2024–25 Detroit Pistons season
2024–25 Detroit Pistons season | |
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Head coach | J. B. Bickerstaff |
General manager | Vacant |
President | Trajan Langdon |
Owner(s) | Tom Gores |
Arena | Little Caesars Arena |
Results | |
Record | 7–9 (.438) |
Place | Division: 2nd (Central) Conference: 7th (Eastern) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | FanDuel Sports Network Detroit (previously known as Bally Sports Detroit during the preseason)[1][2][3] |
Radio | WXYT |
The 2024–25 Detroit Pistons season is the 84th season of the franchise, the 77th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the eighth in Midtown Detroit. This will be the Pistons' first season under head coach J. B. Bickerstaff.[4][5][6] This will also be the Pistons' first season under a new president of basketball operations after finishing the previous season with the worst record in franchise history at 14–68.[7][8][9]
Draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College / team |
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1 | 5 | Ron Holland II | SF | United States | NBA G League Ignite |
2 | 53 | Cam Spencer | SG | United States | UConn |
The Pistons held the fifth overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft, along with one second round pick. The NBA draft lottery was held on May 12, 2024.[10][11] After finishing with the worst record in the league the previous season, the Pistons had a 14 percent chance of getting the top pick in the draft, and were guaranteed a top-five pick.[12][13] This was the first NBA draft to be held on multiple nights.[14][15] On the first night of the draft, the Pistons selected Ron Holland II from the now-defunct NBA G League Ignite as the 5th pick of the draft. On the second day of the draft, the Pistons traded for Bobi Klintman, who was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 37th overall pick.[16][17]
Roster
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Standings
[edit]Division
[edit]Central Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
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Cleveland Cavaliers | 16 | 1 | .941 | – | 9–0 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 17 |
Detroit Pistons | 7 | 9 | .438 | 8.5 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 16 |
Indiana Pacers | 6 | 9 | .400 | 9.0 | 4–2 | 2–7 | 1–0 | 15 |
Milwaukee Bucks | 6 | 9 | .400 | 9.0 | 5–3 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 15 |
Chicago Bulls | 6 | 10 | .375 | 9.5 | 1–5 | 5–5 | 2–3 | 16 |
Conference
[edit]Eastern Conference | ||||||
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# | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
1 | Cleveland Cavaliers * | 16 | 1 | .941 | – | 17 |
2 | Boston Celtics * | 12 | 3 | .800 | 3.0 | 15 |
3 | New York Knicks | 9 | 6 | .600 | 6.0 | 15 |
4 | Orlando Magic * | 9 | 7 | .563 | 6.5 | 16 |
5 | Miami Heat | 6 | 7 | .462 | 8.0 | 13 |
6 | Detroit Pistons | 7 | 9 | .438 | 8.5 | 16 |
7 | Atlanta Hawks | 7 | 9 | .438 | 8.5 | 16 |
8 | Brooklyn Nets | 6 | 9 | .400 | 9.0 | 15 |
9 | Indiana Pacers | 6 | 9 | .400 | 9.0 | 15 |
10 | Milwaukee Bucks | 6 | 9 | .400 | 9.0 | 15 |
11 | Chicago Bulls | 6 | 10 | .375 | 9.5 | 16 |
12 | Charlotte Hornets | 5 | 9 | .357 | 9.5 | 14 |
13 | Toronto Raptors | 3 | 12 | .200 | 12.0 | 15 |
14 | Washington Wizards | 2 | 11 | .154 | 12.0 | 13 |
15 | Philadelphia 76ers | 2 | 12 | .143 | 12.5 | 14 |
Game log
[edit]Preseason
[edit]2024 preseason game log Total: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason: 3–2 (home: 2–1; road: 1–1)
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2024–25 preseason schedule |
Regular season
[edit]NBA Cup
[edit]The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.[18][19]
East Group B
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Detroit Pistons | 2 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 206 | +4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Milwaukee Bucks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 85 | +14 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
3 | Miami Heat | 2 | 1 | 1 | 235 | 222 | +13 | |
4 | Indiana Pacers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 124 | −13 | |
5 | Toronto Raptors | 2 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 198 | −18 |
Transactions
[edit]Overview
[edit]Players Added Via draft Via trade Via free agency |
Players Lost Via trade Via free agency
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Trades
[edit]July 6, 2024[20] | To Detroit Pistons Tim Hardaway Jr. Three future second-round picks |
To Dallas Mavericks Quentin Grimes |
July 6, 2024[16] | To Detroit Pistons Wendell Moore Jr. Draft rights to Bobi Klintman |
To Minnesota Timberwolves Draft rights to Cam Spencer |
Free agency
[edit]Re-signed
[edit]Date | Player | Ref. |
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July 10 | Cade Cunningham | [21] |
July 12 | Simone Fontecchio | [22] |
Additions
[edit]Date | Player | Former team | Ref. |
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July 6 | Daniss Jenkins | St. John's Red Storm | [23] |
July 8 | Tobias Harris | Philadelphia 76ers | [24] |
July 9 | Paul Reed | Philadelphia 76ers | [25] |
July 11 | Malik Beasley | Milwaukee Bucks | [26] |
October 21 | Cole Swider | Indiana Pacers | [27] |
October 22 | Alondes Williams | Miami Heat | [28] |
Subtractions
[edit]Date | Player | Reason | New team | Ref. |
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June 29 | Buddy Boeheim | Waived | Oklahoma City Thunder | [29][30][31] |
Troy Brown Jr. | Manisa Basket | |||
July 5 | James Wiseman | Unrestricted free agent | Indiana Pacers | [32] |
July 9 | Stanley Umude | Unrestricted free agent | Milwaukee Bucks | [33] |
July 13 | Taj Gibson | Unrestricted free agent | Charlotte Hornets | [34] |
July 30 | Chimezie Metu | Unrestricted free agent | FC Barcelona | [35] |
August 7 | Malachi Flynn | Unrestricted free agent | San Antonio Spurs | [36] |
September 2 | Evan Fournier | Unrestricted free agent | Olympiacos | [37] |
October 16 | Tosan Evbuomwan | Waived | Los Angeles Clippers | [27][38] |
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