2010–11 Detroit Pistons season

The 2010–11 Detroit Pistons season was the 70th season of the franchise, the 63rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 54th in the Detroit area.

2010–11 Detroit Pistons season
Head coach	John Kuester
President	Joe Dumars
General manager	Joe Dumars
Owner(s)	Karen Davidson
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Results
Record	30–52 (.366)
Place	Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Detroit
Radio	WWJ WXYT-AM FM
< 2009–10 2011–12 >

NBA Draft 2010

Main article: 2010 NBA draft

Draft picks

Main article: 2010 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	7	Greg Monroe	F/C	United States	Georgetown
2	36	Terrico White	G	United States	Ole Miss

Roster

2010–11 Detroit Pistons roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From PG 12 Will Bynum 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983-01-04 Georgia Tech SF 5 Austin Daye 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988-06-05 Gonzaga SG 7 Ben Gordon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1983-04-04 Connecticut SG 32 Richard Hamilton 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1978-02-14 Connecticut PF 33 Jonas Jerebko  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1987-03-02 Sweden PF 54 Jason Maxiell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1983-02-18 Cincinnati SG 1 Tracy McGrady 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1979-05-24 Mt. Zion Christian Academy C 10 Greg Monroe 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1990-06-04 Georgetown SF 22 Tayshaun Prince 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980-02-28 Kentucky PG 3 Rodney Stuckey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986-04-21 Eastern Washington SF 35 DaJuan Summers 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1988-01-24 Georgetown PF 31 Charlie Villanueva 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1984-08-24 Connecticut C 6 Ben Wallace 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1974-09-10 Virginia Union PF 9 Chris Wilcox 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1982-09-03 Maryland

Head coach John Kuester Assistant(s) Brian Hill Bill Pope Pat Sullivan Darrell Walker Mike Abdenour (trainer) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: August 16, 2010

Pre-season

Game log

2010 pre-season game log
Pre-season: 3–5 (home: 3–2; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 5 @ Miami L 89–105 Ben Gordon (17) Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva (5) Rodney Stuckey (5) American Airlines Arena 19,600 0–1 2 October 8 Milwaukee W 115–110 (OT) Austin Daye (21) Austin Daye (7) Will Bynum (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,821 1–1 3 October 11 Atlanta W 94–85 Rodney Stuckey (16) Greg Monroe (7) Richard Hamilton (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 10,591 2–1 4 October 13 Dallas L 96–101 Austin Daye (16) Ben Wallace, Jason Maxiell (8) Rodney Stuckey (6) Van Andel Arena 10,207 2–2 5 October 15 @ Minnesota L 88–99 Austin Daye (18) Austin Daye (11) Will Bynum (5) Carrier Dome 11,747 2–3 6 October 16 @ Charlotte L 94–97 Rodney Stuckey (25) Greg Monroe (8) Rodney Stuckey, Will Bynum (5) Colonial Life Arena 6,847 2–4 7 October 19 Washington W 98–92 Rodney Stuckey (34) Ben Wallace (11) Rodney Stuckey (7) Huntington Center 6,424 3–4 8 October 22 Memphis L 103–106 Austin Daye (22) Ben Wallace (8) Rodney Stuckey (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,528 3–5
2010–11 season schedule

Regular season

Standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
z-Chicago Bulls	62	20	.756	–	36–5	26–15	15–1
x-Indiana Pacers	37	45	.451	25	24–17	13–28	9–7
Milwaukee Bucks	35	47	.427	27	22–19	13–28	6–10
Detroit Pistons	30	52	.366	32	21–20	9–32	7–9
Cleveland Cavaliers	19	63	.232	43	12–29	7–34	3–13

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Chicago Bulls	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Miami Heat	58	24	.707	4
3	y-Boston Celtics	56	26	.683	6
4	x-Orlando Magic	52	30	.634	10
5	x-Atlanta Hawks	44	38	.537	18
6	x-New York Knicks	42	40	.512	20
7	x-Philadelphia 76ers	41	41	.500	21
8	x-Indiana Pacers	37	45	.451	25
9	Milwaukee Bucks	35	47	.427	27
10	Charlotte Bobcats	34	48	.415	28
11	Detroit Pistons	30	52	.366	32
12	New Jersey Nets	24	58	.293	38
13	Washington Wizards	23	59	.280	39
14	Toronto Raptors	22	60	.268	40
15	Cleveland Cavaliers	19	63	.232	43

Game log

2010–11 game log Total: 30–52 (Home: 21–20; Road: 9–32)
October: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 27 @ New Jersey L 98–101 Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey, Charlie Villanueva (14) Ben Wallace (10) Rodney Stuckey (7) Prudential Center 15,178 0–1 2 October 29 Oklahoma City L 104–105 Ben Gordon (32) Ben Wallace (8) Rodney Stuckey (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 0–2 3 October 30 @ Chicago L 91–101 Ben Gordon (21) Ben Wallace (13) Rodney Stuckey (7) United Center 21,038 0–3
November: 6–9 (home: 4–3; road: 2–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 2 Boston L 86–109 Charlie Villanueva (17) Ben Wallace (8) Ben Gordon (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,313 0–4 5 November 3 @ Atlanta L 85–94 Ben Gordon (22) Greg Monroe (8) Ben Gordon (4) Philips Arena 13,003 0–5 6 November 5 Charlotte W 97–90 Ben Gordon (20) Ben Wallace, Greg Monroe (6) Ben Wallace (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,291 1–5 7 November 7 Golden State W 102–97 Richard Hamilton (27) Charlie Villanueva (10) Rodney Stuckey (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,813 2–5 8 November 9 @ Portland L 78–100 Rodney Stuckey (17) Austin Daye (8) Richard Hamilton (4) Rose Garden 20,556 2–6 9 November 12 @ L.A. Clippers W 113–107 Charlie Villanueva (30) Tayshaun Prince (8) Rodney Stuckey (6) Staples Center 16,960 3–6 10 November 14 @ Sacramento W 100–94 Rodney Stuckey (17) Ben Wallace (10) Rodney Stuckey (7) ARCO Arena 12,377 4–6 11 November 15 @ Golden State L 97–101 Charlie Villanueva (18) Rodney Stuckey, Charlie Villanueva (8) Rodney Stuckey (6) Oracle Arena 19,123 4–7 12 November 17 L.A. Lakers L 90–103 Rodney Stuckey (18) Ben Wallace (8) Ben Gordon (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,284 4–8 13 November 21 Washington W 115–110 (OT) Richard Hamilton (27) Charlie Villanueva (11) Rodney Stuckey (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,241 5–8 14 November 23 @ Dallas L 84–88 Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey (19) Greg Monroe (8) Tracy McGrady (4) American Airlines Center 19,734 5–9 15 November 24 @ Memphis L 84–105 Rodney Stuckey (17) Greg Monroe (8) Tracy McGrady (4) FedExForum 11,283 5–10 16 November 26 Milwaukee W 103–89 Rodney Stuckey (18) Charlie Villanueva, Ben Wallace (8) Richard Hamilton (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,133 6–10 17 November 28 New York L 116–125 (2OT) Tayshaun Prince (31) Tayshaun Prince (8) Tayshaun Prince (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,015 6–11 18 November 30 @ Orlando L 79–90 Tayshaun Prince (16) Ben Wallace (9) Rodney Stuckey (5) Amway Center 18,846 6–12
December: 5–9 (home: 4–3; road: 1–6) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 1 @ Miami L 72–97 Greg Monroe (15) Greg Monroe (8) Will Bynum, Ben Gordon, Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince (2) American Airlines Arena 19,600 6–13 20 December 3 Orlando L 91–104 Tayshaun Prince (30) Ben Gordon (9) Rodney Stuckey (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,433 6–14 21 December 5 Cleveland W 102–92 Richard Hamilton (27) Ben Wallace (9) Rodney Stuckey (11) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,081 7–14 22 December 7 @ Houston L 83–97 Rodney Stuckey (18) Tayshaun Prince, Ben Wallace (8) Rodney Stuckey (5) Toyota Center 14,798 7–15 23 December 8 @ New Orleans L 74–93 Ben Gordon (19) Ben Wallace (7) Tracy McGrady (3) New Orleans Arena 10,823 7–16 24 December 10 @ Minnesota L 99–109 Richard Hamilton (26) Greg Monroe (15) Rodney Stuckey (6) Target Center 13,988 7–17 25 December 11 Toronto L 116–120 Rodney Stuckey, Ben Wallace (23) Ben Wallace (14) Rodney Stuckey (12) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,343 7–18 26 December 14 Atlanta W 103–80 Richard Hamilton (24) Charlie Villanueva (11) Rodney Stuckey (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,526 8–18 27 December 17 L.A. Clippers L 88–109 Charlie Villanueva (18) Charlie Villanueva (9) Tracy McGrady (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,046 8–19 28 December 19 New Orleans W 111–108 (OT) Tayshaun Prince (28) Tayshaun Prince (12) Will Bynum (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,452 9–19 29 December 22 @ Toronto W 115–93 Richard Hamilton (35) Tracy McGrady (7) Tracy McGrady (7) Air Canada Centre 15,303 10–19 30 December 26 Chicago L 92–95 (OT) Tayshaun Prince (17) Charlie Villanueva (10) Tayshaun Prince (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,765 10–20 31 December 27 @ Charlotte L 100–105 Charlie Villanueva (25) Chris Wilcox (8) Will Bynum (7) Time Warner Cable Arena 14,418 10–21 32 December 29 Boston W 104–92 Tracy McGrady (21) Chris Wilcox (8) Tracy McGrady (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 11–21 33 December 31 @ Phoenix L 75–92 Ben Gordon (19) Austin Daye (8) Ben Gordon, Tayshaun Prince (3) US Airways Center 17,637 11–22
January: 6–9 (home: 4–2; road: 2–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 34 January 3 @ Utah L 97–102 Tayshaun Prince (26) Tracy McGrady (9) Tracy McGrady (11) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 11–23 35 January 4 @ L.A. Lakers L 83–108 Tracy McGrady, Greg Monroe (14) Greg Monroe (11) Tracy McGrady (6) Staples Center 18,997 11–24 36 January 8 Philadelphia W 112–109 (OT) Tayshaun Prince (23) Greg Monroe (13) Tracy McGrady (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,038 12–24 37 January 10 @ Chicago L 82–95 Tayshaun Prince (15) Greg Monroe (11) Rodney Stuckey (4) United Center 21,407 12–25 38 January 12 Memphis L 99–107 Ben Gordon (25) Greg Monroe (11) Rodney Stuckey (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,068 12–26 39 January 14 @ Toronto W 101–95 Tracy McGrady (22) Chris Wilcox (12) Tracy McGrady (5) Air Canada Centre 16,924 13–26 40 January 15 Sacramento W 110–106 Tayshaun Prince (21) Greg Monroe (7) Will Bynum (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,784 14–26 41 January 17 Dallas W 103–89 Rodney Stuckey (20) Greg Monroe (9) Rodney Stuckey (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,660 15–26 42 January 19 @ Boston L 82–86 Rodney Stuckey (15) Greg Monroe (9) Tracy McGrady (7) TD Garden 18,624 15–27 43 January 21 @ New Jersey L 74–89 Tayshaun Prince (16) Greg Monroe (10) Tracy McGrady (6) Prudential Center 13,316 15–28 44 January 22 Phoenix W 75–74 Tayshaun Prince (17) Tayshaun Prince (13) Tayshaun Prince (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,326 16–28 45 January 24 @ Orlando W 103–96 Austin Daye, Tracy McGrady, Tayshaun Prince (20) Ben Wallace (11) Tayshaun Prince (6) Amway Center 19,098 17–28 46 January 26 Denver L 100–109 Will Bynum (19) Ben Wallace (10) Tracy McGrady (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,212 17–29 47 January 28 @ Miami L 87–88 Ben Gordon (21) Chris Wilcox (10) Tracy McGrady (10) American Airlines Arena 19,805 17–30 48 January 30 @ New York L 106–124 Ben Gordon (35) Greg Monroe (17) Chris Wilcox (4) Madison Square Garden 19,763 17–31
February: 5–8 (home: 3–6; road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 49 February 2 Charlotte L 87–97 Ben Gordon (20) Greg Monroe (8) Tracy McGrady (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,376 17–32 50 February 4 New Jersey W 92–82 Tayshaun Prince (22) Greg Monroe (11) Ben Gordon, Tracy McGrady, Tayshaun Prince (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,304 18–32 51 February 5 @ Milwaukee W 89–78 Tracy McGrady (20) Tayshaun Prince (11) Will Bynum (4) Bradley Center 15,791 19–32 52 February 8 San Antonio L 89–100 Will Bynum (21) Greg Monroe (13) Tracy McGrady, Rodney Stuckey (3) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,132 19–33 53 February 9 @ Cleveland W 103–94 Rodney Stuckey (22) Ben Wallace (9) Will Bynum (7) Quicken Loans Arena 19,475 20–33 54 February 11 Miami L 92–106 Austin Daye (18) Ben Gordon (7) Will Bynum (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 20–34 55 February 13 Portland L 100–105 Ben Gordon (18) Ben Wallace (8) Rodney Stuckey (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,257 20–35 56 February 14 Atlanta L 79–94 Tracy McGrady (14) Ben Wallace (7) Will Bynum (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,844 20–36 57 February 16 Indiana W 115–109 (OT) Tayshaun Prince (25) Tayshaun Prince (11) Will Bynum (7) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,551 21–36 All-Star Break 58 February 22 Houston L 100–108 Will Bynum (21) Greg Monroe (12) Will Bynum (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,353 21–37 59 February 23 @ Indiana L 101–102 Greg Monroe (27) Greg Monroe (12) Tracy McGrady (12) Conseco Fieldhouse 12,214 21–38 60 February 25 @ Philadelphia L 94–110 Will Bynum (29) Greg Monroe (11) Will Bynum (6) Wells Fargo Center 15,105 21–39 61 February 26 Utah W 120–116 Rodney Stuckey (28) Greg Monroe (16) Will Bynum, Rodney Stuckey (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,564 22–39
March: 4–9 (home: 4–2; road: 0–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 62 March 1 @ Milwaukee L 90–92 Rodney Stuckey (25) Greg Monroe, Charlie Villanueva (9) Rodney Stuckey (5) Bradley Center 11,364 22–40 63 March 2 Minnesota L 105–116 Austin Daye (22) Greg Monroe (11) Rodney Stuckey (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 13,122 22–41 64 March 6 Washington W 113–102 Tayshaun Prince (20) Greg Monroe, Rodney Stuckey (7) Rodney Stuckey (9) The Palace of Auburn Hills 17,506 23–41 65 March 9 @ San Antonio L 104–111 Richard Hamilton (20) Greg Monroe (10) Tracy McGrady (9) AT&T Center 18,581 23–42 66 March 11 @ Oklahoma City L 94–104 Richard Hamilton (20) Greg Monroe (10) Greg Monroe, Rodney Stuckey (6) Oklahoma City Arena 18,203 23–43 67 March 12 @ Denver L 101–131 Chris Wilcox (21) Austin Daye, Ben Gordon, Greg Monroe (6) Will Bynum (10) Pepsi Center 19,155 23–44 68 March 16 Toronto W 107–93 Richard Hamilton (24) Greg Monroe (10) Rodney Stuckey (14) The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,166 24–44 69 March 18 New York W 99–95 Tayshaun Prince (16) Chris Wilcox (12) Will Bynum (5) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 25–44 70 March 20 @ Atlanta L 96–104 Rodney Stuckey (22) Greg Monroe (10) Rodney Stuckey (8) Philips Arena 17,580 25–45 71 March 23 Miami L 94–100 Richard Hamilton (27) Greg Monroe (12) Rodney Stuckey (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 25–46 72 March 25 @ Cleveland L 91–97 Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince (15) Chris Wilcox, Greg Monroe (8) Rodney Stuckey (4) Quicken Loans Arena 19,907 25–47 73 March 26 Indiana W 100–88 Richard Hamilton (23) Greg Monroe (13) Richard Hamilton, Rodney Stuckey (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,216 26–47 74 March 30 @ Indiana L 101–111 Rodney Stuckey (24) Greg Monroe (9) Rodney Stuckey (9) Conseco Fieldhouse 9,390 26–48
April: 4–4 (home: 2–2; road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 75 April 1 Chicago L 96–101 Richard Hamilton (30) Greg Monroe (9) Tayshaun Prince (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 26–49 76 April 3 @ Boston L 90–101 Will Bynum (20) Greg Monroe, Charlie Villanueva, Chris Wilcox (5) Richard Hamilton, Greg Monroe (5) TD Garden 18,624 26–50 77 April 5 @ Washington L 105–107 Greg Monroe (22) Greg Monroe (14) Tracy McGrady (6) Verizon Center 18,131 26–51 78 April 6 New Jersey W 116–109 Richard Hamilton (25) Greg Monroe (10) Rodney Stuckey (10) The Palace of Auburn Hills 14,554 27–51 79 April 8 Milwaukee W 110–100 Chris Wilcox (27) Chris Wilcox (13) Richard Hamilton (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 16,266 28–51 80 April 10 @ Charlotte W 112–101 Rodney Stuckey (24) Greg Monroe (9) Rodney Stuckey (11) Time Warner Cable Arena 16,234 29–51 81 April 11 Cleveland L 101–110 Rodney Stuckey (29) Jason Maxiell (14) Rodney Stuckey (14) The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,589 29–52 82 April 13 @ Philadelphia W 104–100 Rodney Stuckey (29) Greg Monroe (13) Rodney Stuckey (8) Wells Fargo Center 13,760 30–52
2010–11 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Will Bynum	61	5	18.4	.448	.320	.836	1.2	3.2	0.9	0.1	7.9
Austin Daye	72	16	20.1	.410	.401	.759	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.5	7.5
Ben Gordon	82	27	26.0	.440	.402	.850	2.4	2.1	0.6	0.2	11.2
Richard Hamilton	55	39	27.2	.429	.382	.849	2.3	3.1	0.7	0.1	14.1
Jason Maxiell	57	14	16.3	.492	.0	.515	3.0	0.3	0.4	0.4	4.2
Tracy McGrady	72	39	23.4	.442	.341	.698	3.5	3.5	0.9	0.5	8.0
Greg Monroe	80	48	27.8	.551	.0	.622	7.5	1.3	1.2	0.6	9.4
Tayshaun Prince	78	78	32.8	.473	.347	.702	4.2	2.8	0.4	0.5	14.1
Rodney Stuckey	70	54	31.2	.439	.289	.866	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.1	15.5
DaJuan Summers	22	1	9.0	.406	.429	.450	0.5	0.1	0.1	.0	3.4
Charlie Villanueva	76	11	21.9	.442	.387	.767	3.9	0.6	0.6	0.6	11.1
Ben Wallace	54	49	22.9	.450	.500	.333	6.5	1.3	1.0	1.0	2.9
Chris Wilcox	57	29	17.5	.581	.000	.562	4.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	7.4

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Will Bynum	Signed 3 Year Contract For $10.5 Million[1]	Detroit Pistons
Ben Wallace	Signed 2 Year Contract For $3.8 Million[2]	Detroit Pistons
Tracy McGrady	Signed 1 Year Contract For $1.35 Million[3]	New York Knicks

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Kwame Brown	Free Agent	Charlotte Bobcats