Detroit Pistons Tickets

Detroit Pistons

2008 Outlook

The Detroit Pistons continued their domination of the Eastern Conference in the 2007-08 season. The Pistons continue to be characterized by an excellent defense and well-rounded team of talented players without a superstar. The team starts point guard Chauncey Billups, shooting guard Richard Hamilton, small forward Tayshaun Prince, power forward Rasheed Wallace, and center Antonio McDyess.

Team History

The Detroit Pistons are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA, starting in 1941 as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. The Pistons found success early with championships in the precursor to the NBA, the National Basketball League, in 1944 and 1945. It would take forty-four years until they would win another championship.

That team was known as the Bad Boys. The Pistons starred point guard Isiah Thomas, guards Vinnie Johnson and Joe Dumars, center Bill Laimbeer, and forwards John Salley, Dennis Rodman, and Adrian Dantley. The group waited out the domination of the 80s by the Lakers and the Celtics and repeated as NBA Champions in 1989 and 1990.

After giving way to the Bulls of the 90s, the team rebuilt with small forward Grant Hill and Allan Houton, but was unable to duplicate the success early in the decade. The turn of the century brought a new batch of player who gelled and won a championship in 2004, upsetting the heavily favored L.A. Lakers. The team remains much intact, only losing Ben Wallace to free agency. Watch the Detroit Pistons as they compete for the NBA Championship live with awesome tickets from TheSeats.com.