34–38|- style="background:#fbb;"| 73| March 24| @ Orlando| | Jon Leuer (16)| Andre Drummond (14)| Darrun Hilliard (4)| Amway Center
18,076| 34–39|- style="background:#fbb;"| 74| March 27| @ New York| | Marcus Morris (20)| Andre Drummond (15)| Ish Smith (5)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 34–40|- style="background:#fbb;"| 75| March 28| Miami| | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (25)| Andre Drummond (13)| Ish Smith (6)| Palace of Auburn Hills
17,160| 34–41|- style="background:#bfb;"| 76| March 30| Brooklyn| | Marcus Morris (28)| Marcus Morris (13)| Ish Smith (5)| Palace of Auburn Hills
15,804| 35–41|- style="background:#fbb;"| 77| March 31| @ Milwaukee| | Tobias Harris (23)| Andre Drummond (13)| Beno Udrih (8)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
18,717| 35–42|- style="background:#fbb;"| 78| April 5| Toronto| | Harris & Smith (16)| Andre Drummond (14)| Beno Udrih (8)| Palace of Auburn Hills
17,578| 35–43|- style="background:#bfb;"| 79| April 7| @ Houston| | Boban Marjanović (27)| Boban Marjanović (12)| Smith & Udrih (5)| Toyota Center
18,055| 36–43|- style="background:#bfb;"| 80| April 9| @ Memphis| | Bullock & Marjanović (14)| Andre Drummond (11)| Ish Smith (7)| FedExForum
16,521| 37–43|- style="background:#fbb;"| 81| April 10| Washington| | Tobias Harris (22)| Boban Marjanović (8)| Ish Smith (9)| Palace of Auburn Hills
21,012| 37–44|- style="background:#fbb;"| 82| April 12| @ Orlando| | Smith & Caldwell-Pope (20)| Andre Drummond (14)| Ish Smith (10)| Amway Center
19,458| 37–45

Player statistics

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	82	48	31.3	.481	.347	.841	5.1	1.7	.72	.48	16.1
	52	50	27.4	.420	.359	.868	2.2	5.2	.67	.10	14.5
	79	79	32.5	.418	.331	.784	4.6	2.0	.66	.32	14.0
	76	75	33.3	.399	.350	.832	3.3	2.5	1.18	.16	13.8
	81	81	29.7	.530	.286	.386	13.8	1.1	1.53	1.10	13.6
	75	34	25.9	.480	.293	.867	5.4	1.5	.41	.35	10.2
	81	32	24.1	.439	.267	.706	2.9	5.2	.75	.41	9.4
	39	0	14.4	.467	.344	.941	1.5	3.4	.33	.00	5.8
	35	0	8.4	.545	.000	.810	3.7	.3	.17	.34	5.5
	75	2	15.5	.513	.000	.840	4.4	.4	.23	.52	4.9
	31	5	15.1	.422	.384	.714	2.1	.9	.58	.10	4.5
	77	1	17.8	.353	.292	.679	2.5	1.4	.73	.31	4.4
	39	1	9.8	.373	.261	.750	.8	.8	.28	.05	3.3
	19	2	7.7	.359	.294	.500	2.2	.4	.05	.7	3.2
	9	0	3.6	.100	.000	1.000	.3	.2	.00	.00	0.4

Transactions

See main article: List of 2016–17 NBA season 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

Additions

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

Subtractions

Date	Player	Contract terms	New team	Ref.
July 9	Anthony Tolliver	2-year contract worth $16 million	Sacramento Kings	^[5]
October 25	Lorenzo Brown	Waived	Zhejiang Golden Bulls

Notes and References

1. News: Pistons to Move to Downtown Detroit. NBA.com. November 22, 2016. November 24, 2016.
2. Web site: Detroit Pistons Re-Sign Center Andre Drummond. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. July 15, 2016. July 15, 2016.
3. Web site: Detroit Pistons Sign Free Agents Ish Smith and Jon Leuer. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. July 8, 2016. July 8, 2016.
4. Web site: Detroit Pistons Sign Free Agent Boban Marjanovic. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. July 12, 2016. July 12, 2016.
5. Web site: Kings Sign Four Free Agents. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.. July 9, 2016. July 9, 2016.