The Official All-Time Detroit Pistons Roster

[Shep]

Starting 5:

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Center
Bob Lanier
9 years with Detroit ('71-'79)
Best Season ('74): 22.5ppg, 13.3rpg, 4.2apg, 1.4spg, 3bpg

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Power Forward
Rasheed Wallace
6 years with Detroit ('04-)
Best Season ('06): 15.1ppg, 6.8rpg, 2.3apg, 1spg, 1.6bpg

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Small Forward
Grant Hill
6 years with Detroit ('95-'00)
Best Season ('97): 21.4ppg, 9rpg, 7.3apg, 1.8spg, .6bpg

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Shooting Guard
Jerry Stackhouse
5 years with Detroit ('98-'02)
Best Season ('01): 29.8ppg, 3.9rpg, 5.1apg, 1.2spg, .7bpg

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Point Guard
Isiah Thomas
13 years with Detroit ('82-'94)
Best Season ('85): 21.2ppg, 4.5rpg, 13.9apg, 2.3spg, .3bpg

Bench:

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Center
Ben Wallace
6 years with Detroit ('01-'06)
Best Season ('06): 7.3ppg, 11.3rpg, 1.9apg, 1.8spg, 2.2bpg

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Power Forward
Dennis Rodman
7 years with Detroit ('87-'93)
Best Season ('92): 9.8ppg, 18.7rpg, 2.3apg, .8spg, .9bpg

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Small Forward
Tayshaun Prince
7 years with Detroit ('03-)
Best Season ('05): 14.3ppg, 5.2rpg, 2.9apg, .7spg, .8bpg

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Shooting Guard
Richard Hamilton
7 years with Detroit ('03-)
Best Season ('06): 20.1ppg, 3.2rpg, 3.4apg, .7spg, .2bpg

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Point Guard
Chauncey Billups
6 years with Detroit ('03-'08)
Best Season ('06): 18.5ppg, 3.1rpg, 8.6apg, .9spg, .1bpg

[Shep]

Bench Continued:

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Center
Bill Laimbeer
13 years with Detroit ('82-'94)
Best Season ('84): 17.3ppg, 12.2rpg, 1.8apg, .6spg, 1bpg

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Point Guard
Dave Bing
9 years with Detroit ('67-'75)
Best Season ('71): 27ppg, 4.4rpg, 5apg

[Hotwater10]

Rip>Jerry

[ZMonkey11]

Big problem, you don't have Joe Dumars on this list.

[Shep]

Rip>Jerry
nah

Big problem, you don't have Joe Dumars on this list.
that doesn't make sense. i just stated what the official all time detroit pistons roster was and there was no room for joe dumars, no problems there. if i was making a top 3 shooting guards in pistons history list dumars would be listed, however.

[ZMonkey11]

nah

that doesn't make sense. i just stated what the official all time detroit pistons roster was and there was no room for joe dumars, no problems there. if i was making a top 3 shooting guards in pistons history list dumars would be listed, however.

Basketball Hall of Fame (2006); NBA champion (1989, 1990); NBA Finals MVP (1989); NBA All-Rookie Team (1986); six-time NBA All-Star; All-NBA Second Team (1993); All-NBA Third Team (1990, '91); All-Defensive First Team (1989, 1990, '92, '93); All-Defensive Second Team (1991); World Championship gold medalist (1994)


Yea...problem.

I would easily replace Tayshaun, Rip, or Stackhouse with Joe D.

You really think Rip is a better shooting guard than Joe D was? Get real man, you must be going just by stats, because this makes no sense.

Joe D's accomplishments exceed every single player on your roster except for Isiah.

Stats aren't everything son.

[dd24]

Joe D is the best shooting gaurd the Pistons have ever had play on their team. It's crazy to leave him off the list.

[Shep]

Basketball Hall of Fame (2006); NBA champion (1989, 1990); NBA Finals MVP (1989); NBA All-Rookie Team (1986); six-time NBA All-Star; All-NBA Second Team (1993); All-NBA Third Team (1990, '91); All-Defensive First Team (1989, 1990, '92, '93); All-Defensive Second Team (1991); World Championship gold medalist (1994)
:applause:

Yea...problem.

I would easily replace Tayshaun, Rip, or Stackhouse with Joe D.
thats a problem

You really think Rip is a better shooting guard than Joe D was? Get real man, you must be going just by stats, because this makes no sense.
i go by alot of things, production is one of them. other things include:
- being an elite player, and joe dumars was never an elite player
- the fact that you would find dumars riding pine late in games in favor of vinny johnson
- circumstance. being that dumars was placed in a perfect system, with perfect role players (like himself)
- dumars never being detroit's best player, and being its second best player only once
- playing part in detroits second worst regular season record in 50 years

Joe D's accomplishments exceed every single player on your roster except for Isiah.

Stats aren't everything son.
most accomplishments are a result of circumstance. why couldn't dumars put the team on his shoulders after the championships? because he needed perfect players around him in order to succeed, and when they left, his legacy died.

Joe D is the best shooting gaurd the Pistons have ever had play on their team. It's crazy to leave him off the list.
not really, when you factor in jerry stackhouse and richard hamilton

[ZMonkey11]

:banghead: :banghead: :rolleyes:

Alright.

/thread

[dd24]

I'm one of the biggest Rip supporters on this board. I really disliked signing BG as we've seen in other threads. With that said, there is no way Rip is as good as Joe D. Joe D was one of the best SG's in the league when he played. He was elite. If he wasn't how was it he was the best guy to D up the greatest of all time in Jordan? Even if you wanted to be crazy and say he isn't number one on the depth chart of all time Detroit SG's you can't say he isn't in the top 3.

[Hotwater10]

Dude. Jerrry Stackhouse is nothing! Also, Joey D is the most important person in Pistons history

[dd24]

Didn't the Pistons just tell Stackhouse they didn't want him back?

[Shep]

I'm one of the biggest Rip supporters on this board. I really disliked signing BG as we've seen in other threads. With that said, there is no way Rip is as good as Joe D. Joe D was one of the best SG's in the league when he played. He was elite. If he wasn't how was it he was the best guy to D up the greatest of all time in Jordan? Even if you wanted to be crazy and say he isn't number one on the depth chart of all time Detroit SG's you can't say he isn't in the top 3.
i never said he wasn't in the top 3 shooting guards

Dude. Jerrry Stackhouse is nothing! Also, Joey D is the most important person in Pistons history
:lol

[ZMonkey11]

Dude. Jerrry Stackhouse is nothing! Also, Joey D is the most important person in Pistons history

You know, when I first read this quote, I immediately thought :wtf: .

But after thinking about it a little bit, he may be the second most important person in Pistons history. The only person I can place in front of him is Bill Davidson.

Those are the only two poeple that had a hand in all three Pistons championships.

[Hotwater10]

You know, when I first read this quote, I immediately thought :wtf: .

But after thinking about it a little bit, he may be the second most important person in Pistons history. The only person I can place in front of him is Bill Davidson.

Those are the only two poeple that had a hand in all three Pistons championships.
Your right. Bill Davidson was the best person ever to be invovled with the NBA besides the great Ha Seung-Jin

[ZMonkey11]

Your right. Bill Davidson was the best person ever to be invovled with the NBA besides the great Ha Seung-Jin

I am guessing this is sarcasm. And I don't understand why you would be sarcastic.

For the most part, I am agreeing with you. Maybe I am taking it wrong.:confusedshrug:

[ShaqAttack3234]

My all time Pistons roster

C- Bob Lanier
PF- Dennis Rodman
SF- Grant Hill
SG- Joe Dumars
PG- Isiah Thomas

Bench: Ben Wallace, Bill Laimbeer, Chauncey Billups Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince, Dave Bing

[ZMonkey11]

My all time Pistons roster

C- Bob Lanier
PF- Dennis Rodman
SF- Grant Hill
SG- Joe Dumars
PG- Isiah Thomas

Bench: Ben Wallace, Bill Laimbeer, Chauncey Billups Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince, Dave Bing

:applause: That's what I'm talking about. Get Stackhouse off that list.

[kingmob]

Stackhouse :roll:

[G.O.A.T]

If you only get them during their Piston career here is your team

Starting Five
C: Bob Lanier
PF: Dennis Rodman
SF: Grant Hill
SG: Joe Dumars
PG: Isiah Thomas
Bench
G: Dave Bing
G: Chauncy Billups
F\C: Ben Wallace
F: Tayshaun Prince
F\C: Bill Laimbeer
F: Adrian Dantley
F: Rasheed Wallace

[Shep]

If you only get them during their Piston career here is your team
no, thats not the official team. the official team is in the first post.

[ZMonkey11]

no, thats not the official team. the official team is in the first post.

at first, i really didn't get it. obviously, stackhouse did not belong there. but i thought, hey, maybe this kid just doesn't really grasp how stackhouse didn't help detroit any.

then, you continuously discount how great joe dumars was. i really thought :wtf: , is he that ignorant?

but now i get it. it's an attention type thing, which is cool. attention is a great thing.

i'm seeing them same trend with all your other all-time teams.

now i just :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol: , but more of a chuckle.

[Shep]

attention thing? not at all. if i was after attention on some message board i'd definately be averaging more than 1 post per day. all my teams are real, with no agenda's, and no bias. if you feel they are wrong its your problem, not mine.

[Apocalyptic0n3]

You cannot call this an "official" team. Official means that the Pistons have come out and said that this is their "Official" All Time Team. You clearly do not understand what the word "Official" means, nor do you know who the greatest players in Detroit history have been.


This is my UNofficial list:
C: Bob Lanier
PF: Dennis Rodman
SF: Grant Hill
SG: Joe Dumars
PG: Isiah Thomas

Yes. Three of the Bad Boys would be in the starting five. The Bad Boys are the greatest team (or set of teams, if you want to get technical) in Pistons history and Top Five in NBA history.

Bench:
G: Chauncey Billups
G: Dave Bing
C: Bill Laimbeer
F/C: Ben Wallace
F: Dave DeBusschere
F: Adrian Dantley
F: Tayshaun Prince
G: Vinnie Johnson


13 players, more than a full team,really.. Stackhouse, Sheed, and Hamilton would figure in at the end of this list with Hamilton and Sheed coming in miles before Stackhouse.

You also managed to leave off the single most important player in early Pistons history in Dave DeBusschere, congratulations.

There is also only one choice for the All-Time Pistons Coach (and this one really can't be debated, in my mind) and that is Chuck Daly.

[Shep]

You cannot call this an "official" team. Official means that the Pistons have come out and said that this is their "Official" All Time Team. You clearly do not understand what the word "Official" means, nor do you know who the greatest players in Detroit history have been.
the pistons don't know who would be in their official all-time team, and would only be guessing (unless their team was exactly like mine), just like you have, and dismally failed if i might add. i, on the other hand, know for a fact who should be on the official all-time team, which is why it is called the official all-time detroit pistons roster. debusschere is nowhere near good enough to be named, guys like yardley and howell are the third and fourth best small forwards in pistons history, with debusschere barely making the top 5

[Apocalyptic0n3]

the pistons don't know who would be in their official all-time team, and would only be guessing (unless their team was exactly like mine), just like you have, and dismally failed if i might add. i, on the other hand, know for a fact who should be on the official all-time team, which is why it is called the official all-time detroit pistons roster. debusschere is nowhere near good enough to be named, guys like yardley and howell are the third and fourth best small forwards in pistons history, with debusschere barely making the top 5

You're either being sarcastic to the point that you appear to have an IQ rivaling a chipmunk or you are, in fact, a chipmunk.

[Shep]

You're either being sarcastic to the point that you appear to have an IQ rivaling a chipmunk or you are, in fact, a chipmunk.
wow, i didn't know chipmunks have the highest IQ of all animals