The Detroit Pistons’ All-Time Team will be honored in a special pregame ceremony on April 8 versus the New York Knicks. A special one-hour tribute to the all-time team will be aired on TV20 one hour prior to the 8 p.m. tipoff, with the live announcement of the team commencing at 7:30 p.m. The ceremony can also be heard on Sports Radio 1130 WDFN. The Pistons will honor their all-time team at the ceremony, until then Pistons.com has decided to release some all-time teams of its own. New lists will be added leading up to the ceremony, so be sure to check back on Pistons.com.

Howard Porter 1974-78 The 6-foot-8 forward lifted Villanova to the 1971 NCAA championship game, where the Wildcats lost to UCLA. Porter, a three-time All-American, still was named the tournament’s most outstanding player. Both Villanova’s finish and Porter’s MOP award were vacated when it was discovered he dealt with an agent during the season.	Kent Benson 1979-86 Benson was an All-American center for Bobby Knight’s first NCAA championship team and the last Division I team to complete an undefeated season (32-0). In the title game against fellow Big Ten rival Michigan, Benson scored 25 points on 11-of-20 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds for the Hoosiers.	Isiah Thomas 1981-94 The precocious Indiana sophomore performed brilliantly, scoring 23 points on 8-of-17 in the championship game against North Carolina. The 13-point victory was the closest score of the tournament for the Hoosiers, who won their four games by an average of 25 points. Three months later, Thomas would become a Detroit Piston.	Danny Manning 2002-03 Manning was a one-man show for Kansas and head coach Larry Brown with 31 points, 18 rebounds, five steals and two blocked shots in the championship game win over Big 8 rival Oklahoma. Nicknamed “Danny and the Miracles,” the Jayhawks entered in the tournament as a No. 5 seed.
Christian Laettner 1999-00 One year before ending the historical tournament run of Michigan’s Fab Five, Laettner scored 28 points in Duke’s victory over defending champion UNLV, still one of the greatest upsets in tournament history. Laettner scored 18 points and went 12-for-12 at the line in the championship game win over Kansas.	Corliss Williamson 2000-04 “Big Nasty” took MOP honors after leading Arkansas to the 1994 championship. In Final Four victories over Arizona and Duke, he was 21-of-42 from the floor (.500), and averaged 26.0 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.5 blocked shots and 2.0 steals. He led Arkansas back to the title game in 1995.	Tony Delk 2005-06 Delk scored 24 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the title game for Kentucky, which became the first school to win NCAA titles under three different head coaches. Delk was one of several future pros playing for Rick Pitino, including Derek Anderson, Walter McCarty, Ron Mercer and Antoine Walker.	Rip Hamilton 2002-present Hamilton scored 16 of his 27 points in the second half of the NCAA championship game, leading the University of Connecticut to an upset win over Duke, 77-74. The All-American guard scored 20 or more points in every tournament game during the Huskies’ march to the title.
Mateen Cleaves 2000-01 In a battle with upstart Florida in the NCAA title game, Cleaves sprained his ankle. Neither he nor the Spartans would be denied, however, as the All-American point guard returned to defeat the Gators and capture Michigan State’s first national championship since 1979. He had 18 points in the final.	Juan Dixon 2008-present The diminutive Dixon shot Maryland to its first NCAA championship with a game-high 17 points against Indiana in the title bout. After the Hoosiers had taken their first lead with under 10 minutes left, Dixon’s 3-pointer sparked a 9-2 run. The Terrapins did not trail again. The All-American also had five steals.
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Head Coach: George Irvine 1999-01	Mike Abdenour near eternity	James Edwards 1987-91	Chris Ford 1972-79
Gus Gerard 1977-78	Chuck Nevitt 1985-88	Kelly Tripucka 1981-86	Terry Tyler 1978-85
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Wayman Britt 1977-78 Staying close to Ann Arbor couldn’t help the former Michigan forward stay in the league longer than seven games. He had nine points, four rebounds and two assists while shooting 3-for-10 from the field.	Cornelius Cash 1976-77 The forward from Bowling Green had 23 shot attempts and scored 21 points, but only one assist, which probably contributed to his Pistons tenure ending after six games.	Bubbles Hawkins 1978-79 Two seasons removed from averaging 19.3 points for the New York Nets, Bubbles (a.ka. Robert) concluded his NBA career with a four-game stint in Detroit. The guard from Illinois State had 18 points, six rebounds and four assists.	Jermaine Jackson 1999-00 When it comes to the former University of Detroit guard, the “Jackson 5” refers to the free throws he made as a Piston. Unfortunately, Jackson could not “Get it Together,” making just 1 of 11 shots from the field, and was left “Lookin’ Through the Windows” after seven games. Despite playing for five teams over six seasons, Jackson never received a “Moving Violation.”
Cozell McQueen 1986-87 McQueen has a pretty good stat line with Detroit: 3-for-3 from the floor for 6 points with 8 rebounds in only 7 minutes. But on a stacked team that had just added Adrian Dantley, John Salley and Dennis Rodman to its frontcourt, there was no room for the 6-foot-11 center with the Pistons after three games.	Tracy Moore 1993-94 After playing 39 games and averaging 7.2 points for perhaps the worst NBA team of the 1990s - the 11-win Dallas Mavericks of 1992-93 - Moore couldn’t stick with the 20-win Pistons the next season. He scored six points in three games. Not nearly enough to qualify for the Lindsey Hunter All-Stars, but he’s welcome here.	Jackie Robinson 1979-80 Jackie was born in 1955, the same year another Jackie Robinson won his only World Series ring. Twenty-four years later, the former UNLV forward got a ring, too, playing 12 games for NBA champion Seattle Supersonics. But he played just 10 more games in the NBA. Jackie broke neither color barriers nor opposing defenses, with a career scoring average of 3.8 points.	Pepe Sanchez 2002-03 Inadvertently omitted from the Ron Behagen All-Stars, Pepe (a.k.a. Juan) did not score in nine games with the Pistons. He had eight assists, but his overall offensive game lacked pep, with career averages of 0.5 points and 27.3 percent shooting over 38 games.
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George Carter 1967-68 Like Pistons Hall of Famer Bob Lanier, Carter played at St. Bonaventure in the late ‘60s. There end the similarities. In his only NBA game, Carter shot 1-for-2 from the floor, made his only free throw and dished an assist. Two seasons later, Carter emerged in the upstart ABA, where he averaged 18.2 points over seven seasons.	Wali Jones 1975-76 The guard from Oregon spent nine years in the NBA, six with Philadelphia, before jumping to the ABA for one season in 1974-75. He made an NBA comeback in 1975-76, but it didn’t go so well. In his only game with Detroit, Jones scored eight points on 4-of-11 shooting with two assists. Then he returned to Philadelphia, where he played the last 16 games of his professional career.	Lee Johnson 1980-81 The center from East Tennessee State played in two games with the Pistons, playing a total of 10 minutes and shooting twice. (He missed both.) Johnson’s NBA career concluded that same season. He also played 10 games with the Houston Rockets.	John Schweitz 1986-87 The former Richmond forward owns the Behagen All-Stars team record for most games (3) without scoring. He missed his only shot, committed two fouls and a pair of turnovers. But he did grab a rebound during his seven-minute stint. We have a feeling it wasn’t enough to stick under GM Jack McCloskey’s regime.
Ratko Varda 2001-02 The 7-foot-1 Serbian scored five points on 2-for-3 shooting and grabbed one rebound in his only NBA game. He has since found a stable career playing overseas.	Dale Wilkinson 1984-85 The pride of Idaho State grabbed one rebound in two games, then caught on with the L.A. Clippers for 10 games. Like Lee Johnson, his brief NBA career concluded after his 12th game.	Tom Workman 1969-70 No rebounds. No assists. No free throws. No blocks. The 6-foot-7 forward from Seattle entered two games, playing a total of six minutes. He missed a shot, he committed a foul and then he packed his bags for Los Angeles to join the ABA’s Stars. He averaged 11.9 points for the Stars, but played only one more pro season.
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Captain: Lindsey Hunter 1993-00, 2004-present	Dana Barros 2000-02	Sidney Green 1986-87	Shellie McMillon 1958-62
Terry Mills 1992-97, 1999-00	Jackie Moreland 1960-65	Brooke Steppe 1984-85	Danny Young 1992-93
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Head Coach: Dick Vitale 1978-79 The voice of college basketball for ESPN since Dec. 1979, just one month after leaving the Pistons.	Earl Cureton 1983-86 Ten years removed from his 12th and final NBA season, Cureton made his regular broadcast debut last spring on Pistons Live for Fox Sports Net Detroit.	Hubert Davis 2002-03 After one last season with the Nets (he played three games in ’04 for Detroit), the 12-year vet became a color analyst for ESPN in 2005. He now is on the popular College Gameday program.	Scott Hastings 1989-91 Traded to Denver, he retired there and has been the Nuggets color analyst since 1993.
Greg Kelser 1979-81 The Michigan State star played only 86 games for the Pistons, but his contributions have been more extensive off the court, serving in a variety of roles for Pistons TV and radio broadcasts since 1988.	Bill Laimbeer 1981-1993 The longtime Bad Boy played nice with George Blaha as TV color analyst for a few seasons (2001-06) after his retirement.	Rick Mahorn 1985-89, 1996-98 After two stints as a player, Mahorn returned to Detroit a third time to serve as color analyst for Pistons radio. This is his sixth season.	Kelly Tripucka 1981-86 The McCloskey draftee never wanted to leave Detroit, and he returned after his playing career to precede Laimbeer as Blaha’s partner for eight seasons, 1993-01.
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George Yardley 1957-59	Detroit Pistons 1967-68	Kelly Tripucka 1981-86	Adrian Dantley 1986-89
Jerome Williams 1996-01	Corliss Williamson 2000-04	Maurice Evans 2005-06	Bob McAdoo 1979-81
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Vinnie Johnson 1981-91	Rick Mahorn 1985-89, 1996-98	Orlando Woolridge 1991-93	Jerome Williams 1996-01
Corliss Williamson 2000-04	Ben Wallace 2000-06	Antonio McDyess 2004-present	Olden Polynice 1992-94
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