The multi-discipline Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center includes new practice and front-office facilities for the NBA team; a comprehensive sports medicine, treatment and rehabilitation facility managed by Henry Ford Health System; and retail and public spaces available for community activation, networking receptions and team hosted events. Plum Market will open a 5,000-square-foot café and retail location at the new facility while serving as the official food provider for the basketball team. Blink Fitness will open a 15,000-square-foot publicly- accessible workout space inside the new facility and will deliver its Mood Above Muscle™ experience to Detroit. The complex includes a 370-space parking structure to be used by the Detroit Pistons, Henry Ford Health System patients and retail visitors. BASKETBALL BENEFITS • Innovative player locker room and lounge • Full-service kitchen dining facilities and personal chefs • Spacious weight room facility with the latest performance technology and training equipment • Advanced training room capabilities: - Three hydro pools including an underwater treadmill and saltwater recovery float tank - Whole-body cryogenic recovery chamber - Massage and recovery room • Film study room and positional meeting rooms BUSINESS FEATURES • Green space and courtyard locations for outside access and views of the city • Event space for partner and season ticket holder meetings, public events and entertaining • Three levels of office space • Rocket Fiber Detroit Pistons Broadcast Studio and media/interview rooms GENERAL STATISTICS • Cost: $90 million • 185,000 square feet — the largest practice facility/team headquarters in the NBA - 1st and 2nd floors house basketball operations and court facilities - 3rd and 4th floors house business operations • First NBA practice facility to introduce publicly-accessible food and beverage and fitness retail areas DID YOU KNOW? Nearly 1,200 1,720 728,806 2,186 tons of structural feet of wire will be squares of roof and light fixtures will steel has been used 21,000 used (equivalent of bolts installed floor deck applied be installed on the project 138 miles) 6201 SECOND AVENUE, DETROIT, MI 48202 (313) PISTONS The Detroit Pistons 2019-20 Media Guide was written and edited by Cletus Lewis and Josh Schur. Editorial assistance provided by Kevin Grigg. Art direction, page layout and design by Mike Jones. Photography by Chris Schwegler (NBAE/Getty) and David Roberts Photography.. Statistical information provided by Elias Sports Bureau and Chris Thorn. Printing services by Graphics East. © 2019 Detroit Pistons All NBA and team insignia depicted in this publication are the property of NBA Properties, Inc. and the respective teams and may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of NBA Properties, Inc. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA GUIDELINES & INFORMATION Credits............................................1 CREDENTIALS: PREGAME & POSTGAME INTERVIEWS: Table of Contents................................. 2 Requests for game-by-game credentials should be submitted In accordance with NBA policy, both the Pistons and visiting Media Guidelines & Information . 3 HISTORY . 137 in writing – on company letterhead – to the Pistons Public locker rooms will be open to accredited media members LEADERSHIP Staff Directory.................................. 4-5 All-Time Coaching Records . .138 Relations Department AT LEAST 30 HOURS PRIOR to the for a 30-minute period prior to each game (5:45 – 6:15 All-Time Roster ..................................141 game you wish to cover (2:00 p.m. on Friday for a Saturday, p.m. for a 7:00 p.m. game) and no later than 15 minutes All-Time Numerical Roster ........................189 Sunday or Monday game). Credential requests may be sent following the conclusion of each game. Players and coaches LEADERSHIP . 7 Transactions . 194 to [email protected]. NO CREDENTIAL REQUESTS are available for interviews at those times, although it is Tom Gores ....................................... 8 Draft History . 207 WILL BE HONORED ON GAME DAY . Please make certain all recommended that any interview lasting longer than five Arn Tellem . .10 Season-By-Season Recaps ........................212 requests for credentials are confirmed by the Public Relations minutes in duration be arranged in advance through the Ed Stefanski......................................12 Playoff History..................................273 Department prior to arriving at the arena. Credentials may be Pistons Public Relations Department (any live television pre- Pat Garrity/Malik Rose . 14 Pistons Honor Roll . 282 obtained 2 1/2 hours prior to each game at the press gate. or post-game interviews should also be arranged in advance Andrew Loomis/Gregg Polinsky ....................15 Attendance Records . 284 MEDIA ENTRANCE: Located at the Huntington Entrance on through the PR Department). ONLY working media members Dwane Casey.....................................16 Top Crowds ....................................285 the northwest corner of Little Caesars Arena, close to the with valid credentials will be admitted to the locker room. Sidney Lowe/Micah Nori/Sean Sweeney . 18 intersection of Sproat St. and Cass Ave. The last door on the No still photography is permitted in either teams’ locker PLAYERS 18-19 Tim Grgurich/Bernard Condevaux ..................19 right (as you approach the building) will be marked for media room. ABSOLUTELY NO AUTOGRAPHS ALLOWED DURING Jim Scholler/Trent Salo...........................20 NBA OPPONENTS . 287 and gated off from the public. The media entrance will open MEDIA ACCESS PERIOD . Jordan Sabourin/Mike Abdenour . 21 NBA Directory..................................288 three hours prior to each game. Credentials must be visibly Detroit Pistons Basketball Operations.............. 22 NB G-League Directory..........................290 worn at all times and are non-transferable. INTERVIEW ROOM: Grand Rapids Drive Basketball Operations . 23 NBA Community Programs . .291 Detroit Pistons Head Coach Dwane Casey will meet with the Pistons PR . 23 2018-19 NBA Standings/Win Grid . 292 PHOTOGRAPHERS: media in the press conference room -- located on the west Charlie Metzger..................................24 2018-19 NBA Team/Opponent Statistics...........293 Limited (and assigned) space is available for both accredited side of the building on the event level, between the Pistons REVIEW RECORDS HISTORY NBA OVERTIME Greg Campbell . 25 2018-19 NBA Team Rankings .....................294 television and still photographers in one of two quadrants and Red Wings locker rooms (across from the Players Club). 2018-19 Miscellaneous Stats ......................295 – either the west side of the basket stanchion on the north All-Time NBA Statistical Leaders . 296 end of the floor or the east side of the basket stanchion GAME NOTES, STATISTICS & STATISTICIANS: PLAYERS . 27 Opponents .....................................298 on the north end of the floor. ABSOLUTELY NO TRIPODS Roster . 28 Game notes and statistics are available in the Pistons ALLOWED . Photographers must be seated and stationary, at media room three hours prior to each game. Statistics Media Cheat Sheet ...............................29 least four feet behind the baseline at all times. Photographers Bruce Brown . 30 OVERTIME . 357 are distributed to working media following each quarter. are not permitted on the court at any time during the game Post-game quotes and notes are distributed as quickly Andre Drummond................................ 32 Little Caesars Arena.............................358 and cannot shoot from public walkways or gathering areas. Tim Frazier......................................38 Pistons Community & Social Responsibility ........360 as possible following the conclusion of each game. Local statisticians are available to assist visiting television and radio Langston Galloway...............................40 Pistons Academy . 364 Photo credentials will be issued in the same manner as Blake Griffin .....................................43 2019-20 Traveling Media.........................365 broadcasters, and can be arranged by contacting the Pistons other credentials, although requests should be submitted Public Relations Department several days in advance. Once Reggie Jackson..................................49 Broadcasters ...................................366 by the photo editor. It is club policy NOT to allow freelance Joe Johnson..................................... 53 Detroit Sports Media ............................368 a request is made, the statisticians must be compensated photographers. Each photographer will be assigned a whether or not they are used. Luke Kennard . 57 Pistons Entertainment ...........................369 position by the Pistons Public Relations Department, making Thon Maker . 59 2019-20 Pistons Season Schedule . IBC it imperative that we are aware of your intentions to shoot a Markieff Morris . .61 particular game. A photo (and seating) chart will be available AUTOGRAPHS: Svi Mykhailiuk . 65 in the media room. Photographers located on the baseline SEEKING AUTOGRAPHS OR SOUVENIR ITEMS FROM Derrick Rose . 67 will be permitted only one standard