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Detroit Pistons professional American basketball team is affiliated with the Eastern Conference. The team was created in the year of 1941 in the National Basketball League (NBL) and in the year of 1948 the team officially became a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Pistons were known as the Fort Wayne (Zollner) Pistons from 1941 till 1957, their name was changed when they moved to Detroit in 1957 and they are known as
Detroit Pistons to date. All of the home games of the Pistons are played at The Palace of Auburn Hills. They are located in Auburn Hills in the state of Michigan in the United States of America. The colors that represent this professional basketball team are white, royal blue and crimson red. The current owner of the team is by the name of Tom Gores. The general manager of the team is by the name of Joe Dumars. The head coach of the team at the moment is by the name of Lawrence Frank. The NBA (National Basketball Association) Development League for the Pistons is known as the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.
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Detroit Pistons have successfully won a total of two National Basketball League (NBL) championships in the years of 1944 and 1945. The Pistons have won a total of three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in 1989, 1990 and in 2004. They have won a total of seven Conference titles: two Western Conference titles in the years of 1955 and 1956 and five in the Eastern Conference in 1988, 2004, 1989, 1990 and 2005. The Pistons have won thirteen Division titles: four National Basketball League (NBL) titles in 1946, 1943, 1945 and 1944 and nine National Basketball Association (NBA) titles in 1990, 1988, 1989, 2006, 2002, 2007, 2003, and 2008 and in 2005.
When the NBA (National Basketball Association) Draft for the year of 2009 took place, the
Detroit Pistons elected forward Austin Daye who was from the Gonzaga University and also chose forwards such as Jonas Jerebko as well as DaJuan Summers in the round two of the playoffs. When the NBA (National Basketball Association) Draft for the year of 2011 took place, the Pistons successfully chose Brandon Knight who was from the University of Kentucky as a point guard with the 8 th pick. The team also selected Vernon Macklin as well as Kyle Singler as forwards in the second round. The next amazing move that the pistons made for the 2011-2012 off-season was when they successfully employed a new coach for the team by the name of Lawrence Frank. Lawrence Frank was the previous head coach of the basketball team of the New Jersey Nets and he was also an assistant coach to the professional basketball team known as the Boston Celtics.
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