Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons
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| Conference | Eastern | ||
| Division | Central | ||
| Founded | 1941 | ||
| History |
Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (NBL) 1941–1948 Fort Wayne Pistons (BAA) 1948–1949 Fort Wayne Pistons (NBA) 1949–1957 Detroit Pistons 1957–present |
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| Arena | Little Caesars Arena | ||
| Location | Detroit, Michigan | ||
| Team colors | Red, royal blue, navy blue, white |
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| President | Stan Van Gundy | ||
| Team manager | Jeff Bower | ||
| Head coach | Stan Van Gundy | ||
| Ownership | Tom Gores | ||
| Affiliation(s) | Grand Rapids Drive | ||
| Championships | 3 (1989, 1990, 2004) | ||
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7 Western: 2 (1955, 1956) Eastern: 5 (1988, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2005) |
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| Division titles | 9 (1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) | ||
| Retired numbers | 11 (1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 15, 16, 21, 32 ,40) | ||
| Website | www |
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The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team plays its home games at Little Caesars Arena and was founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne (Zollner) Pistons in 1941, a member of the National Basketball League (NBL). The Pistons joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1948. In 1949, the NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA, and the Pistons became part of the merged league. Since moving to Detroit in 1957, the Pistons have won three NBA championships in 1989, 1990 and 2004.
The Detroit Pistons franchise was founded as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, a National Basketball League (NBL) team, playing in the gym of North Side High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Owners Fred Zollner and his sister Janet's Zollner Corporation was a foundry, manufacturing pistons, primarily for car, truck and locomotive engines. Fred Zollner, who owned a professional softball team known as the Zollner Piston softball team, was eventually persuaded to start a basketball team due to the fact that Indiana was so basketball minded. The Zollner Pistons were NBL champions in 1944 and 1945. They also won the World Professional Basketball Tournament in 1944, 1945 and 1946.
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