2014–15 Detroit Pistons season

Detroit Pistons
2014–15 Detroit Pistons season
Head coach	Stan Van Gundy
General manager	Jeff Bower
Owners	Tom Gores
Arena	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Results
Record	33–49 (.402)
Place	Division: 5th (Central); Conference: 12th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 2014–15 Detroit Pistons season was the 74th season of the franchise, the 67th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 58th in Detroit.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
2	38	Spencer Dinwiddie	PG	United States	Colorado

Roster

Roster listing

2014–15 Detroit Pistons roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
C	50	Anthony, Joel	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1982–08–09	UNLV
F	31	Butler, Caron	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	1980–03–13	Connecticut
G	5	Caldwell-Pope, Kentavious	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1993–02–18	Georgia
G	8	Dinwiddie, Spencer	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1993–04–06	Colorado
C	0	Drummond, Andre	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	1993–10–08	Connecticut
G	1	Jackson, Reggie	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1990–04–16	Boston College
G	7	Jennings, Brandon	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	169 lb (77 kg)	1989–09–23	Oak Hill Academy (VA)
G	9	Lucas III, John	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	1982–11–21	Oklahoma State
G/F	35	Martin, Cartier	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1984–11–20	Kansas State
G	20	Meeks, Jodie	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1987–08–21	Kentucky
F	34	Miller, Quincy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992–11–18	Baylor
F/C	10	Monroe, Greg	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1990–06–04	Georgetown
F	22	Prince, Tayshaun	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1980–02–28	Kentucky
F	43	Tolliver, Anthony	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1985–06–01	Creighton
F	3	Williams, Shawne	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1986–02–16	Memphis

Head coach

Stan Van Gundy

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2015–03–26

Standings

Preseason

Central Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Cleveland Cavaliers	5	2	.714	–	4–1	1–1	3–0	7
Detroit Pistons	5	2	.714	–	3–0	2–2	2–0	7
Chicago Bulls	4	4	.500	1.5	3–2	1–2	1–2	8
Indiana Pacers	3	4	.429	2.0	2–1	1–3	0–1	7
Milwaukee Bucks	3	4	.429	2.0	1–2	2–2	0–3	7

Eastern Conference

Standings

#	Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Toronto Raptors	7	1	.875	–	8
2	Cleveland Cavaliers	5	2	.714	1.5	7
3	Detroit Pistons	5	2	.714	1.5	7
4	Atlanta Hawks	4	3	.571	2.5	7
5	Brooklyn Nets	4	2	.667	2.0	6
6	Boston Celtics	5	3	.625	2.0	8
7	Orlando Magic	4	4	.500	3.0	8
8	Washington Wizards	4	4	.500	3.0	8
9	Chicago Bulls	4	4	.500	3.0	8
10	Miami Heat	4	4	.500	3.0	8
11	Milwaukee Bucks	3	4	.429	3.5	7
12	New York Knicks	3	4	.429	3.5	7
13	Indiana Pacers	3	4	.429	3.5	7
14	Charlotte Hornets	3	5	.375	4.0	8
15	Philadelphia 76ers	2	6	.250	5.0	8

Regular season

Central Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y-Cleveland Cavaliers	53	29	.646	0.0	31–10	22–19	11–5	82
x-Chicago Bulls	50	32	.610	3.0	27–14	23–18	8–8	82
x-Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	12.0	23–18	18–23	7–9	82
Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	15.0	23–18	15–26	8–8	82
Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	21.0	18–23	14–27	6–10	82

Eastern Conference

Standings

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-Atlanta Hawks *	60	22	.732	–	82
2	y-Cleveland Cavaliers *	53	29	.646	7.0	82
3	x-Chicago Bulls	50	32	.610	10.0	82
4	y-Toronto Raptors *	49	33	.598	11.0	82
5	x-Washington Wizards	46	36	.561	14.0	82
6	x-Milwaukee Bucks	41	41	.500	19.0	82
7	x-Boston Celtics	40	42	.488	20.0	82
8	x-Brooklyn Nets	38	44	.463	22.0	82

9	Indiana Pacers	38	44	.463	22.0	82
10	Miami Heat	37	45	.451	23.0	82
11	Charlotte Hornets	33	49	.402	27.0	82
12	Detroit Pistons	32	50	.390	28.0	82
13	Orlando Magic	25	57	.305	35.0	82
14	Philadelphia 76ers	18	64	.220	42.0	82
15	New York Knicks	17	65	.207	43.0	82

Pre-season

2014 pre-season game log
Total: 5–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–2)

Pre-season: 5–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 7	Chicago	W 111–109 (OT)	Greg Monroe (24)	Greg Monroe (9)	Brandon Jennings (10)	Palace of Auburn Hills 11,081	1–0
2	October 9	Milwaukee	W 94–80	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (20)	Andre Drummond (16)	D. J. Augustin (7)	Palace of Auburn Hills 8,472	2–0
3	October 12	@ Washington	L 89–91	Andre Drummond (21)	Greg Monroe (10)	Augustin & Jennings (7)	Verizon Center 11,415	2–1
4	October 15	@ Charlotte	W 104–84	D. J. Augustin (16)	Greg Monroe (14)	Brandon Jennings (9)	Time Warner Cable Arena 19,081	3–1
5	October 17	@ Orlando	L 87–99	Greg Monroe (24)	Greg Monroe (10)	Josh Smith (7)	Amway Center 14,707	3–2
6	October 18	@ Atlanta	W 104–100	Andre Drummond (19)	Andre Drummond (17)	Brandon Jennings (11)	Philips Arena 10,560	4–2
7	October 23	Philadelphia	W 109–103	Caron Butler (18)	Andre Drummond (11)	D. J. Augustin (11)	Palace of Auburn Hills 11,666	5–2

2014–15 season schedule

Regular season

Game Log

2014–15 game log
Total: 32–50 (Home: 18–23; Road: 14–27)

October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)

November : 3–12 (Home: 2–7; Road: 1–5)

December : 5–9 (Home: 1–6; Road: 4–3)

January : 10–7 (Home: 5–3; Road: 5–4)

February : 5–6 (Home: 4–4; Road: 1–2)

March : 6–9 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–8)

April : 3–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–3)

2014–15 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

NBA roster statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Reggie Jackson	27	27	32.2	.436	.337	.800	7.7	9.2	.74	.15	17.6
Greg Monroe	69	57	31.0	.496	.000	.750	10.2	2.1	1.13	.49	15.9
Brandon Jennings	41	41	28.6	.401	.360	.839	2.5	6.6	1.07	.10	15.4
Andre Drummond	82	82	30.5	.514	.000	.389	13.5	.7	.89	1.87	13.8
Josh Smith	28	28	32.0	.391	.243	.470	7.2	4.7	1.32	1.71	13.1
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	82	82	31.5	.401	.345	.696	3.1	1.3	1.13	.22	12.7
Jodie Meeks	60	0	24.4	.416	.349	.906	1.7	1.3	.98	.10	11.1
D. J. Augustin	54	13	23.8	.410	.327	.870	1.9	4.9	.61	.04	10.6
Anthony Tolliver	52	11	22.3	.423	.360	.783	3.7	.9	.38	.29	7.7
Tayshaun Prince	23	7	24.8	.431	.423	.754	4.2	1.7	.65	.35	7.3
Kyle Singler	54	40	23.8	.400	.406	.810	2.6	1.2	.61	.26	7.1
Caron Butler	78	21	20.8	.407	.379	.902	2.5	1.0	.55	.05	5.9
Jonas Jerebko	46	0	15.3	.460	.368	.860	3.1	.9	.59	.24	5.2
John Lucas III	21	0	13.0	.404	.310	1.000	.08	2.9	.38	.00	4.7
Spencer Dinwiddie	34	1	13.4	.302	.185	.912	1.4	3.1	.56	.18	4.3
Luigi Datome	3	0	5.7	.417	.250	.000	1.3	.7	.33	.00	3.7
Quincy Miller	4	0	14.5	.250	.182	.727	2.0	1.3	.25	.50	3.0
Shawne Williams	19	0	8.6	.317	.154	.875	1.4	.4	.21	.21	2.6
Joel Anthony	49	0	8.3	.581	.000	.682	1.9	.1	.24	1.00	1.8
Cartier Martin	23	0	8.6	.283	.182	.182	.9	.5	.13	.04	1.6

Transactions

Overview

Players Added

Via draft

Spencer Dinwiddie

Via trade

Via free agency

Players Lost

Via trade

Via free agency

Rodney Stuckey

Waived

Trades

October 17, 2014	To Detroit Pistons Joel Anthony	To Boston Celtics Will Bynum
December 24, 2014	To Detroit Pistons Anthony Tolliver	To Phoenix Suns Tony Mitchell
February 19, 2015	To Detroit Pistons Tayshaun Prince	To Boston Celtics Jonas Jerebko Luigi Datome
February 19, 2015	Three-team trade
	To Utah Jazz Kendrick Perkins (from Oklahoma City) Grant Jerrett (from Oklahoma City) Rights to Tibor Pleiß (from Oklahoma City) 2018 first-round pick (from Oklahoma City) 2017 second-round pick (from Detroit)	To Oklahoma City Thunder Enes Kanter (from Utah) Steve Novak (from Utah) D. J. Augustin (from Detroit) Kyle Singler (from Detroit) 2019 second-round pick (from Detroit)
	To Detroit Pistons Reggie Jackson (from Oklahoma City)

Players added

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms	Ref
July 14	Jodie Meeks	Los Angeles Lakers	3-years, $19.5 million	[1]
July 15	D. J. Augustin	Chicago Bulls	2-years, $6 million	[2]
July 15	Caron Butler	Oklahoma City Thunder	2-years, $9 million	[3]

Players lost

Date	Player	Reason left	New team	Contract terms	Ref
July 15	Josh Harrellson	waived	Chongqing Flying Dragons (CBA)	n/a	[4]
July 15	Peyton Siva	waived	Orlando Magic	n/a	[4]
July 21	Rodney Stuckey	free agency	Indiana Pacers	1-year, $1,227,985	[5]
December 22	Josh Smith	waived	Houston Rockets	1-year, $2,077,000	[6]

References

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[1] Detroit Pistons Sign Free Agent Guard Jodie Meeks

[2] Detroit Pistons Sign Free Agent Guard D.J. Augustin

[3] Detroit Pistons Sign Free Agent Forward Caron Butler

[4] Detroit Pistons release Peyton Siva, Josh Harrellson from their non-guaranteed contracts

[5] Pacers Sign Rodney Stuckey

[6] Pistons waive forward Josh Smith